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EvalYear: a Global Evaluation Movement Marco Segone Director, UN Women Independent Evaluation Office Co-chair, EvalPartners Chair, United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG)

EvalYear journey July 2012: Launch of e- Learning Programme on Development Evaluation: 4.500 registered participants from 162 countries December 2012 - January International 2012 Forum of Civil 2015 – International UNICEF/ Society Evaluation Year of Evaluation IOCE Board Capacity Building Meeting Strategies March 2012 : EvalPartners Launch

EvalYear journey December 2012: Global EvalPartners Forum decided to have an Advocacy strategy December 2012 - January International 2012 Forum of Civil UNICEF/ Society Evaluation 2015 – International IOCE Board Capacity Building Year of Evaluation Meeting Strategies March 2012 : EvalPartners Launch + mapping

EvalYear journey February 2013: EvalPartners decides to declare 2015 EvalYear December 2012 - January International 2012 Forum of Civil UNICEF/ Society Evaluation 2015 – International IOCE Board Capacity Building Year of Evaluation Meeting Strategies March 2012 : EvalPartners Launch + mapping

EvalYear journey July 2012: Launch of e- Learning Programme on Development Evaluation: 4.500 registered participants from 162 countries January 2012 2015 – International UNICEF/ Year of Evaluation IOCE Board Meeting November 2014: EvalYear officially declared at NEC March 2012 : Conference in Brazil EvalPartners Launch + mapping

EvalYear journey July 2012: Launch of e- Learning Programme on Development Evaluation: 4.500 registered participants from 162 countries January December 2014: 2012 UN General 2015 – International UNICEF/ Year of Evaluation Assembly IOCE Board Meeting Resolution March 2012 : EvalPartners Launch + mapping

EvalYear journey July 2012: Launch of e- Learning Programme on Development Evaluation: 4.500 registered participants from 162 countries January 2015: January Evaluation Torch 2012 lighted at UN UNICEF/ Building in NYC IOCE Board Meeting 2015 – International March 2012 : Year of Evaluation EvalPartners Launch + mapping

EvalYear journey July 2012: Launch of e- Learning Programme on Development Evaluation: 4.500 registered participants from 162 countries April 2015: UN January Secretary General 2012 lighted Evaluation UNICEF/ Torch at UNEG IOCE Board Meeting Evaluation Week 2015 – International Year of Evaluation March 2012 : EvalPartners Launch + mapping

Countries Joining EvalYear Events

From Ministers in developed countries …

… and in emerging and developing countries ……

… to young evaluators.

Evaluation Torch Themes • 2016-2020 Global Evaluation Agenda, including mainstreaming equity-focused and gender-responsive; • Bridging the gap between the evaluation community (supply side) and the policy makers community (demand side); • Mainstreaming evaluations in Sustainable Development Goals at international level, and in national development strategies at national level; • Developing National Evaluation Policies.

Global Evaluation Week Will be a culmination of 64 events celebrating International Year of Evaluation 2015 around the world

Global Evaluation Week • EvalPartners, under the leadership of IOCE and UN Women • Government of Nepal • Parliament of Nepal • Parliamentarians Forum for Development Evaluation • UNEG

Why it is historical First time in the history a global evaluation event is held in a national parliament …

Why it is historical … and Parliamentarians take a collective the leadership to demand for and use evaluation in policy-making

Launching forward-looking initiatives • Global Evaluation Agenda for 2016-2020 • EvalSDG • The Global Parliamentarian Forum for Evaluation • EvalGender+ • EvalYouth

Evaluation: an agent of change for the world we want