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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)

January 2012 UNICEF/ IOCE Board Meeting

March 2012 : EvalPartners Launch

July 2012: Launch of e- Learning Programme on Development Evaluation: 4.500 registered participants from 162 countries December 2012 - International Forum of Civil Society Evaluation Capacity Building Strategies

2015 – International Year of Evaluation

EvalYear journey

January 2012 UNICEF/ IOCE Board Meeting March 2012 : EvalPartners Launch + mapping

December 2012: Global EvalPartners Forum decided to have an Advocacy strategy

December 2012 - International Forum of Civil Society Evaluation Capacity Building Strategies

2015 – International Year of Evaluation

EvalYear journey

January 2012 UNICEF/ IOCE Board Meeting March 2012 : EvalPartners Launch + mapping

February 2013: EvalPartners decides to declare 2015 EvalYear

December 2012 - International Forum of Civil Society Evaluation Capacity Building Strategies

2015 – International Year of Evaluation

EvalYear journey

January 2012 UNICEF/ IOCE Board Meeting March 2012 : EvalPartners Launch + mapping July 2012: Launch of e- Learning Programme on Development Evaluation: 4.500 registered participants from 162 countries

November 2014: EvalYear officially declared at NEC Conference in Brazil 2015 – International Year of Evaluation

EvalYear journey

January 2012 UNICEF/ IOCE Board Meeting March 2012 : EvalPartners Launch + mapping July 2012: Launch of e- Learning Programme on Development Evaluation: 4.500 registered participants from 162 countries

December 2014: UN General Assembly Resolution 2015 – International Year of Evaluation

EvalYear journey

January 2012 UNICEF/ IOCE Board Meeting March 2012 : EvalPartners Launch + mapping July 2012: Launch of e- Learning Programme on Development Evaluation: 4.500 registered participants from 162 countries

January 2015: Evaluation Torch lighted at UN Building in NYC 2015 – International Year of Evaluation

EvalYear journey

January 2012 UNICEF/ IOCE Board Meeting March 2012 : EvalPartners Launch + mapping July 2012: Launch of e- Learning Programme on Development Evaluation: 4.500 registered participants from 162 countries

April 2015: UN Secretary General lighted Evaluation Torch at UNEG Evaluation Week 2015 – International Year of Evaluation

EvalYear journey

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.

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

Global Evaluation Week

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