Events

The event will attract global thinkers engaged in cutting edge evaluation research, theorizing, or practice who seek opportunities to push their thinking in new directions and are interested in applying ideas in a South Asian context

Please note that the event programme, venue and dates are subject to change The South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association (SAMEA) would like to invite all members and interested parties to attend the Annual AGM and Capacity Building Workshops.

Policymakers, programme staff and researchers face many questions related to the monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS programmes in developing countries. Monitoring and evaluation skills are crucial to the successful implementation, design, monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS programmes. In order to build the capacity of professionals in the Anglophone Africa region, a two-week non-degree course will provide training in the design and implementation of M&E systems that coordinate the collection of information necessary to inform decisions related to HIV/AIDS programming.

What will I learn? You choose! Topics range from Evaluation Planning, Sampling, Causal Attribution, Focus Groups, and Appreciative Inquiry; to Reporting, Theory to Practice, System Dynamics, Cultural Competence, and more...

What is the impact of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programmes on people’s health and education? When have CCTs worked and why? What are the lessons learned? The Centre for Global Development and the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) will together attempt answers in their one day workshop ,“Closing the Evaluation Gap”, on May 4th in Washington D.C. This workshop will mainly discuss the impact of CCTs on health, nutrition and education, and examine the evolution of policy and impact evaluation in the area. It will also analyse CCTs in particular contexts like Mexico, Nicaragua and Colombia.

Have you ever struggled to understand “where” your project is going wrong? Does your project fail even though you have a good plan in place? Have you answered YES to both of these questions? Then this course is exactly what you need!

IDEAS and AfrEA would like to jointly extend an invitation to you to participate in a virtual discussion of the challenges and solutions in evaluating the Paris Declaration. The discussion is open to all evaluators and other actors interested in the Paris Declaration evaluation, from all the regions of the world and from all sectors.

The South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association and the Public Service Commission as co-hosts of this evaluation Seminar Series, cordially invite you to attend seminars on programme evaluation by Andy Rowe in mid-February 2010.

This Event is organized within the monthly Knowledge Sharing Events on Country-led M&E systems. It is free and open to interested people. This conference will enable the sharing of good practices and lessons learned. Global-level speakers will contribute international perspectives. In addition to watching live presentations, you will have the option to ask questions and provide comments.

Major voices in the living history of Evaluation went head-to-head on key issues to how the field is practiced today. These stimulating, thoughtful, and occasionally contentious discussions, viewed live by hundreds across the globe and an engaged on-site audience, are now available through the links below.