SAMEA and PSC      

South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association and the Public Service Commission.

[Organizations with a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on monitoring and evaluation]

[http://www.samea.org.za; www.psc.gov.za]

Invitation to Andy Rowe Seminar Series, February 2010

Pretoria, Jo’burg, East London, Stellenbosch

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.

Andy Rowe has thirty years experience as an economist and evaluation consultant in North America, Europe, South Asia, the Western Pacific and the Caribbean.  He now works primarily in the resource and environmental sector in the U.S., on urban environmental development assignments in India and community development and coastal conservation in the Western Pacific.

He has a PhD from the London School of Economics and is a former President of the Canadian Evaluation Society.

His current assignments include evaluations for the Packard Foundation Conservation and Science program, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the World Bank, US Department of the Interior, and for the UK Department of International Development.  Before moving to the U.S. Andy evaluated the consequences of unsustainable resource exploitation efforts such as closure of the Atlantic Groundfish Industry and cessation of a commercial Salmon fishery on Canada’s east coast.

Andy will be speaking about programme evaluation in 4 centres in the country should you be travelling at that time and are able to synchronise movements with seminars. His programme is as follows: 

 Programme

Monday 15 February 2010:         

Pretoria, facilitated by Sefiso Khumalo

Topic:“Evaluation Use and its Implications for Evaluation in South Africa”

Venue:Public Service Commission, Seminar Room 177, Commission House, c/r  Hamilton and Ziervogel Streets, Arcadia, Pretoria

Time:1.30 – 3.30pm

Tuesday 16 February 2010:         

Johannesburg, facilitated by Charles Potter

 Topic:      “Programme Evaluation, Conservation and Use”  

 Venue:    Auditorium, Emthonjeni Center, Main Campus, Wits University, Braamfontein. 

 Time:       9.00 – 12.00 noon                                                         

 16 February 2010:           

Johannesburg, facilitated by Ray Basson

Topic:    “Evaluation, Developmental Evaluation of Science Programs and Use”

Venue:  Staff Lounge, Wits School of Education, Education Campus, Parktown

Time:     1.15 – 2.30 pm

Wednesday 17 February:            

Johannesburg, facilitated by Stephen Porter

Topic:   “Multi-level Evaluation Systems and Conflict Resolution in Environmental Settings”

Venue:  Public and Development Management, Wits Business School, Parktown

Time:     12.30 – 2.00 pm 

Thursday 18 February 2010:        

Bhisho, facilitated by Candice Morkel

Topic:     “Evaluation in Conservation Settings”

Venue:    ECDC building, Ocean Terrace Park East London (please note new venue)

Time:      12.30 - 2.00 pm

Friday 19 February 2010:              

Stellenbosch, facilitated by Kobus Muller

Topic:    “Evaluation in Environmental and Conservation Settings”

Venue:   Seminar Room 1020, AI Perold Building, School of Public Management and Planning, Main Campus, Stellenbosch University.

Time:  12.30 – 2.00 pm

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