by Anupam Anand, Evaluation Officer, Independent Evaluation Office of the GEF, Washington DC & Hur Hassnain, Senior Evaluation Advisor, EC DEVCO/ESS, Brussels, Belgium | Sep 10, 2020 | Blog
The presentation titled Geospatial, location, and big data: ‘Where have we been and where can we go?’ organized by the European Evaluation Society, highlighted the main opportunities for the application of geospatial data in evaluation practice. It...
by Joachim Vandercasteelen, Young Professional at World Bank Independent Evaluation Group | Aug 26, 2020 | Blog
The presentation titled ‘Observing from space when evaluators cannot observe in the field’ by Joachim Vandercasteelen discussed how georeferenced data can be used for project evaluations when evaluators cannot travel to the field. The presentation provided...
by Estelle Raimondo, Senior Evaluation Officer at the World Bank Independent Evaluation Group | Aug 20, 2020 | Blog
EES’ first webinar in the series Emerging Data Landscapes in M&E, on Geospatial, location and big data: Where have we been and where can we go? began with the session Evaluation and emerging data: what are we learning from early applications? by Estelle...
by Juha I. Uitto, Conference Speaker | Aug 17, 2020 | Blog
Over the past eight months, the novel coronavirus pandemic has infected some 20 million people and killed more than 700,000, sparing virtually no country. The economic and social consequences have been devastating. The virus SARS-CoV-2 that caused COVID-19 crossed...
by Gregory McGann | Aug 12, 2020 | Blog
Evaluation continues to play an ever more important part in the public and private sectors, with a particularly critical role in providing learning and accountability for sustainable development initiatives. With greater responsibilities across a wider range of...
by Lauren Weiss | Aug 10, 2020 | Blog
Our first webinar in the series Emerging Data Landscapes in M&E, on Geospatial, location and big data: Where have we been and where can we go? was held on 28 July. We had a lively discussion on the use of these innovative technologies in the world of evaluation. ...
by Tom Ling | Jul 22, 2020 | Blog
Authors: Tom Ling, May Pettigrew and Lauren Weiss In such turbulent times of baffling crises, contradiction and uncertainty, we – as an evaluation community – should come together, debate and agree on new ways of doing our professional work to better respond to...
by John Goossen | Jul 14, 2020 | Blog
The monumental challenge posed by the Greek debt crisis required financial assistance on an almost unprecedented scale. John Goossen and Kari Korhonen, as members of the team that have produced a landmark independent evaluation of that financial support, argue that...
by Tom Ling | Jun 18, 2020 | Blog
The public interest can be an elusive concept, especially when we are trying to distinguish between shared and individual interests. This problem has been brought into sharper focus as we attempt to find the right path to a post COVID-19 world. On the one hand, most...
by Marco Segone | Jun 9, 2020 | Blog
Authors: Marco Segone, Director of the Evaluation Office, UNFPA, Khalil Bitar, Chair of Eval Youth, and Lauren Weiss and Gregory McGann from EES In September 2019, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on all sectors of society to...
