EES - European Evaluation Society

We are thrilled to announce that the 2024 Bi-Annual conference will take place on the 23-27 of September 2024 in Rimini, Italy. More information on the event to follow in the coming months.

In focus: International Women’s Day – catch our latest blog contribution – Setting up a performance measurement framework toward the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in BARMM by Aida Orgocka

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In this episode, DEval’s Amélie zu Eulenburg, head of Sustainable Economic and Social Development, and Senior Evaluator Magdalena Orth, share their insights around the evaluation challenges in assessing Private Sector Engagement (PSE) effects in development.

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TWG6 and TWG7 Webinar on ‘Digitalization of Evaluations and Evaluation of Digitalization’

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Relevance of Independent Evaluations in IFIs:
fact or fiction?

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The public project evaluation system in Hungary: A Step in the Right Direction?

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About EES

The EES was initiated in 1992 and registered in 1996 as a non-profit association. The first official board was elected in autumn 1995 and started its work in January 1996. Since the start of the Society, it has organized fourteen biennial conferences in as many European countries..

The mandate of the European Evaluation Society (EES) is to stimulate, guide and promote the theory, practice and utilization of evaluation in Europe and beyond.

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The journal publishes fully refereed papers and covers different evaluation aspects. Also, see other evaluation journals.

EuropEval Digest

Monthly online newsletter that help you keep track of all news and opportunities across the European evaluation community.

Blog / EvalEdge Podcast

Read the latest blog contributions or listen to the podcasts providing insights into the implications of new and emerging technologies in evaluation.

Jobs / Tenders

View the latest opportunities for vacancies and tenders in the evaluation field.

Learn from other Evaluation Societies

Look at our compilation of evaluation standards, glossaries, guidelines, tools and checklists.

P2P + Career Sessions

Promotion of knowledge exchange among focal groups of young and emerging evaluators.

Evaluation Journal

The journal publishes fully refereed papers and aims to advance the theory, methodology and practice of evaluation.

EuropEval Digest

Monthly online newsletter that help you keep track of all news and opportunities across the European evaluation community.

Blog / EvalEdge Podcast

Read the latest blog contributions or listen to the podcasts providing insights into the implications of new and emerging technologies in evaluation.

Jobs / Tenders

View the latest opportunities for vacancies and tenders in the evaluation field.

Learn from other Evaluation Societies

Look at our compilation of evaluation standards, glossaries, guidelines, tools and checklists.

P2P+ Career Sessions

Promotion of knowledge exchange among focal groups of young and emerging evaluators.

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International Women’s Day

Setting up a performance measurement framework toward the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in BARMM Contact: Aida Orgocka, Consultant, orgocka.aida@gmail.com In October 2000, the United Nations Security Council endorsed the groundbreaking...

The public project evaluation system in Hungary: A Step in the Right Direction?

The public project evaluation system has been in place in Hungary since 2016. This new system was introduced in response to the European Commission's criticisms on the transparency of the selection of funded proposals. How far have the changes succeeded in eliminating...

School Enrollment Is Not the Same as Literacy

By Daria Blinova, yEES! member Despite the Universal Declaration of Human Rights anchors elementary education as an inalienable right of any person, the modern era of development and progress is experiencing a learning crisis. With the increase in school enrollment...

What we were reading in November 2022: Data Quality, Evolving Climate Policy, and Assessing Digital Infrastructure in Africa

Best practices for working with survey partners and monitoring data quality | 3ie Primary data collection is usually the most time-consuming task that confronts evaluators and errors at that stage live throughout the life of the project, and frequently degrade its...

Relevance of Independent Evaluations in IFIs: fact or fiction?

Raghavan Narayanan, Senior Evaluation Officer, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit, World Bank and Tom Ling Head of Evaluation at RAND Europe and President of the European Evaluation Society. The views expressed in this blog are the personal views of the...

Can we please stop using useless terms like “wicked problems”?!

This is just one of the recurring themes Dr. Ralph Renger addresses in his new release, System Evaluation Theory: A blueprint for practitioners evaluating complex interventions operating and functioning as systems. “The focus in evaluation on wicked problems is...

What we were reading in October: Refugees, Resilience, Diversification, COP27 and M&E in Africa

Getting the balance right in the refugee humanitarian-development nexus | Itad Refugee policy has featured prominently in evaluation of international development policy for decades. By most accounts, the issue will only increase in urgency as the climate crisis...

There is Value in Casting Project Schedules as Logic Models

Program schedules can be used as evaluation logic models. Making this linkage provides two benefits. One is a stronger connection between program managers and evaluators. Do a thought experiment: how many program managers would be upset if the evaluation logic model...

What we read in September : Ethical standards, Bayesian Updating and Reviewing Theories of Change

Standards of care in policy research | 3ie It hardly needs restating that ethical structures have come to occupy a central place in evaluation. The Belmont Principles and their descendants have proven to be among the core motivating forces for M&E research. The...

Instrumental Application of Complexity Science to Evaluation

My professional interest is to bridge the disciplinary boundary between Evaluation and Complexity Science. In this effort I am not alone (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). The bridge is important because programs and outcomes exhibit complex behavior. Without appreciating this reality,...

Resources on Evaluation and Covid-19

In light of these unprecedented times with the outbreak of Covid-19, we are all having to adapt our daily lives and practice social distancing. Even once the pandemic is over, many sectors will continue to have to adjust their ways of working.

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Youth in Evaluation Week ▶ a 5-day intergenerational gathering to strengthen the 🗣️voice 💡learning & 📈prosperity of youth in #evaluation!

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What Elinor Ostrom Teaches Us About Avoiding the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ in Delivering the Public Interest in the Post COVID-19 World

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Missed our TWG8 Systems Approaches in Evaluation event with Michael Quinn Patton and Dr Mike C Jackson OBE? Catch the debate here: https://lnkd.in/gQPEEVzr

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