by Natalia Kryg | Apr 27, 2026 | Blog, Institutional Members' Blogs
At the recent EBRD Evaluation Week 2026, the Evaluation Cooperation Group (ECG) panel on “Enhancing MDBs’ Additionality for stronger private sector resilience” returned to a familiar concept – additionality – but from a more demanding angle.1 The...
by Dea Tsartsidze | Mar 17, 2026 | Blog
In this blog, Dea Tsartsidze and Richard Smith share personal highlights – as a participant and organizer, respectively – from the 2025 Learning Lab organised by the Outcome Mapping Learning Community (OMLC) and partners on the theme Enhancing participatory,...
by Jaqueline Singh | Feb 27, 2026 | Blog
Evaluation increasingly takes place in complex, multi-layered contexts where programs, policies, and systems overlap, and where meaning is rarely stable or shared at the outset. In such settings, evaluators are often asked to move quickly—toward designs, indicators,...
by Maria Pomes-Jimenez | Feb 5, 2026 | Blog
Just a few years ago, evaluation in Spain felt like a niche concern—important, yes, but far from mainstream. When Law 27/2022 was passed, creating a legal framework for public policy evaluation, it seemed like a pivotal step forward (at the time, Cristina Cribillers...
by Jessica Romo Ramos | Jan 22, 2026 | Blog
Reflections from the European Evaluation Society’s Thematic Working Group (TWG) 1 – Gender & Equity – webinar. By Nur Hidayati (Senior Advisor in Feminist & Participatory MEL, SRHR & Gender Equality), Susan Bergson (Lead Consultant, Impact...
by Sharon Scotcher | Jan 13, 2026 | Blog
This week, we received the sad news that Thomas A. Schwandt passed away during the Christmas period. Tom was a huge contributor to and supporter of the European Evaluation Society. His keynote speech in Thessaloniki on Post Normal Evaluation was hugely influential and...
