A course by the International Training Centre of the ILO
What you will learn
Define national evaluation systems in the current global context
Identify the key steps to build a responsive and resilient national evaluation system
Explain how robust national evaluation systems play a role in achieving the SDGs
The future of national evaluation systems, including growing evaluation capacity and global partnerships.
Why take this course?
Investments in building resilience must be evidence-based and targeted at people in need to ensure no one is left behind.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development underlines the importance of high-quality data generated at the national level to track progress toward development goals. This requires strong localized evaluation systems and the COVID-19 pandemic has only highlighted this.
This Masterclass shares progress and lessons learned to strengthen national evaluation systems, and how these systems are essential for countries to ‘build forward better’ and get back on track toward reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Discover the importance of evaluation for achieving SDGs and making evidence-based decisions. Strengthen national evaluation systems for better progress tracking. Utilize evaluation to inform budgets, policies, and strategies for improved development outcomes. Overcome challenges in evaluation for effective decision-making and policy formulation.
Watch the 8 video lessons to hear from experts who contributed to the 2022 National Evaluation Capacities Conference in Turin. Learn from UN officials, government officials, civil society organizations, evaluation associations, and the global evaluation community at large.
In this series you will learn from:
Oscar Garcia
Director of the Independent Evaluation Office at UNDP, New York
Dugan Fraser
Programme Manager of the Global Evaluation Initiative, Belgium
Lycia Lima
Deputy Director of CLEAR LAB/Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil
Edoé Djimitri Agbodjan
Director of CLEAR Francophone Africa, Senegal
Camille Spencer
Programme Director for Monitoring & Evaluation at the Ministry of Planning and Development, Trinidad and Tobago
Craig Barham
Chief Technical Director in the Performance Management and Evaluation Branch of the Cabinet, Jamaica
Grace Igweta
Senior Evaluation Officer at the World Food Programme, Italy
Isabelle Mercier
Director of Evaluation at Global Affairs, Canada