European Evaluation Society newsletter

EES solicits the membership of your institution. Institutional membership brings with it a number of benefits foremost of which are visibility and recognition in the European and international evaluation communities, as well as up to date access to the latest practices and evolving knowledge in evaluation. Being an institutional member shows that the member organisation is interested in evaluation and in furthering quality evaluative practise, and supports EES in its efforts to promote it. 

 

Specific benefits include a.o. an annual subscription to the four issues of Evaluation: The International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice (up to five copies of each issue can be provided to institutional members on request), on-line access to Evaluation journals, access to the EES website and its forthcoming Members Only portal, access to the EES membership directory, etc.

EES needs new institutional members, so we look forward to welcoming your organisation as an institutional member!

'Building for the future: Evaluation in governance, development and progress'

preceded by pre-conference training and professional development workshops at 30 September and 1 October

 

The response out of the field to the Call for submissions' brochure' has been very positive. We are receiving and still expect a large number of contributions. May we kindly remind you that closing date for abstracts is April 1st? Please check the brochure and submit your abstract via the online submission form at www.eesconference.org. The registration form will be open as from March 10th and until May 1st you can profit from the early bird fee!

The International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE) now represents one of four networks that will oversee the Network of Networks Impact Evaluation (NONIE). Hosted by the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group, the NONIE coalition is conducting a program of impact evaluation activities aimed at developing a common understanding of the meaning of impact evaluation and approaches to conducting impact evaluation in the promotion of international development effectiveness.

NONIE was originally comprised of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD's) Development Assistance Committee's Evaluation Network, the United Nations Evaluation Group, and the Evaluation Cooperation Group of the international development banks, with plans to name a fourth network that would represent developing countries and be drawn from the regional evaluation associations. The decision to name IOCE as the fourth network was the result of a series of meetings of the IOCE Board and NONIE, followed by a two-day World Bank impact evaluation conference held in January. For more information see the AEA newsletter.

Since EES is a member of IOCE and Burt Perrin has just been elected as IOCE Vice President, this represents one way of connecting EES and its members with international developments in evaluation.

 

For more information about NONIE, including its background papers on various approaches to impact evaluation, visit their website.

 

NONIE will be holding its own meeting in Lisbon in conjunction with the EES conference, and is expected as well to be involved in various sessions with respect to impact evaluation.

 

Let us remind you that EES's statement on methodological diversity in impact evaluation can be found on the EES website. This statement has received considerable positive comment.