Evaluation Conclave 2013
PRESS RELEASE
12th February, Kathmandu: The Community of Evaluators (CoE) in collaboration with Community of
Evaluators Nepal (CoE-Nepal), announces its Second Evaluation Conclave from 26th February to 1st
March 2013 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The objective of the conclave is to bring together thinkers,
commissioners and practitioners of evaluation in an interactive forum to discuss, deliberate and
share advancements in the theory and practice of evaluation.
Tricia Wind, IDRC says “The CoE’s first Conclave in New Delhi in October in 2010 brought together
over 300 participants from South Asian and beyond. Evaluation Conclave 2013 promises to bring
together a wide array of global and South Asian thinkers, government representatives, evaluators,
policy makers, donors, academicians, and students for this four-day event.”
Gana Pati Ojha, Founder CoE South Asia & CoE Nepal, adds; “The cross-cutting themes of the
Conclave will be Participation, Practices, Policies and Utilization in the field of evaluation. The
following sub-themes have been identified for the conclave: Poverty Alleviation; Agriculture, Food
Security and Nutrition; Gender and Inequities; Environment; and Governance and Social
Accountability.”
The Theme of the second Conclave - Evaluation for Development - emphasizes that evaluation
should ultimately make a difference in the lives of people. Evaluation is particularly critical in the
context of South Asia, home to complex social structures, high rates of poverty, gender
discrimination, dynamic forces of globalization sweeping traditional societies and the presence of
myriad development projects for the large populations of this region. Innovative evaluation
approaches and practices are particularly important in such intricate contexts.
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Shiv Kumar, Director CMS and co-organisers is pleased that, “The Evaluation Conclave attracts
renowned evaluation experts from all over the world. A few of the confirmed experts are: Michael
Quinn Patton, Robert Chambers, Jim Rugh, Colleen Duggan, Marco Segone, Donna Mertens, Patricia
Rogers, Andy Rowe, J. Bradley Cousins, Simon Hearn, John Floretta, and Murray Saunders. Panels,
workshops, coffee shop presentations, and networking events that are being organized as part of
the Conclave.”
“We are delighted to welcome members from evaluation associations such as the Sri Lanka
Evaluation Association, the American Evaluation Association, and the Malaysian Evaluation society
as well as delegates from all over the world including USA, UK, Europe, China, Fiji and more. ” says
Mr. Ramesh Tuladar, President, CoE Nepal co-hosts for Evaluation Conclave 2013.
About The Community of Evaluators (CoE)
The Community of Evaluators (CoE) is a group of evaluators from South Asia (India, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal and Pakistan), working together to strengthen the field of
evaluation. The goal of the CoE is – “to promote and enhance the quality of the theory and practice
of evaluation in South Asia and to contribute to the same globally, particularly from a South Asian
perspective.” CoE is engaged in knowledge sharing, capacity development, networking and advocacy,
and developing standards and protocols for evaluation in South Asia.
To learn more or to become a CoE member, visit http://communityofevaluators.org.
To know more about EC2013 please visit http://evaluationconclave2013.org
For further information or queries pls contact:
Media
Secretariat
Venue
Karon Shaiva, Idobro
Karon.shaiva@idobro.com
+919833433944
Sandip Pattanayak
Catalyst Management Services
Host Organisation for CoE
# 19, 1st Main, 1st Cross
Ashwath Nagar, RMV-II stage
Bangalore -560094, India
Tel: +91 80-23419616 / 23417714
Fax: +91-80-42061210
Email: sandip@cms-india.org
Hyatt Regency Kathmandu
PO Box 9609, Taragaon, Boudha,
Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel: +977 1 449 1234
Fax: +977 1 449 0033
Email: kathmandu.regency@hyatt.com
Gana Pati Ohja, CoE Nepal
gpojha@gmail.com
+9779803226940
Dr Riffat Lucy, CoE Bangladesh
riffatlucy@gmail.com
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