The Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD is organizing an international conference on "Evaluating Rural Inequality: Identifying effective approaches to reduce rural disparities”, which will explore critical questions regarding whether strategies and programmes that aim to eradicate rural poverty reduce disparities within rural areas.
The conference will examine approaches to rural poverty reduction that have had an impact on four main areas of inequality in rural areas:

The theme for the CES2018 Conference is Co-Creation. The event will be held Calgary 26-29 May 2018, with a post-conference symposium to be held in Yellowknife from 31 May - 1 June.

Full details can be found on the event website.

The leading theme of the EES2018 Conference is "Evaluation for more resilient societies”. The Conference offers 5 days of debates on evaluation in times of financial, geopolitical, environmental and humanitarian crises.