New Director of the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD
IFAD IEO welcomes its new director, Mr Oscar A. Garcia, as of 1 October 2014. Prior to joining IOE, he served as Head of the advisory services at the United Nations Environment Programme, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics in Paris. In that role, he provided guidance to the Partnership for Action on Green Economy. Previously, he was senior evaluation advisor at the Evaluation Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), where he oversaw programmatic and thematic evaluations for Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean.
ECG Fall 2014 Meeting
The ECG Fall Meeting 2014 was held in Washington D.C. (USA) from 4-5 December and was Chaired by the African Development Bank. Full details only available to ECG members.
Dr Juha Uitto takes office as the newly appointed Director of the GEF IEO
Juha I. Uitto started as Director of the GEF Independent Evaluation Office in September 2014. He came to the position from being the Deputy Director of the Independent Evaluation Office of the United Nations Development Programme since 2009. Prior to that, he worked as Evaluation Adviser in UNDP and as Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator/Specialist with the GEF.
Interview with Vinod Thomas, Director General, Independent Evaluation at the Asian Development Bank
Headstart anchor Karen Davila interviewed Vinod Thomas, Director General, Independent Evaluation at the Asian Development Bank, on the need for disaster prevention in climate action.
BetterEvaluation
An international collaboration to improve evaluation practice and theory by sharing information about options (methods or tools) and approaches.
Réseau Francophone de l'Evaluation
Established in 2013, the aim of the RFE is to develop mutual understanding of evaluation practices among members of the Francophone community.