AfDB to Hold 2012 Evaluation Week in Celebration of 25 Years of Evaluation

This year the African Development Bank will mark 25 years of evaluation work during Evaluation Week, which will take place in Tunis, Tunisia, from December 3 to 6, 2012.

The AfDB Evaluation week, an evaluation Indaba, is an annual learning event established to serve as a platform for Bank staff to discuss, debate and reflect on key lessons from evaluations of Bank programs. It is also an opportunity for development practitioners, beneficiaries and evaluation specialists to discuss key issues of concern to Africa’s development.

Speaking about the event, the Director of the Operations Evaluation Department, Rakesh Nangia, said, “Over the years, the evaluation function has evolved to meet the Bank’s need for evaluation of its work in an ever-changing development environment. It has made a significant contribution to the Bank’s work. However, the department’s story has never fully been told. We have planned two events to commemorate this silver anniversary: a global evaluation essay contest on evaluation in Africa, and a publication on the history of evaluation at the AfDB. This promises to be a very interesting and informative week.”

Highlights of the 2012 event, which draws on the expertise of experts across countries and institutions, are as follows:

• Keynote Address: by Tertius Zongo, former Prime Minister, Burkina Faso, on Development Challenges in Africa. Davos style debate on Evaluation and Development: Challenges and Opportunities hosted by Jim Adams, former VP, World Bank, with the participation of
  
  • Emmanuel Mbi (First Vice-President/COO, African Development Bank)
  • Rajat Nag (Director General and Senior VP, Asian Development Bank)
  • Caroline Heider, Senior VP and Director General, IEG, World Bank
  • Mustapha Nabli, Former Governor, Central Bank of Tunisia (TBC)
• Book Launch: Multilateral Banks and the Development Process: Vinod Thomas (author), Director-General, Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank
  
• Knowledge Fair
  
• Inclusive Financial Sector for Equitable Growth (Perspectives: IFC, AfDB, private sector)
  
• Role of the Private Sector in Africa: Lessons from Evaluations (AfDB, IFC, IADB, ADB)
  
• Lessons from Water Sector Evaluations (AfDB, IsDB, Morocco)
  
• Fragile States: How do we make a Difference? (Perspectives: AfDB, UN, NORAD, AsDB)
  
• Impact Evaluation, Annette Brown, 3ie
  
• Challenges of Mainstreaming (Gender, Environment, Private Sector) in Development Programmes ( AfDB,IFAD)
  
• Knowledge Management for Development Effectiveness (Frannie Leutier, ACBF, AfDB, World Bank)
  
• Building Evaluation Capacity in Africa: Strategies and Challenges (ACBF, CLEAR South Africa and CLEAR Senegal, Uganda PM’s Office)
  
• Awards: Best Quality Project Completion Report; Evaluation Essay Contest; Best M&E System Design

The event is open to all.

Access to Evaluation Knowledge

• Presentation - ADB’s Evaluation Information System: Management Action Record System and Lessons Database
• Presentation - Introduction to ADB’S Management Action Record System (Mars) and Lessons Database

Building Evaluation Capacity in Africa: Strategies and Challenges

• Presentation - Building Evaluation Capacity in Africa - Strategies and Challenges
• Presentation - From Building Evaluation Capacity to Supporting Evaluation Capacity Development: Key Conclusions of an exploratory study conducted in DRC Niger and South Africa
• Presentation - Capacity Development Initiatives AfDB Evaluation Week

Fragile States: How do we Make a Difference? Challenges and Opportunities

• Presentation - Fragile States: Perspectives from Evaluations - Full Presentation
• Presentation - Fragile States: Perspectives from Evaluations

Inclusive Financial Sector for Equitable Growt

• Presentation - Lessons from Water Sector Evaluations

Knowledge Management for Development Effectiveness

• Presentation - Knowledge Management for Development Effectiveness

Lessons from Water Sector Evaluations

• Presentation - Review of Water and Sanitation Project’s Results: Emerging Findings
• Presentation - Lessons from Water Sector Evaluations
• Presentation - Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Policy Evaluation: Key Findings Lessons and Way Forward
• Présentation - Evaluation dans le secteur de l’eau enseignements

Impact Evaluation: Lessons from Key Evaluations in Africa

• Presentation - Impact Evaluation: Lessons from Africa

The role of Private Sector in Africa: Lessons from Evaluations

• Presentation - Evaluating World Bank Group Support to the Private Sector
• Presentation - Independent Review of the Bank’s Non-Sovereign Portfolio- Preliminary Findings on Private Sector Policy
• Présentation - Revue indépendante du portefeuille non-souverain de la Banque- Constats Préliminaires à propos de la politique du Secteur privé
• Présentation - Le rôle du secteur privé en Afrique - Leçons tirées des évaluations
• Presentation - Independent Review of the Bank’s Non-Sovereign Portfolio- Preliminary Findings and Lessons
• Presentation - The Role of Private Sector in Africa- Lessons from MDBs’ Evaluations

Award Session

• Cérémonie de remise de distinctions 2012
• Tunis, Tunisie - 6 décembre 2012 - Mot du doyen du conseil d’administration à l’occasion de la cérémonie de remise des prix aux évaluateurs