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Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (Vopes) Grew from 15 in the 1990S to More Than 155 by 2012 In recent decades, civil society has increasingly played a central and active role in promoting greater accountability for public action, through the use of evaluation. National and regional Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs) grew from 15 in the 1990s to more than 155 by 2012. Acknowledging the enhanced role of civil society, UNICEF and IOCE launched EvalPartners. for Professional Evaluation Organizations Voluntary This is a global initiative that promotes coordinated efforts among development organiza- tions, governments and civil society, with the aim of strengthening civil society evalua- tion capacity, in order to fortify the voice of civil society in policy-making and in promoting equity-focused and gender-responsive evaluations. EvalPartners was met with a surge of enthusiasm evidenced in the joining of 27 members, including all regional VOPEs, within a few months of its launch. The goal of the EvalPartners Initiative is to contribute to the enhancement of the capacity of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) – notably, VOPEs – to influence policy-makers, other key stakeholders and public opinion, so that public policies are evidence-informed and support equity in development processes and results. The expected outcome of EvalPartners is three-fold: • VOPEs are stronger. Their institutional and organizational capacities are enhanced. • VOPEs are more influential. They are better able to play strategic roles in strengthening the enabling environment for evaluation within their countries. In so doing, they help to improve national evaluation systems and to promote the use of evaluation evidence in the development of policies geared towards effective, equitable and gender-equality responsive development results. • VOPEs develop sustainable strategies to enhance the evaluation skills, knowledge and capacities of their members, and of evaluators more widely, to manage and conduct credible and useful evaluations. Australasia, Europe and Middle East Learning from Africa, Americas, Asia, Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs) Learning from Africa, Americas, Asia, Australasia, Europe and Middle East In partnership with: http://mymande.org http://www.unicef.org/ evaluation http://ioce.net 2013 Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs) Learning from Africa, Americas, Asia, Australasia, Europe and Middle East In partnership with: The Evaluation Working Papers (EWP) are documents that present strategic evaluation findings, lessons learned and innovative approaches and methodologies. We would like to encourage proposals for relevant papers which could be published in the next EWP issues. Papers can be prepared by UN staff and by partners. For additional information and details please contact Marco Segone, UNICEF Evaluation Office, [email protected] ISSUE #1: New trends in development evaluation. Published jointly with IPEN. 2006. ISSUE # 2: Bridging the gap: The role of monitoring and evaluation in evidence-based policy making. Published by UNICEF in partnership with the World Bank, IDEAS, DevInfo, and MICS, 2008. ISSUE # 3: Country-led monitoring and evaluation systems. Better evidence, better policies, better development results. Published by UNICEF in partnership with the World Bank, IDEAS, IOCE, UNECE, DevInfo, and MICS, 2009. ISSUE # 4: Country-led monitoring and evaluation systems. Watch and listen international keynote speakers. DVD published by UNICEF in partnership with IDEAS, IOCE, WFP, OECD/DAC Network on development evaluation, and DevInfo, 2009. ISSUE #5: From policies to results: Developing capacities for country monitoring and evaluation systems. Published by UNICEF in partnership with DevInfo, IDEAS, ILO, IOCE, The World Bank, UNDP, UNIFEM, and WFP, 2010. ISSUE #6: How to design and manage Equity-focused evaluations. UNICEF, 2011. ISSUE #7: Evaluation for equitable development results. Published by UNICEF in partnership with Coneval, IDEAS, IDRC, ILO, IOCE, UNDP, and UNWomen, 2012. ISSUE #8: Evaluation and Civil Society. Stakeholders’ perspectives on National Evaluation Capacity Development. Published by UNICEF, EvalPartners and IOCE in partnership with CLEAR, IEG World Bank, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, OECD Development Assistance Committee Network on Development Evaluation, UNEG and UNWomen, 2013. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed are the personal thinking of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect the policies or views of UNICEF, IOCE, EvalPartners or any other organization involved or named in this publication. The text has not been edited to official publication standards and UNICEF and partner organizations accept no responsibility for errors. Extracts from this publication may be freely reproduced with due acknowledgement. This is the second volume of a proposed series of publications on Evaluation and Civil Society. It should be read together with the first volume on “Evaluation and Civil Society: Stakeholders’ perspectives on National Evaluation Capacity Development.” For additional information about Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPE) case studies, please visit the mapping webpage at: http://mymande.org/evalpartners/international- mapping-of-evaluation Design by services-concept.ch Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs) Learning from Africa, Americas, Asia, Australasia, Europe and Middle East Editors Jim Rugh and Marco Segone Authors Anand Akundy R. S. Goyal Guennolet Boumas Taiana Fortunato Araújo Umi Hanik Ngabina Nilanthi Bandara Ian Hopwood Samuel Norgah Ray Basson Marcia Paterno Joppert Julius Nyangaga Ahmed Bencheikh Enid Kaabunga Sandip Pattanayak Sharon Brisolara Nazmul Kalimullah Pablo Rodríguez-Bilella María Bustelo Ousseni Kinda Jim Rugh Tessie Tzavaras Natalia Kosheleva Ndeye Fatou Diop Samb Catsambas Samuel Kouakou Murray Saunders Soma De Silva Shiv Kumar Marco Segone Laurent Denis Shubh Kumar-Range Denise Seigart Maguette Diop Mònica Lomeña-Gelis Moctar Sow Maha El Said Dorothy Lucks Benedictus Dwiagus Stepantoro Nivine El-Kabbag Anne Markiewicz Issaka Herman Traoré Maria Eliadis Martha McGuire Tatiana Tretiakova Florence Etta Kate Mckegg Nermine Wally Alejandra Faúndez Roxana Mihalache Bessa Whitmore Soukeynatou Somé Faye Jennifer Mutua Boureima Gado James Mwanzia Mathuva Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs) Learning from Africa, Americas, Asia, Australasia, Europe and Middle East A QUICK GLANCE AT THIS BOOK’S KEY MESSAGES • During the past few decades there has been a remarkable growth in the evaluation profession as evidenced by the number of Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs) that have formed. The number of national and regional VOPEs has risen from 15 in the 1990s to more than 155 by early 2013. The aggregate total of their memberships now surpasses 34,000. • Many of the national VOPEs began as loose, informal networks of individuals who discovered a common interest in learning about evaluation methodologies. Some subsequently evolved into more formal associations or societies, with constitutions and bylaws, and even official governmental recognition. The typical focus in this second phase is on institutional development and strengthening of the VOPE itself. • Some VOPEs have further evolved, recognizing the need not only to improve the supply of quality, credible, useful evaluations, but also to address the demand side – including advocating for governmental policies and systems that call for appropriate forms of evaluation that contribute to accountability, learning and public transparency. • The focus of this book is on a set of case studies written by leaders of selected VOPEs. These are ‘positive deviants’ – organizations that have especially relevant and useful experiences to share that could be helpful to other VOPEs as they seek ways to increase their capacities to strengthen not only the supply of evaluations but also influence the enabling environment for evaluation in their countries. A quick glance at this book’s key messages • There are four sets of case studies included in this book. They include: – Academic institutions that are offering courses in professional evaluation (the example of TESA – Teaching Evaluation in South Asia) – Regional VOPEs (AfrEA, AES, CoE, EES, IPEN, ReLAC) – 15 national VOPEs – The experiences of 4 VOPEs with specific focus on gender-responsive evaluation. • In their preface, IOCE President and Vice President, Natalia Kosheleva and Murray Saunders, write about the role of the professional community of evaluators (VOPEs) to promote the growth of individual, institutional and national evaluation capacities. • In their “keynote” introductory chapter, Natalia Kosheleva and Marco Segone, Co-Chairs of the EvalPartners Initiative, provide a useful background to the formation and purpose of VOPEs. They also describe the role of the EvalPartners global collaborative partnership in enhancing the capacities of VOPEs in multiple ways. • In his article on the growth and evaluation capacities of VOPEs, Jim Rugh summarizes some of the findings of the mapping survey conducted during 2012. • As a sequel to the first book on the role of Civil Society in the development of national evaluation capacities1, this book is one of the ways EvalPartners is contributing to the strengthening of VOPEs and they roles are playing in 1 Evaluation and Civil Society: Stakeholders’ perspectives on National Evaluation Capacity Development. Published by UNICEF, EvalPartners and IOCE in partnership with CLEAR,
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