| Session Title: International Perspectives on Evaluation Part 2: Institutionalizing Evaluation in Government |
| Think Tank Session 130 to be held in Versailles Room on Wednesday, November 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM |
| Sponsored by the AEA Conference Committee |
| Presenter(s): |
| Ross Conner, University of California, Irvine, rfconner@uci.edu |
| Abstract: Evaluators from outside the US face some similar and many different issues. Two of the currently-salient 'different issues' will be the focus of two consecutive parts of an IOCE-sponsored think tank session. The second session will focus on new initiatives to institutionalize monitoring and evaluation (or M&E as it is known in many developing countries) in government, in a more integral way and at a higher level than typically occurs in the US. The discussion will focus on recent developments in South Africa and in West Africa in Niger, where following the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) 4th Conference there, Nigerien President Mamadou Tandja established a new Ministry of Monitoring and Evaluation (in the US context, this would be similar to establishing a new federal level department). Representatives from AfrEA will describe and discuss the background and implications for institutionalizing evaluation throughout Africa. |