EVALSDGs had the pleasure to co-host this important webinar together with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, DEval, IDEAS and UNICEF, which explored how country-led evaluations provide a powerful vehicle to drive progress towards the 2030 Agenda and strengthen good governance, accountability, and transparency in today’s challenging global landscape. On 20 May, experts Dr. Sven Harten, Dr. Bala Yusuf-Yunusa, and Dr. Gonzalo Hernandez Licona, along with co-authors of the newly updated Guidebook on Country-led Evaluation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs shared their thoughts about how evaluation can contribute to a more just, equitable, and sustainable world.
Watch the recording here:
Programme and Speakers:
- Opening and welcome remarks (Marie-Hélène Adrien, EVALSDGs co-chair)
- Session introduction (moderator: Thomas Rossmüller, Evaluation Specialist, UNICEF)
- Presentation on the current global context and the role of evaluation in it (Dr Sven Harten, Deputy Director, DEval)
- Overview of the updated Guidebook on Country-led evaluation to achieve the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs (Nea-Mari Heinonen, Deputy Director of the Development Evaluation Unit, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland)
- The value of evaluating the SDGs from a country perspective (Dr Bala Yusuf-Yunusa, Head of the Policy and Strategy Unit, OSSAP-SDGs Nigeria)
- Reflections on the discussion and the guidebook (Discussant: Dr Gonzalo Hernandez Licona, Director, Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN))
- Q&A
- Call to action and closing remarks (Ada Ocampo, President, IDEAS)
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