Briefing Paper 10 – Equity-focused, gender-responsive evidence: a blind spot in VNR reporting
10th Briefing Equity-focused, gender-responsive evidence: a blind spot in VNR reporting In 2018, 46 countries expressed their commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by voluntarily presenting national reviews of their progress on implementing the...
Webinar: ‘Evaluation for the world we want’: Making evaluation useful and influential
This webinar was jointly organized by EVALSDGs, UNICEF and UNITAR. Presenter: Michael Quinn Patton, founder of Utilization-Focused Evaluation and Editorial Advisory Board for the Foundation Review Date: 6 November 2018 Download the presentation. Watch the webinar...
Webinar: Using Evaluative thinking to support the effective implementation of the SDGs. It’s NOT ‘business as usual’ for Evaluators
This webinar was jointly organized by EVALSDGs, REL Solutions In., and UNICEF. The presenter, Robert Lahey, Founding Head of Canada’s Centre of Excellence for Evaluation, discussed, among other things, what are the challenges in measuring and understanding SDG...
Webinar: Embedding evaluation in national plans and policies to foster sustainable development
This webinar encouraged discussion on how to embed evaluation in national plans and policies to foster development on the sustainable development goals. Presenter: Stefano D’Errico Date: 14 August 2018 Watch the webinar...
Webinar: Innovation in Evaluations
This webinar discusses the ongoing need for innovation in evaluation on the changing nature of programs and policies, the 2030 Agenda and the context in which they are implemented. The presenter Patricia Rogers – Director of BetterEvaluation has worked in evaluation...
Briefing Paper 9 – Embedding evaluation in national plans and policies to foster transformative development
9th Briefing paper: Embedding evaluation in national plans and polices to foster transformative development This briefing place emphasis on voluntary national reviews (VNRs), VNRs are an important tool, rolled out globally, for demonstrating how far countries are...
Briefing Paper 8 – VNR reporting needs evaluation: a call for global guidance and national action
8th Briefing paper: VNR Reporting needs evaluation: a call for global guidance and national action This briefing analyses 43 ‘Voluntary National Reviews’ (VNRs) of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Extending a 2016 analysis, it finds that...
Webinar: Evaluation and Voluntary National Reviews
This webinar promoted discussion on the contribution of evaluation to Voluntary National Reviews on the Sustainable Development Goals. Stefano D’Errico presented his findings from a review of 22 Voluntary National Reviews. It was addressed to government...
Briefing Paper 7 – The 2030 Agenda and evaluation: opportunities and challenges for parliamentarians
7th Briefing paper: The 2030 Agenda and evaluation: opportunities and challenges for parliamentarians The seventh briefing paper focuses on ensuring the 17 Goals in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are meaningfully translated into national policies and...
Webinar: Evaluation and the SDGs
On 30 May 2017, EvalSDGs and UNICEF Evaluation Office jointly organized a webinar on “Evaluation and the SDGs”. The webinar, presented by Michael Bamberger, sought to promote greater awareness on SDG evaluation. The webinar highlighted the complexity and...
Briefing Paper 6 – Evaluation: a missed opportunity in the SDGs’ first set of Voluntary National Reviews
6th Briefing Paper: Evaluation: a missed opportunity in the SDGs’ first set of Voluntary National Reviews At the 2016 UN High Level Political Forum, 22 countries presented Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) — status reports on their efforts to implement national-level...
Briefing Paper 5 – Developing national evaluation capacities in the sustainable development era: four key challenges
5th Briefing paper: Developing National Evaluation Capacity (NEC) in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) era and interrelated challenges The challenges affect both the supply of sound evaluations for development plans and also the demand for their relevant and...