Proposed/Agreed Actions/Commitments to

Partner/Contribute Towards the Proposed EvalYear 2015

SOUTH-SOUTH SOLUTIONSSUPPLY - DEMAND MATCHING

Third International Conference on National Evaluation Capacities 2013

29 Sep - 2 Oct 2013, São Paulo, Brazil

Signatories

1

• Develop and implement a transparent results based monitoring and evaluation framework to track the efforts and results of the implemented commitments proposed in this conference.

• Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Gov. of Sri Lanka) – Mr. Patrick McCaskie (Gov. of Barbados)• Ms. Mallika R. Samaranayake (Sri Lanka—COE & SLEvA) – Mr. Teertha Raj Dhakal (Nepal)• Ms. Beverley Best (OECS) – Dr. Igr Saidi Kibeya (Burundi) – Dr. Albert K. Byamugisha (Uganda)• Mr. Samson Masese Machuka (Kenya) – Mr. Marco Vinicio Espinal Martínez (Dominican Republic)• Ms. Rosetti Nabbumba Nayenga (Uganda) – Mr. Winston Nyasulu (Malawi)• Dr. Ir. Arif Haryana (Indonesia) – Mr. Ziad Moussa (Lebanon) – Mr. Santosh Mehrotra (India)• Ms. Oyuntsetseg Khurts (Mongolia) – Ms. Jacqueline Warso (Suriname)

2

• Collaborate to build and strengthen credible national data systems to improve the integrity of such systems, in order to better link performance of policies and programmes.

• Mr. Patrick McCaskie (Gov. of Barbados) – Mr. Shawn Grey (Jamaica)• Ms. Jennifer Mutua (Kenya—AfrEA) – Ms. Nompumelelo Madonda (South Africa)• Mr. Theofrid T.L. Kikombele (Tanzania) – Mr. Jimmy Kawaye (Malawi) -- Ms. Jacqueline Warso

(Suriname)• Mr. Aristide Djidjoho (Benin) – Mr. Mohamed Mouime (Morocco) – Dr. Ir. Arif Haryana (Indonesia)• Ms. Oyuntsetseg Khurts (Mongolia) – Ms. Selma Maria Hayakawa C. Serpa (Brazil)• Mr. Bruno Dery (Ghana) – Mr. Samuel Hernandez (El Salvador)

3

• Develop systems to promote the transparent follow-up of evaluations, such as management response tracking systems and citizen’s commission that allow for effective monitoring of the implementation of evaluation recommendations.

• Hon. Mrs. Rangina Kargar (Afghanistan) – Mr. Hans-Martin Boehmer ([IEG] World Bank)• Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Sri Lanka) – Ms. Aulida Anamali (Albania)• Dr. Albert K. Byamugisha (Uganda) – Mr. Samson Masese Machuka (Kenya)• Mr. Marco Vinicio Espinal Martínez (Dominican Republic) – Ms. Nompumelelo Madonda (South

Africa)• Ms. Rosetti Nabbumba Nayenga (Uganda) – Mr. Theofrid T.L. Kikombele (Tanzania)• RBMA (Brazil) – Dr. Agustín Escobar (Mexico) – Ms. Shahrazat binti Haji Ahmad (Malaysia)• H.E. Mahmoud El Said (Egypt)

4• Study the alternatives, assessing the pro and cons, of

different options of institutional set-ups, such as national evaluation legislation and policies, where appropriate, taking the country/cultural context into account and establishing a set of minimum requirements based on lessons learnt.

• Ms. Oyuntsetseg Khurts (Mongolia) – Mr. Darrel Montrope (St. Lucia) – Ms. Susana Lobato (El Salvador)• Ms. Doha Abdelhamid (Egypt) – RBMA (Brazil) – Hon. Jigmi Rinzin (Bhutan)• Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Sri Lanka) – Mr. Shawn Grey (Jamaica) – Ms. Florita Azofeifa (Costa

Rica)• Mr. Patrick McCaskie (Barbados) – Ms. Aulida Anamali (Albania) – Magdalena Ordónez (Honduras)• Ms. Mallika R. Samaranayake (Sri Lanka—CoE— South Asia) – Dr. Zakari Lawal (Nigeria)• Ms. Rosaura Trigueros Elizondo (Costa Rica) – Mr. Theofrid T.L. Kikombele (Tanzania)• Mr. Samuel Hernandez (El Salvador) – Ms. Sabrina Storm (Costa Rica)• Ms. Selma Maria Hayakawa C. Serpa (Brazil) – Mr. Marco Segone (UNICEF)• Ms. Anne Bramble (Barbados)

5

• Develop /strengthen/ support / expand joint peer-to-peer systems and mentoring programmes among professional association of evaluators and government evaluation units.

• Ms. Rosetti Nabbumba Nayenga (Uganda) – Ms. Marie Gervais (Canada) – Mr. Sonam Tobgyal (Bhutan)• Ms. Jennifer Mutua (Kenya— AfrEA) – Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Sri Lanka)• Ms. Aulida Anamali (Albania) – Ms. Mallika Samaranayake (Sri Lanka—CoE— South Asia) – RBMA (Brazil)• Ms. Jennifer Bisgard (South Africa— AfrEA) – Mr. Marco Vinicio Espinal Martínez (Dominican Republic)• Ms. Lyudmila Vladiko (Russia) – Ms. Nompumelelo Madonda (South Africa)• Mr. Theofrid T.L. Kikombele (Tanzania) – Dr. Albert K. Byamugisha (Uganda)• Ms. Natalia Kosheleva (Russia) – H.E. Mahmoud El Said (Egypt) – Ms. Anne Bramble (Barbados)• Mr. Ziad Moussa (Lebanon) – Mr. Marco Segone (UNICEF) – Ms. Selma Maria Hayakawa C. Serpa (Brazil)• Mr. David Akana (Cameroon) – Mr. Jim Rugh (EvalPartners)

6

• Create/strengthen Parliamentarians’ forum for development evaluation in different regions to advocate for use and conduct of evaluations.

• Ms. Jennifer Mutua (Kenya—AfrEA) – Mr. Bruno Dery (Ghana) – Mr. Asela Kalugampitiya (Sri Lanka)• Hon. Jigmi Rinzin (Bhutan) – Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Gov. of Sri Lanka) • Hon. Qaiser Jamal, MNA (Pakistan) – Ms. Mallika R. Samaranayake (Sri Lanka—CoE— South Asia)• Hon. Kabir Hashim (Sri Lanka) – Dr. Zakari Lawal (Nigeria) – Ms. Jacqueline Warso (Suriname)• Mr. Charles Amoatey (Ghana) – Mr. Marco Segone (UNICEF)• Ms. Selma Maria Hayakawa C. Serpa (Brazil) – Mr. David Akana (Cameroon)• David Roberts (Australia) – Ms. Anne Bramble (Barbados)• Ms. Maria Bustelo (Spain—European Evaluation Society)

7• Facilitate partnership / cooperation between Government, VOPEs,

Parliament and Private Sector to strengthen the understanding about what evaluation is and how it can be useful for different actions.

• Hon. Mrs. Rangina Kargar (Afghanistan) – Mr. Zakari Bonkano (Niger) – Ms. Anne Bramble (Barbados)• Ms. Rosetti Nabbumba Nayenga (Uganda) – Hon. Qaiser Jamal, MNA (Pakistan) – Mr. Bruno Dery (Ghana)• Dr. Zakari Lawal (Nigeria) – Ms. Doha Abdelhamid (Egypt) – RBMA (Brazil)• Mr. Asela Kalugampitiya (Sri Lanka) – Ms. Marie Gervais (Canada--Québec) – Hon. Jigmi Rinzin (Bhutan)• Ms. Sabrina Storm (Costa Rica) – Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Gov. of Sri Lanka)• Mr. Darrel Montrope (St. Lucia) – Ms. Aulida Anamali (Albania) – Ms. Ada Ocampo (Thailand—UNICEF)• Dr. Igr Saidi Kibeya (Burundi) – Mr. Patrick McCaskie (Gov. of Barbados)• Mr. Mohamed Mouime (Morocco) – Hon. Kabir Hashim (Sri Lanka) – Mr. Marco Segone (UNICEF)• Ms. Beverley Best (OCES) – Ms. Mallika R. Samaranayake (Sri Lanka—CoE— South Asia)• Mr. Theofrid T.L. Kikombele (Tanzania) – Mr. Jim Rugh (EvalPartners) – Ms. Rosa Mena (Dominican Republic)• David Roberts (Australia) – Ms. Ivett Subero (Dominican Republic) – Mr. Esteban Tapella (Argentina)• H.E. Mahmoud El Said (Egypt) – Mr. David Akana (Cameroon) – Ms. Lyudmila Vladiko (Russia)• Mr. Marco Vinicio Espinal Martínez (Dominican Republic) – Mr. Teertha Raj Dhakal (Nepal)• Ms. Arlyn Gonzalez (Panama) – Ms. Claudia Valenzuela (Brazil) – Ms. Nompumelelo Madonda (South Africa)• Ms. Jennifer Mutua (Kenya—AfrEA) – Ms. Jacqueline Warso (Suriname) – Mr. Leopoldo Font (Uruguay)• Ms. Oyuntsetseg Khurts (Mongolia)

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• Develop approaches based on lessons learned, on how to incorporate cultural dimensions into evaluation in different regional and national contexts.

• Mr. David Akana (Cameroon) – Mr. Ziad Moussa (Lebanon—EvalMENA)• Mr. Victor Manuel Quintero (Colombia) – Hon. Mrs. Rangina Kargar (Afghanistan)• Mr. Zakari Bonkano (Niger) – Mrs. Iracy Soares Ribeiro Maciel (Brazil) – Ms. Doha Abdelhamid (Egypt)• Magdalena Ordónez (Honduras) – Mr. Norberto Perotti (Argentina)• Ms. Nompumelelo Madonda (South Africa) – Ms. Jennifer Mutua (Kenya—AfrEA)• Ms. Inga Sniukaite (UN Women) – Ms. Laura Gonzalez (UN Women)• Dr. Francois-Corneille Kedowide (Ethiopia—UNDP RSC Afrique) – Ms. Jacqueline Warso (Suriname)• Mr. Esteban Tapella (Argentina) – Ms. Martha McGuire (Canada)• Mrs. Elizabeth Castelo Branco de Souza (Brazil) – Ms. Shahrazat binti Haji Ahmad (Malaysia)• Ms. Ada Ocampo (Thailand—UNICEF)

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• Develop standards, based on lessons learned, to ensure proper triangulation of evidence, checks & balances and qualitative data use to not be just perception-based.

• David Roberts (Australia) – Ms. Selma Maria Hayakawa C. Serpa (Brazil)• Mr. Pablo Rodriguez-Bilella (Argentina) – Mr. Sonam Tobgyal (Bhutan) – H.E. Mahmoud El Said (Egypt)• Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Gov. of Sri Lanka) – Mr. Mohamed Mouime (Morocco)• Mrs. Iracy Soares Ribeiro Maciel (Brazil) – Ms. Mallika R. Samaranayake (Sri Lanka—CoE— South Asia)• Ms. Nompumelelo Madonda (South Africa) – Ms. Rosetti Nabbumba Nayenga (Uganda)• Mr. Theofrid T.L. Kikombele (Tanzania) – Mr. David Akana (Cameroon)• Miss Ana Maria Carneiro (Brazil—UNICAMP) – Mr. Guillherme Pereira (Brazil)• Ms. Jacqueline Warso (Suriname) – Mr. Johann Lucas Jacob (Canada)• Ms. Oyuntsetseg Khurts (Mongolia)

10

• Develop standards, based on lessons learned to ensure stakeholders involvement while still guaranteeing independence of the evaluation.

• Mr. Sonam Tobgyal (Bhutan) – Hon. Jigmi Rinzin (Bhutan) – Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Gov. of Sri Lanka) – Mrs. Iracy Soares Ribeiro Maciel (Brazil) – Mr. Mohamed Mouime (Morocco)

• Hon. Kabir Hashim (Sri Lanka) – Ms. Mallika R. Samaranayake (Sri Lanka—CoE— South Asia)• Mr. Marco Vinicio Espinal Martínez (Dominican Republic) – Ms. Nompumelelo Madonda (South Africa)• Mr. Julio Raudales (Honduras) – Mr. Patrick McCaskie (Gov. of Barbados)• Mr. Esteban Tapella (Argentina) – Mrs. Elizabeth Castelo Branco de Souza (Brazil)• Ms. Christel Jacob (South Africa) – Mr. David Akana (Cameroon) – Mr. Guillherme Pereira (Brazil)• David Roberts (Australia) – Ms. Tessie Tzavaras Catsambas (USA)

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• Develop/connect national registries/national statistical systems to M&E systems with increased frequency of data collection to support decision making.

• Mr. Paulo Jannuzzi (Brazil) – Mr. Mohamed Mouime (Morocco)• Mr. Marco Vinicio Espinal Martínez (Dominican Republic) – Dr. Albert K. Byamugisha (Uganda)• Ms. Nompumelelo Madonda (South Africa) – Mr. Theofrid T.L. Kikombele (Tanzania)• Ms. Jacqueline Warso (Suriname) – Ms. Katia Cristina Bassichetto (Brazil)• Mr. Samuel Hernandez (El Salvador) – Ms. Baasanjav Radnaabazar (Mongolia)• Mr. Alexandro Rodrigues Pinto (Brazil)

12

• Have an online platform (NEC COP) to present/exchange experiences, keep NEC participants connected and follow up on commitments.

• Mr. Sonam Tobgyal (Bhutan) – Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Gov. of Sri Lanka)• Mr. Mohamed Mouime (Morocco) – Magdalena Ordónez (Honduras) – Ms. Lulama Sizani (South Africa)• Dr. Albert K. Byamugisha (Uganda) – Ms. Jennifer Mutua (Kenya—AfrEA) – Mr. David Akana (Cameroon)• Mr. Esteban Tapella (Argentina) – Mr. Johann Lucas Jacob (Canada)• Mr. Pablo Rodriguez-Bilella (Argentina) – Mr. Norberto Perotti (Argentina) – Mr. Ziad Moussa (Lebanon)

13

• Translate material on evaluation into different languages.

• Ms. Doha Abdelhamid (Egypt) – Ms. Aulida Anamali (Albania) – Mr. Mohamed Mouime (Morocco)• Ms. Laura Gonzalez (UN Women) – Ms. Maria Bustelo (Spain—Master Program, Madrid)• Mr. David Akana (Cameroon) – Mr. Rafael de Souza Camelo (Brazil) • Mr. Dieudonne Mouafo (Canada/UN Volunteers)

• RBMA (Brazil) English & Spanish Portugese• Mr. Esteban Tapella (Argentina) English Spanish• Mr. Johann Lucas Jacob (Canada) English French

14

• Map and analyze effectiveness of coordination mechanisms and practices between central evaluation units and sector ministry units and local gov’t evaluation.

• Mr. Zakari Bonkano (Niger) – Mr. Marco Segone (UNICEF) – Ms. Doha Abdelhamid (Egypt)• H.E. Mahmoud El Said (Egypt) – Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Gov. of Sri Lanka)• Mr. Mohamed Mouime (Morocco) – Ms. Mallika R. Samaranayake (Sri Lanka—CoE— South Asia)• Ms. Rosetti Nabbumba Nayenga (Uganda) – Mr. Leopoldo Font (Uruguay) – Mr. Fidel Arévalo

(Guatemala)• Mr. Federico Berardi (Argentina) – Mr. Pablo Rodriguez-Bilella (Argentina)• Ms. Maria Bustelo (Spain—European Evaluation Society) – Ms. Selma Maria Hayakawa C. Serpa (Brazil)• Ms. Tessie Tzavaras Catsambas (USA—EvalPartners) – Mr. Johann Lucas Jacob (Canada)• EvalMENA – Mr. Alexandro Rodrigues Pinto (Brazil) – Ms. Claudia Valenzuela (Brazil)

15• Support joint regional/national events to take stock of

developments in these commitments (In 2014) including the sharing/learning good practices of validating data from multiple sources, managing sensitive data, disseminating evaluation results.

• Hon. Mrs. Rangina Kargar (Afghanistan) – Ms. Aulida Anamali (Albania) – Dr. Francois-Corneille Kedowide (Ethiopia—UNDP RSC Afrique) – Ms. Doha Abdelhamid (Egypt)

• Mr. Pablo Rodriguez-Bilella (Argentina—ReLAC) – Mr. Fidel Arévalo (Guatemala)• Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Gov. of Sri Lanka) – David Roberts (Australia) • Mr. Asela Kalugampitiya (Sri Lanka) – Hon. Kabir Hashim (Sri Lanka) – Mr. Mohamed Mouime (Morocco)• Ms. Mallika R. Samaranayake (Sri Lanka—CoE— South Asia) – Mr. Charles Amoatey (Ghana)• Dr. Albert K. Byamugisha (Uganda) – Ms. Jody Fitzpatrick (USA) – Mr. Kubat Jumaliev (Kyrgyzstan)• Mr. Johann Lucas Jacob (Canada) – Ms. Juliana Wenceslau (UNDP Brazil) – Mr. Bruno Dery (Ghana) • Ms. Selma Maria Hayakawa C. Serpa (Brazil) – EvalMENA – Mr. Marco Segone (UNICEF)• Mr. Marco Vinicio Espinal Martínez (Dominican Republic) – Mr. David Akana (Cameroon)• Ms. Maria Bustelo (Spain—European Evaluation Society) – Mrs. Elizabeth Castelo Branco de Souza

(Brazil)• Ms. Katia Cristina Bassichetto (Brazil)

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• Assign budgets or percentages of initiatives to evaluations when designing/approving projects/programmes/policies or assign a percentage of the initiative cost.

• Mr. Patrick McCaskie (Gov. of Barbados)• Mr. Bruno Dery (Ghana)

17

• Use external evaluators to facilitate/moderate self-assessments and reviews.

18

• Incorporate gender capacities/perspectives in M&E national Systems.

• Víctor Manuel Quintero – (ReLAC)• Marco Segone (UNWomen)• Laura Gonzalez (UNWomen)• Inga Sniukate (UNWomen)• Tessie Catssambas (EvalPartners)

Signatories

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