GEI Working Group on Training and Professional Development

1^st WGTPD Meeting overview

• Purpose of the Working Group
• The strength of the GEI network’s TPD work
• M&E training and professional development – trends and challenges
• The vision of our work together

2^nd WGTPD Meeting overview

Lightning Talks:

• École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP): Lessons from online teaching – Recent experiences with the TAQYEEM and PIFED programs
• International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET): “Better Policy Making through Evaluations” – IPDET-APEA-Global Parliamentarians Forum for Evaluation
• CLEAR – Francophone Africa (FA): Development and launch of the Master in Evaluation of Policies, Projects and Programs (ME3P): Lessons Learned
• CLEAR – South Asia (SA): Strengthening the Researcher Network in India

Task Team Updates:

• GEI Internship Program
• Academic Training in Evaluation
• Institutionalization of M&E
• M&E Training of Trainers Program for Lusophone Africa

3^rd WGTPD Meeting overview

Lightning Talks:

• CLEAR – Anglophone Africa (AA): Lessons Learnt in delivering capacity building interventions in Anglophone Africa countries
• Asian Development Bank – Independent Evaluation Department (ABD – IED): Evaluation Capacity Development – Why, How, and What Do We L earn? Using Evaluation Knowledge for Development Effectiveness
• CLEAR – Lusophone Africa and Brazil (LAB): Mentoring Sessions On Evaluation For Policy makers

Discussion:

• GEI Strategy on Training & Professional Development: some initial ideas

4^th WGTPD Meeting overview

Lightning Talks:

• Islamic Development Bank – Independent Evaluation Department (IsDB – IEvD): Introduction to IEvD, Stakeholder Engagement, Launch of Arabic OECD Criteria, Collaboration with GEI in MENA Region, Arabic Glossary of Key Evaluation Terms
• Geo-Enabling initiative for Monitoring & Supervision (GEMS): Building Capacity among Clients and Local Stakeholders
• Center for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP): Audience Based Training Strategy

Task Team Updates:

• Hands-on Learning Initiative
• Institutionalization of M&E
• Global Training of Trainers Initiative
• Academic Training in Evaluation

5^th WGTPD Meeting overview

Lightning Talks:

• German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval): Evaluation Management Online course
• World Food Programme (WFP): WFP Evaluation Capacity Development
• Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in humanitarian action (ALNAP): What have we learned about evaluation training, during COVID?

Presentations:

• Strengthening Young and Emerging Evaluators (YEE): GEI Strategy
• Data Science in Evaluations by Virginia Ziulu, Data Scientist, Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), World Bank

6^th WGTPD Meeting overview

Lightning Talks:

• Inter-American Development Bank – Office of Evaluation and Oversight (IADB – OVE): Creating a Common M&E Language in LAC: OVE’s ECD Experience
• Global Environment Facility – Independent Evaluation Office (GEF – IEO): Training and Professional Development for Environmental Evaluation
• EvalYouth: Youth in Evaluation Week
• International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET): “Better Policy Making through Evaluations” (Part II)

Updates from Collaborative Work:

• Hands-on Learning Initiative
• GEI Global Directories

7^th WGTPD Meeting overview

Lightning Talks:

• International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie): Change the Rules of the Game… with the Policy & Institutional Reform (PIR) Methods Menu
• BetterEvaluation.org
• CLEAR – Anglophone Africa (AA): Key Lessons from Provision of Technical Assistance in Country-led Evaluations

Presentation:

• Exploring the Potential of Generative Models for Evaluative Tasks: IEG Experiments by Dr. Estelle Raimondo

8^th WGTPD Meeting overview

Lightning Talks:

• CLEAR – Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC): Expanding Partnerships through Training: A Platform to Systemic Change?
• Asia Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA): Role of academic sector in professionalization of evaluation: The case of Sri Lanka
• Inter-American Development Bank – Office of Evaluation and Oversight (IADB – OVE): EVALAC

Presentation:

• Generative AI and MERL (monitoring, evaluation, research and learning) by Linda Raftree