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The International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE)¹ and UNICEF, in partnership with several major organizations, launched an innovative partnership to enhance the capacities of Civil Society Organizations (CSO) to influence policy makers, public opinion and other key stakeholders so that public policies are based on evidence, and incorporate considerations of equity and effectiveness. The objective of the Initiative is to enhance the capacities of CSOs to engage in a strategic and meaningful manner in national evaluation processes, contributing to improved country-led evaluation systems and policies that are equity-focused and gender equality responsive.

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The Peer-to-Peer (P2P) support program is an outcome of the Global EvalPartners Forum on Civil Society’s Evaluation capacities in Chiang Mai in December 2012. P2P program  is an integral part of the EvalPartners Initiative. P2P program offers an innovative approach to strengthening individual VOPEs’ capabilities by taking advantage of and maximizing capacities and experiences within the global community of Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluations (VOPEs). 

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Within the EvalPartners initiative, an International EvalPartners Forum was organized on 3-6 December 2012 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with the aim of strengthening evaluation capacities of Civil Society Organizations (CSO) in general, and Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs) in particular.

The Forum facilitated the sharing of good practice and lessons learned by VOPEs and others engaged in Evaluation Capacity Development (ECD), while identifying EvalPartners priorities to be implemented in 2013.

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UNICEF, Claremont Graduate University and IOCE, under the EvalPartners initiative, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation and in partnership with UN Women, are pleased to announce a new introductory e-Learning programme on Development Evaluation.

The e-learning is composed of the following three courses:

• Equity-focused evaluations
• National Evaluation Capacity Development for Country-led Monitoring and Evaluation Systems
• Emerging Practices in Development Evaluation

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EvalPartners has published two books in its series on the promotion of Civil Society’s roles in promoting evaluation capacities.  The first book, “Evaluation and Civil Society. Stakeholders’ perspectives on National Evaluation Capacity Development,” contributed to international discussions on how different stakeholders can create synergies and partnerships to contribute to equity-focused and gender-responsive country-led evaluation systems. The second book, “Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs): Learning from Africa, Americas, Asia, Australasia, Europe and Middle East,” is focused on case studies highlighting the experiences of regional and national VOPEs.  They share their experiences in strengthening the capacities of individual evaluators to produce credible and useful evaluations, the institutional capacities of the VOPEs themselves, promoting equity-focused and gender-responsive evaluations, and, especially, the roles VOPEs are playing to improve the enabling environment for evaluation in their countries.

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