1. DAC EVALUATION NETWORK 27-28 JUNE 2007
Hans E. Lundgren
Development Co-operation Directorate
OECD

2. EVALUATION CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
Context:
Paris Declaration – ownership and mutual accountability. New emphasis on CD.
Hanoi Round Table – Communities of practice
Evaluation Network mandate: “promote and support ECD in partner countries”
Build on an earlier engagement and acquired experience to develop work

3. SOME KEY ELEMENTS IN CURRENT KNOWLEDGE BASE ON ECD
Fact Finding Study on ECD, 2006 led by Japan for DAC Evaluation Network
Partner country experiences such as Vietnam
Work by MDBs and UN on ECD, including comparative studies by IEG
IOCE publication “Creating and Developing Evaluation Organisations”, 2006
The Challenge of Capacity Development – working towards good practice, DAC 2006

4. EVALUATION CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
Purpose of the discussion:
Clarify challenges and constraints in implementing a partnership approach in ECD
Role of capacity development in transferring ownership of evaluation processes
Explore potential for collective and individual action
How best to share experience among partners (and donors) and co-ordinate new initiatives
Build consensus on how to move forward and identify members interested

5. DAC EVALUATION QUALITY STANDARDS
Standards approved for test use in March 2006
Specific aims:
Provide standards for the process (conduct) and products ( outputs) of evaluation
Facilitate partnerships and collaboration
Enable members to use each others’ evaluations and facilitate meta-evaluations
Steps so far: dissemination, test application and preparation of a trilingual publication

6. KEY DIMENSIONS OF THE QUALITY STANDARDS

7. ISSUES AND NEXT STEPS FOR THE STANDARDS
Questionnaire for Initial Feedback
Workshop: when /where?
Identify lead/partners in task team
Stakeholder involvement