DAC EVALUATION NETWORK 27-28 JUNE 2007

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