1. The International Year Of Evaluation 2015
Road Map

2. Declaring 2015 as the International Year of Evaluation (EvalYear)
An opportunity for;
Govts to take the leadership, policy makers to take the policy discussion forward, VOPEs to support relevant initiatives in strengthening demand and use of evaluation!

3. EvalYear, an opportunity to strengthen evaluation
EvalYear, a catalyst to promote demand and use of evaluation in policy-making
Inauguration of EvalYear at country level
Evaluation policy process at country level
Promote national evaluation capacity building
Strengthening work with parliamentarians and policy makers (enabling environment)
Strengthening stakeholders and facilitate collaboration/ partnerships among them

4. EvalYear is a catalyst EY for demand and use of evaluation
Govt, civil society and parliaments partnership
UN/ Donors/ commitment for evaluation
Evaluation policy/ systems development
Evaluation capacity building

5. Inauguration of EvalYear
Work with govts and other key stakeholders
Aiming at least one key event which can promote evaluation in each country
Examples;
Evaluation week
Inauguration ceremony at ministry level
Inauguration of national evaluation policy/ system/ guidelines
Establishment of evaluation office at president’s office/ ministry/ parliament

6. Evaluation policy process at country level
Launching the global mapping findings/ report
Identify key stakeholders at country level for national evaluation policy process
Working with and support to key stakeholders for evalpolicy process
Global focus on evalpolicy and simultaneous action around the world

7. Promote national evaluation capacity building
Partnership with govts, UN/donors, VOPEs and civil society
Govts play an important role in capacity building
Particular attention on CB of parliaments (legislation), policy makers and the govt
Promote national ownership and participation

8. Evaluation capacity building
Govts
UN/ Donors/ Civil society
Parliaments/ policy makers
VOPEs

9. Strengthening work with parliamentarians and policy makers
Support emerging parliamentarians groups
Facilitate experience sharing among parliamentarians groups
Working with and support to parliamentarians in national evaluation policy process
Working with regional bodies such as SAARC

10. Strengthening stakeholders and facilitate collaboration among them
Capacity building of stakeholders
Networking and support for EvalYear
Joint initiatives by stakeholders at country and regional level
Facilitate sharing best practices among stakeholders

11. Are we ready? Are we ready to be the best example of;
Govt, parliamentarians and VOPE working together to advance evaluation culture/ use of evaluation in our own countries?
What more should be done?

12. Thank you very much

13. Declaring 2015 as the International Year of Evaluation (EvalYear)
We, evaluators from all over the world, declare 2015 as the international year of evaluation