NONIE - Network of Networks Impact Evaluation Initiative: Resources

NONIE Meeting – Lisbon, Portugal – September 30 to October 1, 2008 (Updated)

All NONIE members and other interested parties are invited to the NONIE meeting.

The one day NONIE meeting will take place on Wednesday October 1, 2008 preceded by a welcome dinner on Tuesday September 30, 2008, at 19:00 hrs. The NONIE meeting will precede the Annual Conference of the European Evaluation Society (EES) which runs from the evening of October 1 to October 3 (for details, please see the EES Conference site: www.eesconference.org).

Agenda
In addition to time allocated to discussing NONIE matters, the NONIE meeting will have two main sessions.

Plenary session – Evaluation for the New Aid Modalities
This session targets a broad audience of participants. It will focus on the demand for methods to evaluate new aid modalities such as general budget support, sector support and debt relief. Examples of impact evaluation approaches will illustrate approaches to evaluation, the challenges involved, as well as lessons learned from completed evaluations of sector and general budget support.

Three p arallel afternoon clinics – Impact Evaluation Design for Real Projects
For each of the three projects presented in the case studies participants will work together on developing an IE framework and implementation arrangements. We expect these cases to bring about new challenges and solutions and stimulate cooperation and collaboration on IE among the participants across organizations and networks. The outcome of the sessions should focus on results and include new approaches and opportunities to bridge gaps in our knowledge about impact evaluation.

Meeting Venue
Tuesday September 30, Hotel Vila Gale Opera, starting at 19:00 Social reception and dinner. Wednesday October 1, NONIE meeting (see meeting agenda), Lisbon Conference Center.

Meals and social events
NONIE is hosting a welcome reception and dinner for all participants on Tuesday evening, September 30 at the Hotel Vila Gale Opera in the San Carlos room, beginning at 19:00 pm. Lunch and coffee/tea during the day of October 1st will be provided at the conference center. For information on meals and social events for the EES conference please visit the EES website at www.eesconference.org or email info@eesconference.org.

Logistics questions
Any questions on logistics such as venue room locations and food should be directed to Ms. Elena Gavidia at egavidia@worldbank.org or +1202-458-4142. Elena will also be available on site in Lisbon September 30 – October 1, 2008. Please visit the EES Conference website: www.eesconference.org for hotel options etc.

How does evaluation contribute to our understanding of the real difference that development efforts make?

After four very successful conferences over the past few years (held twice in Nairobi, in Cape Town and in Niamey), AfrEA wishes to announce that its Fifth Conference will be an international event hosted in partnership with NONIE and 3ie..

Please mark in your calendars the AfrEA-NONIE-3ie International Conference on Impact Evaluation for Development Effectiveness, which will be held on March 30 –April 3, 2009 in Cairo , Egypt. This is the first time an AfrEA event will be held in North Africa.

The conference promises to be an exciting event, with many renowned evaluators from across the world engaged in a variety of interesting and challenging sessions on this topic. As usual it will be preceded by a number of 1-2 day workshops by international and African evaluation experts to develop local capacities in impact evaluation.

Evaluators from developing countries will have access to financial support through a number of travel grants that will be allocated on a competitive basis.