Survey for the 2013 NEC Conference Community of
Practice

Dear Sir/Madam.

The Evaluation Office (EO) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched online discussions in preparation for the 3rd International Conference on National Evaluation Capacities and the proposed 2015 International Year of Evaluation (EvalYear).

Please fill out the attached survey no later than 15 of August and give us your feedback on how this collective process of peer exchange and learning can support evaluation efforts.

If you have any questions or require more information, please do not hesitate to contact Vijayalakshmi Vadivelu at vijayalakshmi.vadivelu@undp.org.

We look forward to all of your forthcoming contributions.

Regards,

Indran Naidoo

Director
Evaluation Office

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* 1. If you have participated in any of our previous conferences, please tell us how the experience contributed to (your work); (the work of your organization); or (the work of evaluations in your country)?

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* 2. What were the main lessons learned from your participation in previous NEC conferences? Were you able to apply any of these lessons to your national context?

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Please share one or two examples.

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* 3. Within the overall theme of Innovative Solutions to Challenges on Evaluation related to Independence, Credibility and Use of Evaluation, what would you suggest as possible topics to be discussed at the 2013 International Conference on National Evaluation Capacities?

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* 4. What are the institutional arrangements for evaluation in your country?

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* 5. Based on your country’s experience, what are the challenges linked to independence of evaluations? What innovative solutions could help to overcome such challenges?

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* 6. What are the challenges to ensure and enhance the credibility of evaluations in your national context? What innovative solutions could help to overcome such challenges?

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* 7. What are the challenges to improving the use of evaluations for policy and decision making in your national context? What innovative solutions could help to overcome such challenges?

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* 8. Please share lessons learned and/or good practices about how your country has dealt with the challenges listed above.

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* 9. During the Conference, the year of 2015 will be declared Evaluation Year – “EvalYear.” What agenda could be pursued in preparation for the EvalYear?