Evaluation’s contributions to vibrant democracy: Meeting challenges, delivering results
by Peter van der Knaap, PhD | May 19, 2026 | Blog
The theme of the 16th EES conference is ‘Evaluation for Vibrant Democracies’. Given the record number (!) of submissions to contribute to the congress with sessions and presentations, this theme clearly struck a chord in the European evaluation community… Which...From practice to profession: Reflections on evaluation culture building
by Dea Tsartsidze | May 14, 2026 | Blog
There is a particular disorientation that comes from leaving your own context, your city, your colleagues, your familiar debates, and walking into a room full of people doing the same work, just somewhere else entirely. I experienced it twice in 2025. In May, at the...Additionality: MDB Licence to Operate – and Licence to Be Trusted Through Evidence
by Natalia Kryg | Apr 27, 2026 | Blog, Institutional Members' Blogs
At the recent EBRD Evaluation Week 2026, the Evaluation Cooperation Group (ECG) panel on “Enhancing MDBs’ Additionality for stronger private sector resilience” returned to a familiar concept – additionality – but from a more demanding angle.1 The...When one method is not enough: What the OMLC Learning Lab taught us about Bricolage
by Dea Tsartsidze | Mar 17, 2026 | Blog
In this blog, Dea Tsartsidze and Richard Smith share personal highlights – as a participant and organizer, respectively – from the 2025 Learning Lab organised by the Outcome Mapping Learning Community (OMLC) and partners on the theme Enhancing participatory,...Front-End Discernment in Evaluation Practice
by Jacqueline Singh | Feb 27, 2026 | Blog
Evaluation increasingly takes place in complex, multi-layered contexts where programs, policies, and systems overlap, and where meaning is rarely stable or shared at the outset. In such settings, evaluators are often asked to move quickly—toward designs, indicators,...Spain’s evaluation awakening: a decisive momentum from quiet reform to national movement
by Maria Pomes-Jimenez | Feb 5, 2026 | Blog
Just a few years ago, evaluation in Spain felt like a niche concern—important, yes, but far from mainstream. When Law 27/2022 was passed, creating a legal framework for public policy evaluation, it seemed like a pivotal step forward (at the time, Cristina Cribillers...Rethinking Evaluation Through a Feminist and Equity Lens
by Jessica Romo Ramos | Jan 22, 2026 | Blog
Reflections from the European Evaluation Society’s Thematic Working Group (TWG) 1 – Gender & Equity – webinar. By Nur Hidayati (Senior Advisor in Feminist & Participatory MEL, SRHR & Gender Equality), Susan Bergson (Lead Consultant, Impact...Remembering Thomas A. Schwandt
by Sharon Scotcher | Jan 13, 2026 | Blog
This week, we received the sad news that Thomas A. Schwandt passed away during the Christmas period. Tom was a huge contributor to and supporter of the European Evaluation Society. His keynote speech in Thessaloniki on Post Normal Evaluation was hugely influential and...An Interview with EES New President, Peter van der Knaap
by Hayat Askar | Jan 9, 2026 | Interviews
This month we welcome our new EES President, Peter van der Knaap, who has taken over the gavel from May Pettigrew. Peter has been active on the EES board for two years, has over 35 years of evaluation experience and chaired the Dutch Evaluation Society ‘Vide’ from...Calendar
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
23
12:00 AM - SECPI Gathering Space
5:00 PM - External Evaluator
28
12:00 AM - Independent End-term Evaluation (ETE)
2
12:00 AM - Evaluator or Evaluation Team
5
7
12:00 AM - Qualified External Evaluators
12:00 AM - Best Diploma Work/Master Thesis Award
12:00 AM - 3rd EES Learning Hub series - Workshop #2
12
13
14
15
12:00 AM - Spring 2026 Course Schedule
10:00 AM - Public Health Program Evaluation
17
19
21
22
12:00 AM - SECPI March 2026 Gathering Space
26
27
28
29
30
2
3
4
5