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EES participation at the Hellenic Evaluation Society Conference

by editor editor | Feb 16, 2018 | Blog

On the 12th October 2017 EES attended the annual conference of the Hellenic Evaluation Society represented by Mariana Branco – EES board member. It was an excellent venue with an high quality and very strategic audience. There were participants from greek...

Triangulating: Can evaluation add value to market-oriented development?

by editor editor | Feb 23, 2016 | Blog

Riitta Oksanen is the President of EES. She works as a senior advisor at the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Development Evaluation Unit. In this post Riitta triangulates with Fredrik Korfker former Chief Evaluator of the EBRD and now active as development...

Shaking evaluation conferences with un-conference events.

by editor editor | Jul 19, 2014 | Blog

Evaluation conferences are a great way of learning and networking. I really think so, anyway. And yet, I believe they could and should be even better. I’m not sure exactly how, but I’m quite convinced that by adopting some of the so-called “open spaces technologies”...

The V in Evaluation

by editor editor | Mar 3, 2014 | Blog

“It is the value feature that distinguishes evaluation from other types of inquiry, such as basic research, clinical epidemiology, investigative journalism, or public polling” (Fournier, 2005 ). Evaluation has developed a wide range of methods and analytical tools;...