2021 Asian Evaluation Week

DAY 4: September 9 (Thursday) Time (UTC/GMT+8)
Session 12: Remote sensing for transformational evaluation: lessons from the digital field (3ie) 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Takeaway: Participants will learn about the use of multiple methods to source and analyze geospatial data to make causal inferences, including first-person accounts of the research lifecycles of projects employing these methods. Lead presenter: Yanyan Liu, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute Case study presenters: Aniket Navalkar, PhD Candidate, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Sreeja Jaiswal, Project Manager, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation Moderator: Douglas Glandon, Lead Evaluation Specialist, 3ie Register in advance for this webinar: https://adb-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sZBR-76-TfmGwQhy_OQzbw
Session 13: Quality Infrastructure Outcomes in Public Private Partnerships (IED) 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Takeaway: Participants will hear from both an operational and evaluation perspective about the potential for delivering Quality Infrastructure outcomes through Public Private Partnerships. Panel discussion will focus on the practical challenges of identifying, measuring and evaluating quality infrastructure outcomes at all stages of the project cycle; from early stage project selection and design to ex post assessment. Lead Presenter: Paolo Obias, Principal Evaluation Specialist, IED, ADB (TBC) Panelists: Hamid Sharif, Managing Director, Complaints-resolution, Evaluation & Integrity, AIIB Adrian Torres, Chief, Public-Private Partnership Thematic Group ADB Sonia Chand Sandhu, Principal Evaluation Specialist, IED, ADB Moderator: Alexander Wellsteed, Principal Evaluation Specialist, IED, ADB Register in advance for this webinar: https://adb-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EVvSuv_RRjeuSoNrYBLy1w
Session 14: Strengthening Development Cooperation for Uncertain Times: Harmonizing Lessons and Experiences from the COVID19 Pandemic to Pave the Way for the Future (ISDB) 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Takeaway: Participants will be exposed to the various lessons, challenges and opportunities with respect to cooperation for development solutions in a broad context as well as in the particular context such as those presented by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Specific recommendations will be shared by the panelists to improve cooperation and collaboration to strengthen resilience and prepare for future uncertainties. Lead presenter: Carlos Correa, Executive Director, South Centre Panelists: Sachin Chaturvedi, Director General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries Neissan Besharati, Director, Pan-African Investment and Research Services Rashmi Banga, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Moderator: Ahmed Faruk Diken, Senior Technical Cooperation Coordinator, ISDB Register in advance for this webinar: https://adb-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nEaRulDfQYOWimVJPc01rg
Session 15: Greener Evaluation for Greener Future (EBRD) 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Takeaway: Participants will learn about key challenges of evaluating “green” projects in both North and South and how to address them. Lead presenter: Veronique Salze-Lozac’h, Chief Evaluator, EBRD Panelists: Eva Cassel, Board Director, EBRD Jose Carbajo, Director, IEGSP, IEG, the World Bank Marion Denantes, Senior Consultant, Eco Ltd Group Adonai Herrera-Martinez, Director, Environmental Funds, EBRD Moderator: Veronique Salze-Lozac’h, Chief Evaluator, EBRD Register in advance for this webinar: https://adb-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kP-rrMOkRlmWnZEcizufRA
Session 16: Permission to dream and act: The youth in evaluation movement and the power of transformation (UNFPA) 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Takeaway: The participants will learn about youth participatory evaluation (YPE) as an approach rooted in the larger Youth in Evaluation Movement and what can be achieved with youth (co-) leading evaluation efforts, and acting on them. Lead presenter: Gabriela Rentería Flores, Chair of EvalYouth Global Network, Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant Panelists: Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead,Former Chair of EvalYouth Global Network, Associate Professor of Evaluation, University of Connecticut Marco Segone, Director, UNFPA Evaluation Office & Co-founder and former Co-chair of EvalPartners Khalil Bitar, Former Chair of EvalYouth Global Network, Evaluator and M&E Specialist, University of Erfurt Moderator: Ana Erika Lareza, Young and Emerging Evaluator Register in advance for this webinar: https://adb-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aKVS0nLmQh-0xXyVqmejmA