2021 Asian Evaluation Week

DAY 5: September 10 (Friday) Time (UTC/GMT+8)
Session 17: Natural Resource Management and Human Vulnerability: Lessons from Evaluating World Bank Support in Mongolia and Across the Globe (World Bank ) 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Takeaway: Participants will learn about the innovative methods used by the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) to evaluate the nexus between natural resource management and vulnerability reduction in World Bank operations, including through a deep-dive case study on managing rangelands, climate change adaptation, and livelihood activities in Mongolia and China. Lead presenter: Lauren Kelly, Lead Evaluation Officer, World Bank (WB) Case study presenter: Joy Butscher, Evaluation Officer, WB Panelists: Mees van der Werf, Evaluation Extended Term Consultant Tungalag Ulambayar Rangeland Expert, Mongolia Moderator: Lauren Kelly, Lead Evaluation Officer, WB Register in advance for this webinar: https://adb-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ykGujd-bR0SFYxFEXh0ZgQ
Session 18: Footprint evaluation - embedding consideration of environmental sustainability into all evaluations (Better Evaluation/GEI ) 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Takeaway: Participants will learn about why all evaluations need to include considerations of environmental impacts, and ways of starting to make the change, whether as commissioners of evaluation, evaluators, or those involved in evaluation capacity strengthening. Lead presenter: Andy Rowe, Director, ARCeconomics Case study presenter: Patricia Rogers,CEO, BetterEvaluation Moderator: Dugan Fraser, Program Manager, Global Evaluation Initiative Register in advance for this webinar: https://adb-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L7EDe_47T2m6qhZAZUlZCA
Session 19: Evaluating like our house is on fire: Using the Coherence criteria to unpack climate change impacts (OECD) 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Takeaway: Participants will learn about the newly defined criterion of “Coherence” and explore how it can be used by evaluators and commissioners to better analyze complex dynamics and trade-offs surrounding sustainable development and climate change. Examples will be provided to explore the use of coherence in evaluations and public policy decision making, as well as limitations. Lead presenter: Megan Kennedy-Chouane, Head, Evaluation Unit, Development Co-operation Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Panelists: Xianbin Yao, Former Senior Advisor to the President, Lecturer on development policies and practices Sonia Chand Sandhu, Principal Evaluation Specialist, Independent Evaluation Department, ADB Moderator: Takayoshi Kato, Policy Analyst, OECD Register in advance for this webinar: https://adb-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EAqhyxaGRkOplr2OwOTq0Q
Closing Session 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Panel Discussion: Li Kouqing, President of Shanghai National Accounting Institute (SNAI)/Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Institute (AFDI), PRC Marvin Taylor-Dormond, Director General, Independent Evaluation Department (IED), ADB Dugan Fraser, Program Manager, Global Evaluation Initiative Patricia Rogers, CEO, BetterEvaluation Gabriela Rentería Flores, Chair of EvalYouth Global Network Moderator: Sonia Chand Sandhu, Principal Evaluation Specialist, IED, ADB Register in advance for this webinar: https://adb-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vzgKrae1RYmWkuyLT_vqxw