Sven Harten is Deputy Director at DEval and heads the Competence Centre for Evaluation ethodologies. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and has more than 20 years of experience in designing, implementing and managing more than 50 evaluations in the field of development cooperation. Main evaluation themes are currently climate change adaptation, financial cooperation (especially blended finance), private sector (MSME) as well as evaluation criteria, quality and standards. Previously, Sven worked at the World Bank (IFC), the European Commission as well as evaluation consultancy firms. He lived more than 10 years in developing countries (Africa and Latin America) and has travelled extensively onevaluation missions in these regions.