UNITAR CIFAL Jeju/SIDE 2022 Webinar

                               Rethinking Impact Evaluation for Sustainable Development

16 December 2022

13:30 ~ 17:00 (Seoul Time)

Organized by

United Nations Institute for Training and Research(UNITAR) CIFAL Jeju/JITC

Society for International Development Evaluation(SIDE)

Background

With the onset of the globalization, there have been increasing pressures on governments and a multitude of organizations around the globe that they should actively respond to the demands of multi-stakeholders for good governance, accountability and transparency, greater development effectiveness, and delivery of tangible results.[1] Governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations(NGOs), and private business, along with civil society are the main stakeholders greatly interested in better performance towards sustainable development. As result-based approaches, better performance, and real results are emphasized in the global development community,  there is a growing interest in enhanced results-based monitoring and evaluations (M&E) of policies, programs and projects.

M&E system can be a very powerful management tool in ameliorating the way a multitude of organizations including governments achieve the sustainable development goals. In fact, the field of M&E system has gone through a significant transition, a movement away from traditional implementation-focused approaches to results-based approaches.[2] The results-oriented approach refers to a management system where project planning and results can be closely linked to strengthening monitoring and evaluation for better effectiveness of development cooperation activities. Simply put, it is not enough to just implement projects like building a school or agriculture infrastructure or assume that this would lead to the livelihood improvement of the vulnerable people. The outcomes and impacts of the project implementation should be considered and projected during the project cycle to harvest the desired results.

For those who are about to start development practice or already involved in, result-based M&E system will be very conducive to identifying potential risks which get in the way to prevent the targeted goals and responding to stakeholders’ varied expectations over the project results. With the potential benefits M&E system can bring to us in mind, CIFAL Jeju and SIDE co-organize a web-based capacity building program to provide a venue for knowledge sharing and peer learning experiences along with expert insights on results-based M&E approaches. The event will  illustrate salient issues and concerns central to M&E theory and methods under the contemporary international development framework, ultimately leading a discussion to reach the way towards the Agenda 2030 as well as its challenges and opportunities.

Event Objectives

ž  To provide a venue for sharing good practices and lessons learned on results-based M&E approaches

ž  To understand how to design and implement a results-based M&E system to tackle the challenges facing the development practitioners in achieving the SDGs

Expected outcomes

ž  Better understanding of a results-based M&E system that can bring about higher effectiveness for sustainable development

ž  Sharing different impact evaluation experiences among all sectors at the global, regional, national, and local level

ž  Getting familiarized with various the M&E approaches for better effectiveness of development cooperation activities

Target Audience

This training is mainly open to any CIFAL Jeju program alumni from different sectors – government, NGOs, civil societies, academia, business and others, who are involved in development project activities in a wide range of contexts for sustainable development.

Program

Registration Deadline

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Certificate

-   E-Certificate of Participation will be awarded to those who have attended the event.

-   A certificate will be jointly issued by UNITAR, UNITAR CIFAL Jeju, and SIDE.

Contact

Ms. Sunhee Cho, Senior Program Officer/UNITAR CIFAL Jeju

E-mail:cifaljeju.jitc.1@gmail.com