The GEF Independent Evaluation Office is holding the 4th conference integration between environmental domains, and between environmental and socioeconomic and policy domains, and what this means for evaluation. The objective is to bring together experts and young evaluators to share experiences and inform future evaluation practice, with outcomes disseminated through webinars and a book. 

The International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET) is a globally recognized and respected player in advanced training in the field of evaluation. Its courses and workshops are tailored to the needs of professionals who commission, manage, practice, or use evaluations. Their unique training programs bring together global expertise in evaluation to build foundational and advanced knowledge and skill in evaluation.

Building on the outcomes of the recent UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), this event aims to facilitate a dialogue on the role that evaluation can play for learning and bringing solutions towards the goals of the Paris Agreement.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. The attendant Sustainable Development Goals rest on three equally important pillars, the economic, social and environmental. In practice, however, the environmental dimension is often treated as an afterthought when it comes to policies, programs and evaluation.

On 4 November 2021 from 9:00 - 10:00 GMT, the Independent Office of Evaluation (IOE) of IFAD will host the side event Evidence-based transformative pathways for smallholder farmers’ resilience to climate change. In collaboration with the evaluation units of GCF and DEval, the event will be anchored around evidence emerging from IOE’s recent Thematic Evaluation of IFAD’s support to small holder farmers’ adaptation to climate change, as well as evaluations of IEU of GCF and DEval.