| Time |
Session type |
Sessions |
 |
| ARRIVAL
DAY: MONDAY APRIL 11, 2005 |
| 09:00 - 18:00 |
Preparatory meetings |
Steering Committee, Stream Conveners & Training
Coordinators meet to finalize plans |
| 12 noon onwards |
Arrivals - airport greeting services provided |
Participants arrive and are settled into hotels |
 |
|
CONFERENCE DAY 1: TUESDAY APRIL 12, 2005 |
| 08:00 - 08:45 |
Registration |
- Conference Participants register
|
| 09:00 - 10:00 |
Opening Plenary and Keynote Presentations |
- Conference Convener/IDEAS presents main purpose
- Keynote 1: New Development Agenda - Major shifts in the global
paradigms for development
- Keynote 2: Challenges of Evaluation for Developing Societies
- Official Opening Statement
|
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Conference Context & Process |
- IDEAS Presents Conference Context and Outlines the
Main Sessions and the Conference Process, starting with the Introduction
to Conference Stream I
|
| 11:00 - 12:30 |
Conference Stream I: Evaluating the Multiple Dimensions
of Development |
Parallel Sessions on:

- Evaluating the impact of developed country policies on developing
countries
- Evaluating the Rights Dimensions of Development
- Evaluating the environmental sustainability dimensions of development
- Security and Conflicts - implications for evaluation
|
| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 15:30 |
Plenary Session I: Implications for Development
Evaluation |
Stream I Moderator/Chairs of
parallel sessions present syntheses and key questions on the
implications for development evaluation - for debate and discussion |
| 16:00 - 17:30 |
Conference Stream II: Developing Evaluation in a
Changing World |
Parallel Sessions on:

- Global Trends in Development Evaluation
- Country-driven and country owned capacities in evaluation for
development - organizations, systems, capacity development
- Local and citizen dynamics in evaluation for development - community
participation, equity and accountability to citizens
- Aid evaluation and its future
|
| 18:00 - 20:00 |
Public Reception |
| 20:00 - 21:30 |
Task Group Meeting |
Task Group of key institutions, organizations of civil
society, government and private sector meet to reflect on “Road Map on
Partnership for the Evaluation of Development” |
 |
| CONFERENCE DAY 2: WEDNESDAY APRIL 13, 2004 |
| 09:00 - 10:30 |
Plenary Session II: Synthesis on Developing Evaluation
in a Changing World |
Stream II Moderator/Chairs of parallel sessions present
syntheses and key questions on the implications for development
evaluation - for debate and discussion in plenary |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 |
Conference Stream III: Governance and Evaluation |
Parallel Sessions on:

- Government Accountability
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Civil Society Approaches to Accountability
- Towards a New Architecture for Evaluation of Development
|
| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 15:30 |
Plenary Session III: Implications for the Governance of
Evaluation |
Stream III Moderator/Chairs of parallel sessions present
syntheses and key questions on the implications for development
evaluation - for debate and discussion in plenary |
| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 17:30 |
Closing Plenary Session |
- Three chairs of plenary sessions provide reflections
on the outcome of the conference
- IDEAS presents conference synthesis and way forward re: “Road Map for
Partnership in Evaluation for Development”
|
| 18:30 - 21:00 |
Meeting
(For IDEAS members only) |
IDEAS Annual General Meeting +
Election of some Board Members |
 |
| CONFERENCE DAY 3: THURSDAY 14 APRIL |
| 09:00 - 10:30 |
Partnership Workshops |
Workshop 1: DAC Quality Standards for Evaluation of
Development (involving a discussion between DAC members, bilateral
agencies, UNEG, civil society, developing country Evaluation
Organizations
Workshop 2: Parliamentary Partnership for Evaluation and Oversight
|
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee/Tea Break |
| 11:00 - 16:00 |
Partnership Workshops contd. |
- DAC Quality Standards for Evaluation of Development
continued to end of day
- Parliamentary Partnership for Evaluation continued…
|
| 13:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
| 09:00 - 16:00 |
All-day Skill Building Workshops |
- Workshop 3: Designing and Building Performance-Based
Monitoring and Evaluation Systems: A Tool for Managing Programmes and
Policies (Ray Rist, World Bank-OED) - confirmed
- Workshop 4: Evaluating Organizational Performance (Nancy MacPherson) -
proposed
- Workshop 5: Participatory Techniques & Civic Engagement in Monitoring
& Evaluation (Ted Jackson, Carleton University Centre for Community
Innovations, Ottawa, Canada and Indian collaborator) - confirmed
- Workshop 6: Evaluation from a Rights-based Approach (Jean Quesnel,
UNICEF) proposed
- Workshop 7: Evaluating Public-Private Partnerships (Mary Cole, IDEAS)
- proposed
|
| 16:00 - 18:30 |
Board Meeting |
IDEAS Board Meeting:
- Introduce and orient new Board Members;
- Reflect on the way forward for IDEAS in light of conference
conclusions
|