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2009 Survey of Evaluation Groups

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1. Name of Evaluation Group (Society / Association / Network)
International Program Evaluation Network (IPEN)
Founded in 2000.
 
2. Contact Details – names, e-mail address, telephone, web site
Board of Trustees, Chair – Jamila Assanova (Kazakhstan)
Board of Trustees, Deputy Chair – Nino Saakashvili (Georgia)
e-mail: board@eval-net.org (e-mail will be forwarded to the current chair and deputy chair automatically)
 
3. Current membership – approximate size and origin – i.e. from govt., NGOs, academics, private sector, etc.
342 members, mostly form the Commonwealth of Independent States (ex-USSR)
NGO, govt., academics, private sector (including evaluation consultants)
 
4. Purpose of group
Support development of evaluation into a mature profession in the region
 
5. Current strategy and emphasis
 

IPEN is focused on preparing and conducting high quality annual international evaluation conferences. Organizations that operate as IPEN partners and host IPEN conferences are selected on a competitive basis. Normally conference would move to a new country every year.

Between the conferences IPEN provides networking opportunities for its members and updates them on the evaluation news from the region and worldwide.

 
6. Means of communication with members, e.g. newsletter, listserv, publication
Website www.eval-net.org
Listserv
News
All communications are in Russian.
Conference working languages are always Russian and English.
 
7.
Forthcoming key events/conferences – dates, location, contact person for more information
9th IPEN annual international conference
Location: TBA, Unraine
Dates: September 24-26, 2009
Conference website (Russian, English): will be activated in the beginning of March, 2009
 
8. Name and e-address of person submitting this information
Alexey Kuzmin, IPEN board member responsible for the international connections and website (IPEN INFO service) info@eval-net.org
 
9. Date of most recent update
February 3, 2009