As we start the new year, we are delighted to communicate a few new beginnings at the IOCE. It’s with great excitement that we unveil the new IOCE logo! We have opened this decision to the global evaluation community in December 2020, asking you to vote for your favourite design.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is looking for an external consultant to develop/modify tools for user support for OHCHR Performance Monitoring System (PMS) based on the Results-Based Management principle of the United Nations. This task will be undertaken from October to December 2020. Draft Terms of Reference are attached with more information on the assignment.
Approximate duration of assignment: The assignment will entail a one week mission. UNESCO would not expect the contractor to travel if this involves any risk to his/her health in the context of the current pandemic and that the evaluation methodology should be adapted accordingly. Otherwise, meetings and interviews will be conducted remotely via technical devices - and two additional weeks for data analysis and reporting.
WFP has launched the Expression of Interest to solicit inputs from regional and global evaluation firms interested in entering a long-term agreement for evaluation services with WFP.
Right now, and in the very near future, program evaluators and evaluation researchers will be asked to explore many questions related to the current coronavirus pandemic. RFPs are already being prepared to study its effects on specific populations and issue areas. We will be responsible for setting the evaluation agenda for years to come. If we harness the full potential of our influence and power, we can help secure a fundamentally different society, one that is firmly rooted in social justice and celebrates the full scope of our humanity and the sacredness of this planet.
New Emerging Areas in Measurement and Evaluation: Complexity, Technology, Behavioral Science', the webinar jointly organized by SLEvA & GCF is scheduled to be held on Monday, 27th April 2020 at 9.00 AM EST /6.30 PM IST.
The IOCE represents international, national, sub-national and regional Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs) worldwide. It strengthens international evaluation through the exchange of evaluation methods and promotes good governance and recognition of the value evaluation has in improving peoples’ lives.
VOPEs
(acr.) voluntary organizations for professional evaluation. An umbrella term for all kinds of groups interested in advancing evaluation as a profession. VOPEs can function at regional and national levels and bring together evaluation practitioners from various fields – including government, academia and non-governmental organizations.
About VOPEs
VOPEs promote equity-focused and gender-responsive evaluations, and aim to influence organizational and national evaluation policies in benefit of society at large.
Development
The development of national VOPEs began with the establishment of the Eastern Evaluation Research Society in 1978 and the Canadian Evaluation Society in 1981. The need for global exchange of evaluation practices led to the establishment of the International Development Evaluation Association in 2002 and the IOCE in 2003.
Growth
The number of regional, national, and international VOPEs increased from 15 in 1999 to more than 188 by the end of 2013. A new type of VOPE also emerged in 2013: the Parliamentarians Forum on Development Evaluation in South Asia, a self-organized group of members of Parliament from South Asian countries interested in advancing evaluation in their countries.
Founding Contributing Members Information
Visit the VOPE Toolkit website!
Learn more about our professionalization initiative!
View our members in the VOPE directory!
