International Conference "Ensuring Effective Performance Through Evaluation"



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"Ensuring Effective Performance Through Evaluation" Conference Program

Day 1, 26.09.2008

9.00 - 10.00

Participants registration

10.00 – 11.00

Plenary session. Official opening of the conference.

Jean Quesnel, Canada “Performance management”

Segone Marco, Switzerland, “The role of M&E in ensuring Effective Performance

11.00 – 11.30

Coffee-break

11.30 – 13.00

Session 1. Evaluation capacity development at the regional and country levels

Ter-Abrahamyan Kristine, Armenia «The role, understanding and challenges of monitoring and evaluation in Armenian NGOs, Donor and State organizations: comparative perspective»

Assanova Jamila, Kazakhstan “Potential for evaluation development in the Central Asia”

Atakhanova Kaisha, Kazakhstan “Development of evaluation of government programs in Kazakhstan Republic”

Session 2. Evaluation and organizational effectiveness

Avagyan Anna, Armenia, «Institutionalization of lessons learned identified through M&E»

Ter-Abrahamyan Kristine, Armenia “Monitoring and evaluation system and lessons learned at World Vision Armenia”

Margaryan Tatevik, Edilyan Zhirayr, Ŕđěĺíč˙ “Service evaluation at CDPF: role and features”

Session 3. Evaluation in civil society development

Doholian Zhanna, Armenia “Positive impact of CCDI programs on the processes of democratic transformation of civil society”

Musakhanyan Aram, Armenia «Evaluation of intermediate results of Advocacy Initiatives»

Hoktanyan Varuzhan, Armenia «Monitoring of the Election Campaign Finance in Armenia: 2007 Parliamentary and 2008 Presidential Elections»

13.00 – 14.30

Lunch

14.30 – 16.00

Session 4. Evaluation capacity development at the regional and country levels

Tretiakova Tatyana, Khamzina Saule, Kyrgyzstan “Decision making capacity of organizations and evaluation”

Saakashvili Nino, Georgia “Perspectives for the Evaluation Development in Georgia”

Session 5. Evaluation and organizational effectiveness

Ayrapetyans Anika, USA “The role of M&E from multi-geographical and multi-program perspectives”

Tiushkevitch Natalia, Russia “Program evaluation as a component of optimization of organization’s activities”

Palivoda Lyubov, Ukraine “To what extent does the organization development of NGOs allows them to make high demands of the government entities?”

Session 6. Evaluation from donorsperspective

Vadrapetyan Anait, Armenia “Project and program effectiveness evaluation: experience of the Small and Medium Business Foundation”

Martirosian Gayane, Armenia “Improving donors organizational effectiveness on the basis of evaluation of its grantees’ programs”

16.00 – 16.30

Coffee-break

16.30 – 17.30

Session 7. Evaluation and organizational effectiveness

Kuzmin Alexey, Russia “How to maximize usefulness of evaluation for organization”

Session 8. Evaluation from donors’ perspective

Russon Craig, Switzerland «How to build an effective evaluation system in donor organization»






Day 2, 27.09.2007

10.00 – 11.30

Ńĺńńč˙ 9. Evaluation of government and municipal programs

Karapetyan Suren, Martirosyan Gayane, Armenia “Monitoring of municipal grants as a tool for developing social partnership in Vanadzor”

Malitskaya Elena, Russia “Study on the informational openness of the regional government entities and their departments in Novosibirsk oblast based on the assessment of their websites”

Makeeva Irina, Russia “Citizens involvement in evaluation of quality of their lives as a way of improving effectiveness of municipal management”

Session 10. Evaluation from donors’ perspective

Zabolotny Anatoli (Ukraine), Greshnova Ekaterina (Russia) “Theory of change: opportunities and limitations in measuring success/effectiveness in the practice of donor organizations of Ukraine and Russia”

11.30 – 12.00

Coffee-break

12.00 – 13.30

Session 11. Evaluation of government and municipal programs

Pgosyan Alexander, Armenia “System of indicators for evaluating government supported small and medium business development programs”

Seledtsova Ekaterina, Russia “Experience of evaluation of a government scientific innovational youth program”

Session 12. Evaluation methodology

Balakirev Vladimir, Russia “Corporate program impact evaluation on the personal level”

13.30 – 15.00

Lunch

15.00 – 16.30

Session 13. Evaluation capacity development at the regional and country levels (“round-table”)

IPEN Board of Trustees “Strategies and new opportunities for IPEN development”

Session 14. Evaluation methodology

Bertens, Johan (USA) and Harutyunyan, Lilit (Armenia) «Lessons Learned from ODA Evaluation Studies in Armenia»

Owens, Gene M., USA «Beneficiary Assessment as a Tool for Project Adaptation: Promoting RE in China»

Kalita Anna, Ukraine  «Ukrainian Scientific and Technical Center Approach to Program Evaluation. Assessing Sustainability of Research Institutions"

16.30 – 17.00

Coffee-break

17.00 – 17.45

Plenary session. Summary of the conference results. Report on IPEN activities in 2007-2008. Plans for 2008-2009.

Official closing of the conference.