Draft Agenda. The discussions will be organized around presentations on four main topics and a roundtable discussion to explore the way forward:

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1 Draft Agenda Expected outcome of the conference: The conference will prepare the ground for the formulation of longer-term initiative aimed at strengthening national capacities for public policy evaluation, through South-South (or triangular) cooperation. What type of contribution can the conference offer? 1. Exchange practices at national level (public sector), showcase good practices. Key issues to be discussed: degree of independence, credibility and quality, usefulness, scope (project, sector, country) 2. Help identify opportunities from the supply side at the country level (national evaluation practitioners, companies, research institutions, national and regional evaluation associations and networks) 3. Discuss how to support the demand for accountability at the national level and demand for evaluation as an instrument of accountability for democratic governance. What actors need to be involved? 4. Identify key areas of support for national evaluation capacity (public sector and nongovernmental organizations) and how they can be addressed by South-South cooperation. The discussions will be organized around presentations on four main topics and a roundtable discussion to explore the way forward: Theme 1: Current evaluation practices of public policies at the national level: governance, independence and credibility. Theme 2: Evaluation quality and existing capacities at national and regional level: national evaluation practitioners, research institutions, evaluation associations and networks Theme 3: Supporting the demand for evaluation as an instrument of accountability: who are the key actors and how to ensure the use of evaluations? Theme 4: Towards an enabling environment for evaluation capacity at the national level: what type of support is needed? Roundtable discussion: Towards a longer-term initiative on national evaluation capacity. What is the way forward?

2 International Conference on National Evaluation Capacities December, 2009 Casablanca, Kingdom of Morocco 9 Day 1: Tuesday 15 December :00 09:00 Registration 09:00 09:30 Welcome Address Mr. Rachid Benmokhtar Benabdellah, President, Moroccan National Observatory of Human Development Ms. Saraswathi Menon, Director, UNDP Evaluation Office Ms. Alia Al-Dali, Resident Representative a.i., UNDP-Morocco Theme 1: Current evaluation practices of public programmes at the national level: governance, independence and credibility 09:30 10:00 Chairperson: Mr. Abhijit Sen, Member, Planning Commission, India - Ms. Charmaine Julie, Regional Director of the Western Cape Public Service Commission (to be confirmed) - Oscar Garcia, Evaluation Advisor, UNDP Evaluation Office Opening Remarks by the Chairperson Angela Bester, Director: Deloitte & Touche, South Africa 10:00 11:00 Individual presentations by participants Morocco: Moroccan National Observatory of Human Development Costa Rica: Juan Manuel Cordero González, Vice-Minister for Social Development Mauritania: Ould Khattar Dah, Head of the Sector Policies service

3 South Africa: Julie Charmaine, Regional Director of the Western Cape Public Service Commission 11: TEA / COFFEE BREAK Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks by Chair 12:30-14:00 Lunch Theme 2: Evaluation quality and existing capacities at national and regional level: national evaluation practitioners, research institutions, evaluation associations and networks 14:00 14:30 Chairperson: Mr. Tony Aidoo Head, Policy Evaluation & Oversight Unit, Office of the President, Ghana - M. Joseph Jonas Avrilus, Coordinator, Unit of Coordination and Programming, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Haiti - Alexandra Chambel, Evaluation Specialist, UNDP Evaluation Office Opening Remarks by Chair Alexey Kuzmin, President, Process Consulting Company, Russia. 14:30 15:00 Individual presentations by participants Brazil: Joana Mostafa, Member Social Policies and Studies Divison, Comission of Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Policies Uganda: Margaret Kakande, Head Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development RELAC Latin American Network of Evaluation: Pablo Rodríguez, Executive Committee Niger: Seydou Yayé, Director General, Programme Evaluation and Development, Ministry of Economy and Finance 15:00 15:20 TEA / COFFEE BREAK 15: Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks by Chair

4 16: Open Space: Structured time available for informal exchanges and discussion between the participants 20:00 Official Dinner :30 Synthesis of Day One Day 2: Wednesday 16 December 2009 Theme 3: Supporting the demand for evaluation as an instrument of accountability: who are the key actors? :00 Chairperson: Ms. Carla Morales, Vice Minister, Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy, Costa Rica - Mr. Seydou Yaye. Director General of Evaluation of Programmes and Development, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Niger - Juha Uitto, Deputy Director, UNDP Evaluation Office Opening Remarks by Chair Oumoul Khayri Ba Tall, President of the International Organization on Evaluation 10:00 11:00 Individual presentations by participants Rwanda: Bernabe Sebagabo Director of Planning Policies and Capacity Building Colombia: Diego Dorado, Director of Evaluation of Public Policies, Sinergia, Department of Planning PREVAL Monitoring and Evaluation for Rural Development, Emma Rotondo, Executive Director Association Marocaine de l Evaluation, Ahmed Bencheikh

5 11:00 11:20 TEA / COFFEE BREAK 11:20 12:30 Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks by Chair 12:30-14:00 Lunch Theme 4: Towards an enabling environment for evaluation capacity at the national level: what type of support is needed? 14:00-14:30 Chairperson: Mr. Eric Shitindi, Deputy Permanent Secretary, President's Office - Public Service Management, Tanzania - Mr. Juan Manuel Cordero, Vice Minister, Ministry of Social Development, Costa Rica - Fabrizio Felloni, Evaluation Specialist, UNDP Evaluation Office Opening Remarks by Chair Osvaldo Feinstein, consultant former Advisor and Manager at the World Bank Evaluation Department and Senior Evaluator at IFAD 14:30 15:00 Individual presentations by participants Benin: Aristide DJIDJOHO, Coordinator of the office of evaluation of public policies, Ministry of Forecasting, Development and Evaluation of Public Policies Sri Lanka: Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy, Director General, Ministry of Finance & Planning: Department of Foreign Affairs and Budget Monitoring Guatemala: Fernando Sánchez, Coordinator, General Secretariat for Planning and Programming Tajikistan: Mr. Rahmonov Abdughaffor, Deputy Chairman, State Committee on Aid Coordination and Investment Promotion 15:00 15:20 TEA / COFFEE BREAK 15: Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks by Chair

6 16:30-18:00 Open Space: Structured time available for informal exchanges and discussion between the participants Day 3: Thursday 17 December Roundtable discussion: Towards a longer-term initiative on national evaluation capacity. What is the way forward? Chairpersons report back to the roundtable discussion Oscar Garcia, Evaluation Advisor, Alexandra Chambel, Evaluation Specialist, UNDP Evaluation Office 11: TEA / COFFEE BREAK 11:30 12:30 Roundtable on emerging conclusions Rapporteur: Professor Sonia Ospina NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service 12:30 13:00 Concluding Remarks Mr. Rachid Benmokhtar Benabdellah President Moroccan National Observatory of Human Development Ms. Saraswathi Menon Director of UNDP Evaluation Office 13:00-14:30 Lunch 14:30 END OF CONFERENCE