2014 Conference - Agenda

	Monday November 3^rd, 2014
18:00-21:00	Welcome Reception (IFC Atrium)

	Tuesday November 4^th, 2014
Time	Location / Activity
Location	IFC Auditorium	L-101	L-103	L-106	L-108
8:00-9:00	Registration
9:00-10:30	Opening Plenary (IFC Auditorium) Welcome Remarks: Juha I. Uitto, GEF Independent Evaluation Office (GEF IEO) and Chair of Steering Committee and Rob D. van den Berg, International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS) Representative of Donor Organizations, Monika Egger Kissling, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Representative of CEO of GEF, Chizuru Aoki, Global Environment Facility (GEF)Keynote Address by Andrew Steer, World Resources Institute (WRI)
10:30-11:00	Coffee Break
Session (1) 11:00-12:30	Solving the Climate Change Adaptation Evaluation Challenge: Methodological Advances (Part I) Session Chair: Anna Viggh, GEF Independent Evaluation Office (GEF IEO)	Measuring Climate Change Mitigation: Methodological Challenges and Emerging Opportunities Session Chair: Ken Chomitz, Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) - World Bank Group	Policy and Program Level Evaluations: Perspectives from Bilateral and Multilateral Development Institutions Session Chair: Ida Hellmark, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
12:30-14:00	Lunch Break
Session (2) 14:00-15:30	Solving the Climate Change Adaptation Evaluation Challenge: Methodological Advances (Part II) Session Chair: Timo Leiter, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)	Measuring Climate Change and Development Benefits of Project interventions: Challenges and Prospects Session Chair: Aaron Zazueta, GEF Independent Evaluation Office (GEF IEO)	Evaluating Climate Change Policies and Programs: Methodological Advances Session Chair: Rob D. van den Berg, International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS)
15:30-16:00	Coffee Break
Session (3) 16:00-17:30	Evaluating Community-Based Climate Change Adaptation: Emerging Approaches and Challenges Session Chair: Julian K. Bagyendera, Provide and Equip Uganda	Evaluation of Clean Energy Technologies Projects Session Chair: Juan Manuel Puerta, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)	Evaluating Climate Change Policies and Programs: Examples from Morona-Santiago, Ecuador, The Caribbean, and Indonesia Session Chair: Monika Egger Kissling, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)		Blocked by No Change: Application examples for the Theory of No Change (Panel Session) Session Chair: Rob D. van den Berg, International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS)
18:00-20:00	Book Launch Reception (IFC Atrium) Evaluating Environment in International Development, Juha I. Uitto, Editor Speakers: Saraswathi Menon, former Director, Evaluation Office, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Juha I. Uitto, GEF Independent Evaluation Office Andy Rowe, ARCeconomics Moderator: Kseniya Temnenko, GEF Independent Evaluation Office Wine and Cheese will be served.

	Wednesday November 5^th, 2014
Time	Location / Activity
Location	IFC Auditorium	L-101	L-103	L-106	L-108
9:00-10:30	Plenary II (IFC Auditorium) Keynote Address: Rob D. van den Berg, International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS) Topic: Fifth Overall Performance Study of the GEF Session Chair: Cheryl Gray, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
10:30-11:00	Coffee Break
Session (4) 11:00-12:30	Evaluating Climate Change Adaptation, Food Security & Agriculture: lessons from Africa Session Chair: Serge Yakeu Djiam, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)		Measuring and Evaluating Institutional Capacity for Addressing Climate Change: Examples in Adaptation and Clean Energy (Panel Session) Session Chair: Kathryn Stratos, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)		Disaster Risks Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Evaluation Session Chair: Dennis Bours, GEF Independent Evaluation Office (GEF IEO)
12:30-14:00	Lunch
Session (5) 14:00-15:30	Measuring Impact and Theory of Change of Climate Change Adaptation Interventions Session Chair: Romeo Santos, University of Philippines	Climate Change and Green Growth: Which Way Forward? Session Chair: Michael Carbon, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)	Evaluating Climate Change Funds: Emerging Approaches Session Chair: Mark Wagner, ICF International		Evaluating National Climate Change Adaptation Policies and Strategies: Country Level Perspectives Session Chair: Dima Reda, Adaptation Fund (AF)
15:30-16:00	Coffee Break
16:00-17:30	Special Plenary Discussion on Lessons Learned from Evaluating Climate Finance (IFC Auditorium) Session Chair: Caroline Heider, Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) - World Bank Group Keynote Address: Ken Chomitz, Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) - World Bank Group Discussants: Rob D. van den Berg, International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS), Mark Wagner, ICF International, Dorte Verner, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
18:00-19:30	Climate-Eval General Assembly on Future Direction of Community of Practice (CoP) (IFC Auditorium) Session Chairs: Juha I. Uitto, GEF Independent Evaluation Office (GEF IEO) and Rob D. van den Berg, International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS)

	Thursday November 6^th, 2014
Time	Location / Activity
Location	IFC Auditorium	L-101	L-103	L-106	L-108
Session (6) 9:00-10:30	Learning from Climate Change Adaptation Evaluation: Country Perspectives Session Chair: Jacques Somda, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)	WRI-IIED Round Table on Tracking Adaptation for an Uncertain Future Session Chair: Heather McGray, World Resources Institute (WRI)	Learning From Policy and Program Level Evaluations Session Chair: Baljit Wadhwa, GEF Independent Evaluation Office (GEF IEO) Discussant: Kseniya Temnenko, GEF Independent Evaluation Office (GEF IEO)		Where do you Start When Measuring Resilience to Climate Change? Impact Evaluations of USAID Climate Change Programing (Panel Discussion) Session Chair: Marc Shapiro, Development and Training Services, Inc. (dTS)
10:30-11:00	Coffee Break
Session (7) 11:00-12:30	Evaluating Ecosystem and Conservation Focused Climate Change Adaptation Session Chair: Michael Wells, Michael P Wells & Associates	Evaluating Linkages between Energy and Climate Change Interventions Session Chair: Neeraj Negi, GEF Independent Evaluation Office (GEF IEO)	Methodological Challenges in Evaluating Climate Change and Development Session Chair: Claudio Volonte, International Finance Corporation (IFC)	Measurement Challenges for Evaluation of Climate Change Aspects in Natural Resource Management Interventions (Panel Session) Session Chair: Andy Rowe, ARCeconomics	Evaluating Climate Change Adaptation and Development Session Chair: Tauhidur Rahman, University of Arizona (UA)
12:30-14:00	Lunch Break
Session (8) 14:00-15:30	Climate Change Adaptation Evaluation: State of the Art, Gaps and Future Direction (An Expert Reflection Panel) Session Chair: Jyotsna Puri, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)	Climate Change Mitigation Evaluation: State of the Art, Gaps and Future Direction (An Expert Reflection Panel) Session Chair: Mark Wagner, ICF International	Climate Change Policy and Programs: State of the Art, Gaps and Future Direction (An Expert Reflection Panel) Session Chair: Ken Chomitz, Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) - World Bank Group
15:30-16:00	Coffee Break
16:00-17:00	Closing Plenary (IFC Auditorium) Remarks from Uma Lele, Critical Observer Next Steps General Discussion Closing Remarks by Juha I. Uitto, GEF Independent Evaluation Office (GEF IEO)

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