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3rd International Conference (2019)

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Hotel Duo, Prague, Czech Republic
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Conference

The GEF Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) together with the Earth-Eval Community of Practice (CoP) organized the Third International Conference on Evaluating Environment and Development in collaboration with IDEAS Global Assembly (GA).

Session 4 - Conference on Evaluating Environment and Development

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Amsterdam Hall
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Session

Session with Anu Saxén, Karen Odhiambo, Mike Spilsbury and Michael Wells

Chair: Juha Uitto

Sponsors: GEF and Finland

Environment 3: Adaptation: Lessons from recent experience

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Amsterdam Hall
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Session

The third environment session on adaptation to climate change - lessons from recent experience - explores trends in evaluations by the OECD/DAC Network on Development Evaluation, ongoing evaluations on climate change adaptation by the German Institute for Development Evaluation, a systematic revi

Workshop 8 - Evaluating at the Nexus of Development and Environment: Challenges and Opportunities

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Prague East Hall
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Workshop

Global environmental changes are occurring at a faster pace than previously thought. In several areas, damage to the global environment has exceeded critical levels and threatens to lead to irreversible changes in global ecosystems.

2019 Asian Evaluation Week

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Kunming, China
Event Type:
Conference

The Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Institute (AFDI), together with the Independent Evaluation Department (IED) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), hosted the 2019 Asian Evaluation Week.

Free E-Learning Course on Evaluation and the 2030 Agenda

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eLearning

EvalSDGs and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) have teamed up to launch a free e-learning course on Evaluation and the 2030 Agenda. The course will be two weeks long (2-13 September). The deadline to register is 31 August 2019.

Special Issue on Environment-Poverty Nexus and Sustainable Development

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The journal Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050, IF 2.592) is currently running a Special Issue entitled "Environment-Poverty Nexus and Sustainable Development". Dr. Juha I. Uitto of the GEF Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) is serving as the Guest Editor for this issue.

Ecnomic Evaluation of Sustainable Development

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Book Promotion

The newly published book Economic Evaluation of Sustainable Development by authors Vinod Thomas and Namrata Chindarkar provides evidence of ho

Webinar on Energy Program and Policy Evaluation Capacity Building in the Asia Pacific

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Webinar

An upcoming IEPPEC Energy Evaluation Academy Webinar will be held on "Energy Program and Policy Evaluation Capacity Building in the Asia Pacific" featuring Dr. Edward Vine (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory).

9th AfrEA International Conference

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Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Event Type:
Conference

The 9th African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) International Conference will be held from March 11-15, 2019 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. The theme for this conference is "Accelerating Africa's Development: Strengthening National Evaluation Ecosystems". The conference aims to: