Eval4Action Newsletter Issue #2 June 2020 |
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Moving from strength to strength |
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Within two months, Eval4Action has seen much progress. The Global Parliamentarians Forum for Evaluation joined as a co-leader of the campaign. In addition, 82 partners have joined the campaign from across the world, including VOPEs, parliamentarians fora, young and emerging evaluator networks, development partners, UN agencies, civil society organizations and the private sector. We also welcome the African Parliamentarians Network on Development Evaluation, the Eurasian Parliamentarians Forum for Evaluation and the EvalGender+ Network to Eval4Action. In May and June 2020, two Eval4Action global events put a greater spotlight on evaluation and the SDGs. We thank you for your support and participation at the Eval4Action Twitter Chat and the Global Marathon of Engagement. At the Marathon, UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem officially launched the campaign. Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth, delivered the opening remarks, and over 70 partners made a statement of engagement. Taking this intensive mobilization and energy to its next stage, Eval4Action is now moving toward co-creating and identifying commitments to action for influential evaluation. To maximize inclusiveness, participation and engagement for action by diverse stakeholders, Eval4Action is inviting all interested organizations and networks to take ownership of the forthcoming regional consultations. We are pleased to share that the regional consultations are being kicked off by Asia Pacific and MENA region in June-July 2020. Please see the details ahead. We also invite other regional VOPEs, regional EvalYouth chapters and regional parliamentarians fora to take the lead in organizing the regional consultations in their respective regions and get other partners engaged in the campaign. Please share your proposals and ideas with con...@eval4action.org. Finally, as the campaign rolls out, we invite all national and local evaluation networks and other interested organizations to join hands with Eval4Action to advocate for influential evaluation in the coming decade. Your engagement and contribution is critical to the success of the campaign. Join Eval4Action now. Marco Segone, Director, UNFPA Evaluation Office Khalil Bitar, Chair, EvalYouth Global Network Kabir Hashim, Chair, Global Parliamentarians Forum for Evaluation |
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Eval4Action around the world |
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| | Eval4Action Twitter Chat The first global Eval4Action Twitter Chat on evaluation, COVID-19 and the SDGs held on 21 May 2020, brought together 27 panelists representing UNFPA Evaluation Office, EvalYouth Global Network and regional chapters, Global Parliamentarians Forum for Evaluation, International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation, EvalPartners, American Evaluation Association, African Evaluation Association, Canadian Evaluation Society, Community of Evaluators - South Asia, European Evaluation Society, Eurasian Alliance for National Evaluation Associations, EvalMENA, Network of Evaluation Societies in Europe, ReLAC, Réseau francophone d’évaluation and Western Balkans Evaluation Network. During the chat, 250 participants from 44 countries across the world, posted about 1000 tweets in at least eight languages. Nearly 7,100 users engaged with this content by retweeting and liking the chat discussion. This exposed nearly 18 million unique users to the Chat. As a result, the Chat resulted in more than 23 million impressions, which is the number of times the Chat content was displayed to the users. This has resulted in tremendous outreach and worldwide visibility for evaluation being a key accelerator to achieve the SDGs, especially during the COVID-19 crisis. | | |
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| | Global Marathon of Engagement To galvanize momentum around Eval4Action objectives, an interactive Global Marathon of Engagement was held on 10 June 2020. This event marked the official launch of the campaign at the global level. Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director, delivered a keynote speech and officially launched the campaign. Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth joined Dr. Kanem in launching the campaign. The campaign co-leaders Marco Segone, Khalil Bitar and Hon. Kabir Hashim articulated the key purpose and design of the campaign. Marking the event, was a marathon of 70 motivational statement of engagement by campaign partners. Event highlights Starting last week, the campaign is releasing short videos of motivational statement delivered by each of the 70 global evaluation leaders at the event. Please follow @unfpa_eval to catch these highlights. Full keynote and opening addresses are available at the Eval4Action's YouTube channel, which features the Global Marathon playlist. To receive regular updates, please subscribe to the channel. | | |
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Watch keynote address by Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director at the #Eval4Action Global Marathon of Engagement |
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Watch the opening address by Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth at the Global Marathon of Engagement |
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Samples of contributions from partners at the #Eval4Action Global Marathon of Engagement |
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Partners driving Eval4Action |
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| | EES article on Eval4Action The European Evaluation Society released an article highlighting the relevance of Eval4Action to EES's agenda. As the regional Voluntary Organization for Professional Evaluation (VOPE) in Europe, EES is an official partner of the campaign and is at the forefront of leading Eval4Action initiatives in Europe.The article is authored by Marco Segone, Khalil Bitar, Lauren Weiss and Gregory McGann. | | |
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| | Eval4Action website and webinars in Russian The Eurasian Alliance of National Evaluation Associations has created an Eval4Action website in Russian. The Alliance also initiated a series of webinars for Russian audience in line with the Eval4Action campaign. The following webinars are scheduled or conducted: May 21: The Deacde of Evaluation in support of Global Goals
June 4: Evaluation: Linking national priorities with the SDGs
June 18: Using evaluation and its results in the preparation of Voluntary National Reviews for SDG implementation
July 2: How to understand how your social project contributes to the implementation of the SDGs
July 16: Assessment of the contribution of the state social contract to the implementation of the SDGs | | |
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Magate Wildhorse promotes Eval4Action Eval4Action partner Magate Wildhorse conducted virtual sessions on evaluation, SDGs and COVID-19 for the business community in Canada. A session was delivered on 12 June 2020 on 'COVID-19 opportunities: SDGs, evaluation, performance and your pivot'. The session highlighted how Eval4Action supports Caribbean communities to achieve SDGs in next decade by strengthening evaluation. |
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News from partners in brief - Réseau francophone d’évaluation (RFE) is a partner of the Eval4Action Campaign. RFE featured the global marathon in their latest monthly newsletter.
- TREE Inc Japan became a partner of the campaign since the beginning. They featured the campaign in the website and their social media. News TREE.Inc TREE Twitter
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Upcoming events and opportunities |
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Join Eval4Action Regional Consultations |
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Eval4Action in collaboration with regional partners is organizing a series of regional consultations to kick off the next stage of the campaign, focusing on commitments to action for influential evaluation. The objectives of the Eval4Action regional consultations are to provide a platform to regional and national evaluators and other stakeholders: - To strengthen dialogue and partnerships towards influential evaluation, in the context of COVID-19 and SDGs
- To identify concrete regional and national commitments and action, to strengthen national evaluation systems and capacities, to accelerate progress toward the SDGs
Asia Pacific Regional Consultation The first regional consultation is being organized by Asia Pacific Evaluation Association together with EvalYouth Asia in collaboration with UNFPA, Global Parliamentarians Forum for Evaluation and EvalYouth Global Network, to be held on 25 June 2020. If you are interested to join the event, please register here (bit.ly/EVAL4ACTIONasia) or contact Erika Lareza at apea.sec...@gmail.com. |
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MENA Regional Consultation |
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The second regional consultation will be held in the MENA region on 10 July 2020 at 9.00am ET. The event is organized by EvalMENA and EvalYouth MENA chapter. All VOPEs, parliamentarians, government representatives, development partners and civil society are welcome to participate. For details of the consultation, please contact Sawsan Al Zatari at evalyo...@gmail.com or sawsan....@gmail.com. | | |
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High Level Political Forum Next month, the High Level Political Forum, the main United Nations platform on sustainable development will be underway from 7 to 17 July 2020, with the theme "Accelerated action and transformative pathways: realizing the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development". The HLPF has a central role in the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The event agenda and sessions are available here. Eval4Action partners and supporters can use this opportunity to put a spotlight on influential evaluation as a critical pathway and transformative tool to achieve the SDGs. Stay tuned for our special edition on HLPF and evaluation advocacy. |
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How can I engage in Eval4Action? Whether you are an individual or an organization, you can join Eval4Action and engage with the campaign based on your resources. We encourage you to look up this list of ideas for action. |
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SUPPORT - COMMIT - JOIN Promote the campaign through your social media channels by using the available graphic cards on Trello and this shared folder. The campaign resources are available on the website. Here are some simple ways you can support Eval4Action: Use the hashtag #Eval4Action in your social media posts Use the Eval4Action email signature to promote the campaign Put up the campaign banner on your social media page Post the Eval4Action logo on your website, and/or your social media page |
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