Asian Evaluation Week 2024

It is so nice to see AEW develop very well. Thank you very much for the opportunity to share thoughts with so many distinguished experts.

Kouqing Li
Director
AMRO

Those of us who were fortunate to experience the AEW have decided to initiate and encourage programs that will promote and formalize continuing evaluation of all things necessary to assist in our progress going forward in Federated State Micronesia. We would greatly appreciate any suggestions you or those responsible can provide to assist in our progression into this important area of evaluation.

Ilhen Joseph
State Auditor
Office of the National Public Auditor
Federated States of Micronesia

As evaluators we become too often beholden to our own findings, recommendations, and mandates. It has been great to discuss different perspectives and learnings with you.

Andreas Reumann
Head, Independent Evaluation Unit
Green Climate Fund (GCF)

Excellent moderator and superb behind the scenes work. Well done all round.

Areef Suleman
Director, Economic Research and Statistics Department
IsDB

I would like to thank you for a very informative and impactful conference. The networking opportunities, topics and knowledge shared were incredibly valuable. We look forward to next year’s event and would love the opportunity to participate more actively and bring some of the DBSA’s experiences and challenges to the discussion.

Saphira Surina Patel
Head of Sustainability, Professional Insights
Operations Evaluation Unit
Development Bank of South Africa

The delegation from Uzbekistan greatly appreciates the support from the AEW team. Asian Evaluation Week 2024 was very organized and held to a high standard. Personally, I'm looking forward to AEW's 10th anniversary.
Batirbek Davletov
Head of the Sectoral Data Coordination Division, Department of Coordination and Information Analysis
Government of Uzbekistan

Thank you all so much for an excellent session – Taka, you were masterful in setting the stage and managing the flow! Also very interesting inputs from Sonia and Xiaobin as well, thank you so much for your insights. I thought it was a great discussion, appreciated it very much.

Megan Grace Kennedy-Chouane
Head, Evaluation Unit, Development Co-operation Directorate
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Good presentations – there are lots of good lessons from all these experiences.

Jane Mwangi
Senior Evaluation Specialist, Evaluation Office
UNICEF

Many thanks to you and your team for organizing such an engaging and meaningful dialogue. The overall conference was a sounding success thanks to your ability to build strong partnerships in the region and beyond.

Oscar Garcia
Director, Independent Evaluation Office
UNDP

The forum gave us an opportunity to share our thoughts and experience (in government) on the topic. We look forward to continuing working with you and colleagues in the evaluation community as we advance the practice of evaluation in government.

Arsenio Balisacan
Secretary
NEDA, Philippines

It was a great opportunity for useful networking for [the] future! Many thanks to the entire team for excellent arrangements, selection of themes and session topics and all logistics!

Sagarika Bogahawatta
Additional Director General
Department of Project Management and Monitoring, Sri Lanka

Congratulations on the 2024 AEW! It was a brilliant event! ...[It] ran smoothly, content was insightful and the participation was amazing. I also found the information provided to the participants super helpful and easy to follow.

Yurenda Basnett
Principal Evaluation Specialist, Independent Evaluation Department
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

I really appreciated the chance to be involved in the conference as well. I have just begun to become involved in impact evaluation and this conference allowed me to see it in a whole new light.

Codey Abbey
Project Manager
Shaanxi Normal University, People’s Republic of China

Many thanks for the opportunity to showcase our work. Indeed it was quite a rich discussion and I hope the audience found it useful.

Charu Wilkinson
External Consultant
Team Leader of the EIB’s CAB Evaluation

I really appreciate ADB for organizing the Asian Evaluation Week 2024 bringing important actors together. Your dedication to enhancing national evaluation capacity development is invaluable, and the event plays a crucial role in strengthening strong national evaluation systems. Thank you for your continued commitment to this important initiative each year.

Asela Kalugampitiya, PhD
Attorney-at-Law
Director, Center for Evaluation, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

It is always good that we run out of time rather than running time down. We could go on for a further 30 minutes without [a] problem.

Richard Jones
Senior Evaluation Adviser, Independent Evaluation Office
UNDP

Thank you so much, Megan, Sonia and Xianbin, for your great insights which I learned so much from, and for your constructive and friendly collaboration which I very much appreciated… I have listened to a couple of other AEW sessions and thought they were also quite informative. So, big congratulations on this successful AEW!

Takayoshi Kato
Policy Analyst
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

It is so nice to see AEW develop very well. Thank you very much for the opportunity to share thoughts with so many distinguished experts.

Kouqing Li
Director
AMRO

Those of us who were fortunate to experience the AEW have decided to initiate and encourage programs that will promote and formalize continuing evaluation of all things necessary to assist in our progress going forward in Federated State Micronesia. We would greatly appreciate any suggestions you or those responsible can provide to assist in our progression into this important area of evaluation.

Ilhen Joseph
State Auditor
Office of the National Public Auditor
Federated States of Micronesia

As evaluators we become too often beholden to our own findings, recommendations, and mandates. It has been great to discuss different perspectives and learnings with you.

Andreas Reumann
Head, Independent Evaluation Unit
Green Climate Fund (GCF)

Excellent moderator and superb behind the scenes work. Well done all round.

Areef Suleman
Director, Economic Research and Statistics Department
IsDB

I would like to thank you for a very informative and impactful conference. The networking opportunities, topics and knowledge shared were incredibly valuable. We look forward to next year’s event and would love the opportunity to participate more actively and bring some of the DBSA’s experiences and challenges to the discussion.

Saphira Surina Patel
Head of Sustainability, Professional Insights
Operations Evaluation Unit
Development Bank of South Africa

The delegation from Uzbekistan greatly appreciates the support from the AEW team. Asian Evaluation Week 2024 was very organized and held to a high standard. Personally, I'm looking forward to AEW's 10th anniversary.
Batirbek Davletov
Head of the Sectoral Data Coordination Division, Department of Coordination and Information Analysis
Government of Uzbekistan

Thank you all so much for an excellent session – Taka, you were masterful in setting the stage and managing the flow! Also very interesting inputs from Sonia and Xiaobin as well, thank you so much for your insights. I thought it was a great discussion, appreciated it very much.

Megan Grace Kennedy-Chouane
Head, Evaluation Unit, Development Co-operation Directorate
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Good presentations – there are lots of good lessons from all these experiences.

Jane Mwangi
Senior Evaluation Specialist, Evaluation Office
UNICEF

Many thanks to you and your team for organizing such an engaging and meaningful dialogue. The overall conference was a sounding success thanks to your ability to build strong partnerships in the region and beyond.

Oscar Garcia
Director, Independent Evaluation Office
UNDP

The forum gave us an opportunity to share our thoughts and experience (in government) on the topic. We look forward to continuing working with you and colleagues in the evaluation community as we advance the practice of evaluation in government.

Arsenio Balisacan
Secretary
NEDA, Philippines

It was a great opportunity for useful networking for [the] future! Many thanks to the entire team for excellent arrangements, selection of themes and session topics and all logistics!

Sagarika Bogahawatta
Additional Director General
Department of Project Management and Monitoring, Sri Lanka

Congratulations on the 2024 AEW! It was a brilliant event! ...[It] ran smoothly, content was insightful and the participation was amazing. I also found the information provided to the participants super helpful and easy to follow.

Yurenda Basnett
Principal Evaluation Specialist, Independent Evaluation Department
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

I really appreciated the chance to be involved in the conference as well. I have just begun to become involved in impact evaluation and this conference allowed me to see it in a whole new light.

Codey Abbey
Project Manager
Shaanxi Normal University, People’s Republic of China

Many thanks for the opportunity to showcase our work. Indeed it was quite a rich discussion and I hope the audience found it useful.

Charu Wilkinson
External Consultant
Team Leader of the EIB’s CAB Evaluation

I really appreciate ADB for organizing the Asian Evaluation Week 2024 bringing important actors together. Your dedication to enhancing national evaluation capacity development is invaluable, and the event plays a crucial role in strengthening strong national evaluation systems. Thank you for your continued commitment to this important initiative each year.

Asela Kalugampitiya, PhD
Attorney-at-Law
Director, Center for Evaluation, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

It is always good that we run out of time rather than running time down. We could go on for a further 30 minutes without [a] problem.

Richard Jones
Senior Evaluation Adviser, Independent Evaluation Office
UNDP

Thank you so much, Megan, Sonia and Xianbin, for your great insights which I learned so much from, and for your constructive and friendly collaboration which I very much appreciated… I have listened to a couple of other AEW sessions and thought they were also quite informative. So, big congratulations on this successful AEW!

Takayoshi Kato
Policy Analyst
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

It is so nice to see AEW develop very well. Thank you very much for the opportunity to share thoughts with so many distinguished experts.

Kouqing Li
Director
AMRO

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Agenda at a Glance

Day 1 - Sept 2

Day 2 - Sept 3

Day 3 - Sept 4

Day 4 - Sept 5

AEW Subthemes

Navigating Development Impact in the Digital Era

Leveraging Evaluation for Organizational Transformation

Evaluating Regional Public Goods for Sustainable Cooperation

2024 Speakers

Rasmus Heltberg

Golam Mortaza

Erwien Temasmico Djayoesman

Harsh Anuj

Highlights

What went down at the 2024 AEW

2024 AEW presentations now available

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Join the conversation in social media. Use and follow the hashtags #AEW2024 and #AsianEvaluationWeek
or share your experience and tag @adbevaluation in your post.

Check out our Lessons Database
for valuable insights on ADB operations