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Agenda at a Glance

* All times are local Bangkok time (UTC+7)
Day 1 - 11 September 2023
08:30 am - 09:15 am Opening Session
09:15 am - 09:45 am Evaluation to promote the high quality development in China’s path to modernization
10:00 am - 11:00 am Plenary 1: Accountability Talks
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Parallel Session 1: Learning in action: Expanding the evaluation tool-box?
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Parallel Session 2: Building engaging and inclusive partnerships for ending hunger: Effectiveness of a child development program focusing on the mediating effect of religious belief
02:00 pm - 03:30 pm Plenary 2: Evaluation Headlines Live
04:00 pm - 05:30 pm Parallel Session 3: Cost-effectiveness analysis based performance evaluation: experiences from China
04:00 pm - 05:30 pm Parallel Session 4: Insights and innovations: What works to build data and evidence capacity in government
Day 2 - 12 September 2023
08:45 am - 09:00 am Day 1 Recap
08:45 am - 08:50 am Video Message from Dr. Andrew Leigh
09:00 am - 10:30 am Parallel Session 5 - Innovations in evaluations - experiences from international donors
09:00 am - 10:30 am Parallel Session 6 - Leaving no one behind: Community driven innovations to improve livelihoods of indigenous people in the Asia Pacific region
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Parallel Session 7 - The use of performance evaluation results in public sectors in China
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Parallel Session 8 - Are MDBs ready to promote innovation for sustainability and private sector development?
01:30 pm - 03:00 pm Parallel Session 9 - Boosting young, innovative firms with equity and quasi-equity support: Evaluation insights from EIB, EBRD and ADB
01:30 pm - 03:00 pm Parallel Session 10 - Going big, going small, and going outside your comfort zone: pushing the boundaries of development effectiveness evaluations
03:30 pm - 05:00 pm Parallel Session 11 - Improving Procurement Processes: Lessons Learned
03:30 pm - 05:00 pm Parallel Session 12 - Advancing National Evaluation Capacities in Asia and the Pacific: Lessons from UNEDAP members’ support to NECD and Young and Emerging Evaluators
Day 3 - 13 September 2023
08:45 am - 09:00 am Day 2 Recap
09:00 am - 10:30 am Parallel Session 13 - The role of joint evaluations as a tool for boosting development effectiveness country system
09:00 am - 10:30 am Parallel Session 14 - Building Resilience and Accountability: Motivating Policy Makers to use knowledge and evaluative evidence
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Parallel Session 15 - AI-powered evaluation: Maximizing efficiency while minimizing risks
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Parallel Session 16 - Infrastructure for Inclusive and Sustainable Development: Experience of the New Development Bank, the Global South, and other Key Development Partners
01:30 pm - 03:00 pm Parallel Session 17 - One size does not fit all: Adapting and adopting international evaluation norms in the Asia-Pacific region
01:30 pm - 03:00 pm Parallel Session 18 - The Communication Rhapsody
Day 4 - 14 September 2023
08:45 am - 09:00 am Day 3 Recap
09:00 am - 10:30 am Parallel Session 19 - Evaluations for Greening Development Policies
09:00 am - 10:30 am Parallel Session 20 - Evaluating SDGs for the “world we want”: Measurements, innovations and challenges
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Plenary 3: From crisis recovery to long term development: Role of policy-based lending
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Organizers’ Closing Remarks