Asian Evaluation Week 2025

Thank you for making history with us at the 10th AEW!

Big thanks to everyone who celebrated with us in Xi'an, People's Republic of China, as we marked the 10th anniversary of the Asian Evaluation Week (AEW) last 1-4 September! We can't wait to see you again at the next AEW!

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New Release: Learning Lessons: Insights from the 2024 Asian Evaluation Week — Innovations for Influential Evaluation

Lessons from evaluation tell a compelling story of efforts to achieve development impact. This discussion paper gathers insights on how innovative evaluation approaches can drive transformational change.

Discussions centered across the AEWs three sub-themes:

navigating development impact in the digital era
leveraging evaluation for organizational transformation
evaluating regional public goods for sustainable cooperation

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What is Asian Evaluation Week?

The Asian Evaluation Week (AEW) is a leading evaluation knowledge sharing platform in the Asia and Pacific region which brings together government officials, representatives of international organizations, and evaluation experts interested in exchanging knowledge, sharing experience, and learning the latest innovations in evaluation.

AEW is jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Finance, PRC, through the Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Institute (AFDI), and the Asian Development Bank’s Independent Evaluation Department (IED).

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Why join AEW

Networking and peer learning

Regional representation from Africa, Americas (including Latin America & the Caribbean), Asia-Pacific (including Australia & Oceania), Europe, & Middle East

Knowledge exchange across sectors & thematic tracks

Organizational participation from academe, bilateral donors, evaluation associations, government, MDB/IFI, NGO, civil society, private sector, & UN agencies

Agenda at a Glance

Day 1 - Sept 1

Onsite Claiming of Badges
Opening Session
Knowledge Exchange
Welcome Cocktails

Day 2 - Sept 2

Recap
Knowledge Exchange
Book Launch

Day 3 - Sept 3

Recap
Knowledge Exchange
World Cafe
Project Site Visit

Day 4 - Sept 4

Recap
Knowledge Exchange
Closing Session

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2025 Speakers

Sabine Palmreuther

Evaluation Capacity Development

German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval)

Anupam Anand

Senior Evaluation Officer, Independent Evaluation Office

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Jigme Sonam

Sustainability Consultant, Terrama / Board of Directors, Asia Pacific Evaluation Association and the Evaluation Association of Bhutan

Terrama / Asia Pacific Evaluation Association and the Evaluation Association of Bhutan

Ayumi Konishi

Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer

Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF)

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Highlights

16 September 2025

Lessons and Insights

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

Areef Suleman
Director, Economic Research and Statistics Department
IsDB

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

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

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

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

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)

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 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

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 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

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

Jane Mwangi
Senior Evaluation Specialist, Evaluation Office
UNICEF

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

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

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