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Parallel Session 12 - Advancing National Evaluation Capacities in Asia and the Pacific: Lessons from UNEDAP members’ support to NECD and Young and Emerging Evaluators

03:30 pm - 05:00 pm
Pinnacle Rooms 4-6

This event aims to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of UN support for NECD and YEE in Asia and the Pacific. The session will highlight the diverse forms of support provided by UNEDAP members and showcase partnerships established with government bodies, parliamentarians, and civil society organizations. Furthermore, the event will facilitate the sharing of reflections, lessons learned, and progress made in NECD as well as in the promotion of the role of YEEs.

Presenters: 
Daniel Patrick Alonso Valckx, Evaluation Specialist, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Randika De Mel, Manager, APEA

Panelists: 
Romulo Emmanuel M. Miral, Jr., Director General at Congressional Policy and Budget Research Department, House of Representatives, Philippines 
Akhilesh Kumar, Director, Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO), NITI Aayog of Government of India 
Oyuntsetseg Chuluundorj,  Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser, United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA)

Moderator: 
Marco Segone, Director, Evaluation Office, UNPFA

Speakers

Akhilesh Kumar

Director, Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO)

NITI Aayog of Government of India 

Daniel Patrick Alonso Valckx

Evaluation Specialist

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) 

Marco Segone

Director, Independent Evaluation Office

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Oyuntsetseg Chuluundorj

Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Randika De Mel

APEA Manager, Young Evaluator, and Co-founder of EvalYouth Asia and EvalYouth Sri Lanka

Romulo Emmanuel M. Miral, Jr.

Director General at Congressional Policy and Budget Research Department 

House of Representatives, Philippines

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