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Parallel Session 20 - Evaluating SDGs for the “world we want”: Measurements, innovations and challenges

09:00 am - 10:30 am
Pinnacle Rooms 4-6

CLEAR SA proposes to convene a panel discussion as part of Asian Evaluation Week and bring together its partners and organizations working on “SDG measurement, monitoring and evaluation”. The panel will discuss the value of monitoring and evaluations of SDGs and scaling of programs that work. The panelists will also share experience working with governments, particularly in developing countries on localization of SDGs.

Panelists:  
Sonia Chand Sandhu, Principal Evaluation Specialist, IED, ADB  
Dayyan Shayani, Statistician, Statistics Department, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)  
Radhika Lal, SDG Finance Policy Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Thailand 
Akhilesh Kumar, Director, DMEO, NITI Aayog of Government of India 
Sabina Alkire, Professor of Poverty and Human Development, Director, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford

Moderator:  
Sohini Mookherjee, Senior Capacity Building Manager, CLEAR/J-PAL South Asia

Speakers

Akhilesh Kumar

Director, Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO)

NITI Aayog of Government of India 

Dayyan Shayani

Statistician, Statistics Department

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

Radhika Lal

SDG Finance Policy Advisor

United Nations Development Program (UNDP) - Thailand

Sabina Alkire

Professor of Poverty and Human Development and Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)

University of Oxford

Sohini Mookherjee

Lead, Capacity Building

CLEAR/J-PAL South Asia

Sonia Chand Sandhu

Principal Evaluation Specialist, Independent Evaluation Department

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

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