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1. Third International Conference on
National Evaluation Capacities 2013
29 Sep - 2 Oct 2013, São Paulo, Brazil
Proposed/Agreed
Actions/Commitments to
Partner/Contribute Towards the
Proposed EvalYear 2015
SOUTH-SOUTH SOLUTIONS
SUPPLY - DEMAND MATCHING

2. Signatories

3. 1
• Develop and implement a transparent results
based monitoring and evaluation framework
to track the efforts and results of the
implemented commitments proposed in this
conference.
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Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Gov. of Sri Lanka) – Mr. Patrick McCaskie (Gov. of Barbados)
Ms. Mallika R. Samaranayake (Sri Lanka—COE & SLEvA) – Mr. Teertha Raj Dhakal (Nepal)
Ms. Beverley Best (OECS) – Dr. Igr Saidi Kibeya (Burundi) – Dr. Albert K. Byamugisha (Uganda)
Mr. Samson Masese Machuka (Kenya) – Mr. Marco Vinicio Espinal Martínez (Dominican Republic)
Ms. Rosetti Nabbumba Nayenga (Uganda) – Mr. Winston Nyasulu (Malawi)
Dr. Ir. Arif Haryana (Indonesia) – Mr. Ziad Moussa (Lebanon) – Mr. Santosh Mehrotra (India)
Ms. Oyuntsetseg Khurts (Mongolia) – Ms. Jacqueline Warso (Suriname)

4. 2
• Collaborate to build and strengthen credible
national data systems to improve the integrity
of such systems, in order to better link
performance of policies and programmes.
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Mr. Patrick McCaskie (Gov. of Barbados) – Mr. Shawn Grey (Jamaica)
Ms. Jennifer Mutua (Kenya—AfrEA) – Ms. Nompumelelo Madonda (South Africa)
Mr. Theofrid T.L. Kikombele (Tanzania) – Mr. Jimmy Kawaye (Malawi) -- Ms. Jacqueline Warso (Suriname)
Mr. Aristide Djidjoho (Benin) – Mr. Mohamed Mouime (Morocco) – Dr. Ir. Arif Haryana (Indonesia)
Ms. Oyuntsetseg Khurts (Mongolia) – Ms. Selma Maria Hayakawa C. Serpa (Brazil)
Mr. Bruno Dery (Ghana) – Mr. Samuel Hernandez (El Salvador)

5. 3
• Develop systems to promote the transparent follow-up
of evaluations, such as management response tracking
systems and citizen’s commission that allow for
effective monitoring of the implementation of
evaluation recommendations.
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Hon. Mrs. Rangina Kargar (Afghanistan) – Mr. Hans-Martin Boehmer ([IEG] World Bank)
Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Sri Lanka) – Ms. Aulida Anamali (Albania)
Dr. Albert K. Byamugisha (Uganda) – Mr. Samson Masese Machuka (Kenya)
Mr. Marco Vinicio Espinal Martínez (Dominican Republic) – Ms. Nompumelelo Madonda (South
Africa)
Ms. Rosetti Nabbumba Nayenga (Uganda) – Mr. Theofrid T.L. Kikombele (Tanzania)
RBMA (Brazil) – Dr. Agustín Escobar (Mexico) – Ms. Shahrazat binti Haji Ahmad (Malaysia)
H.E. Mahmoud El Said (Egypt)

6. 4
• Study the alternatives, assessing the pro and cons, of
different options of institutional set-ups, such as national
evaluation legislation and policies, where appropriate,
taking the country/cultural context into account and
establishing a set of minimum requirements based on
lessons learnt.
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Ms. Oyuntsetseg Khurts (Mongolia) – Mr. Darrel Montrope (St. Lucia) – Ms. Susana Lobato (El Salvador)
Ms. Doha Abdelhamid (Egypt) – RBMA (Brazil) – Hon. Jigmi Rinzin (Bhutan)
Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Sri Lanka) – Mr. Shawn Grey (Jamaica) – Ms. Florita Azofeifa (Costa Rica)
Mr. Patrick McCaskie (Barbados) – Ms. Aulida Anamali (Albania) – Magdalena Ordónez (Honduras)
Ms. Mallika R. Samaranayake (Sri Lanka—CoE— South Asia) – Dr. Zakari Lawal (Nigeria)
Ms. Rosaura Trigueros Elizondo (Costa Rica) – Mr. Theofrid T.L. Kikombele (Tanzania)
Mr. Samuel Hernandez (El Salvador) – Ms. Sabrina Storm (Costa Rica)
Ms. Selma Maria Hayakawa C. Serpa (Brazil) – Mr. Marco Segone (UNICEF)
Ms. Anne Bramble (Barbados)

7. 5
• Develop /strengthen/ support / expand joint
peer-to-peer systems and mentoring
programmes among professional association of
evaluators and government evaluation units.
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Ms. Rosetti Nabbumba Nayenga (Uganda) – Ms. Marie Gervais (Canada) – Mr. Sonam Tobgyal (Bhutan)
Ms. Jennifer Mutua (Kenya— AfrEA) – Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Sri Lanka)
Ms. Aulida Anamali (Albania) – Ms. Mallika Samaranayake (Sri Lanka—CoE— South Asia) – RBMA (Brazil)
Ms. Jennifer Bisgard (South Africa— AfrEA) – Mr. Marco Vinicio Espinal Martínez (Dominican Republic)
Ms. Lyudmila Vladiko (Russia) – Ms. Nompumelelo Madonda (South Africa)
Mr. Theofrid T.L. Kikombele (Tanzania) – Dr. Albert K. Byamugisha (Uganda)
Ms. Natalia Kosheleva (Russia) – H.E. Mahmoud El Said (Egypt) – Ms. Anne Bramble (Barbados)
Mr. Ziad Moussa (Lebanon) – Mr. Marco Segone (UNICEF) – Ms. Selma Maria Hayakawa C. Serpa (Brazil)
Mr. David Akana (Cameroon) – Mr. Jim Rugh (EvalPartners)

8. 6
• Create/strengthen Parliamentarians’ forum for
development evaluation in different regions to
advocate for use and conduct of evaluations.
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Ms. Jennifer Mutua (Kenya—AfrEA) – Mr. Bruno Dery (Ghana) – Mr. Asela Kalugampitiya (Sri Lanka)
Hon. Jigmi Rinzin (Bhutan) – Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Gov. of Sri Lanka)
Hon. Qaiser Jamal, MNA (Pakistan) – Ms. Mallika R. Samaranayake (Sri Lanka—CoE— South Asia)
Hon. Kabir Hashim (Sri Lanka) – Dr. Zakari Lawal (Nigeria) – Ms. Jacqueline Warso (Suriname)
Mr. Charles Amoatey (Ghana) – Mr. Marco Segone (UNICEF)
Ms. Selma Maria Hayakawa C. Serpa (Brazil) – Mr. David Akana (Cameroon)
David Roberts (Australia) – Ms. Anne Bramble (Barbados)
Ms. Maria Bustelo (Spain—European Evaluation Society)

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• Facilitate partnership / cooperation between Government, VOPEs,
Parliament and Private Sector to strengthen the understanding about
what evaluation is and how it can be useful for different actions.
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Hon. Mrs. Rangina Kargar (Afghanistan) – Mr. Zakari Bonkano (Niger) – Ms. Anne Bramble (Barbados)
Ms. Rosetti Nabbumba Nayenga (Uganda) – Hon. Qaiser Jamal, MNA (Pakistan) – Mr. Bruno Dery (Ghana)
Dr. Zakari Lawal (Nigeria) – Ms. Doha Abdelhamid (Egypt) – RBMA (Brazil)
Mr. Asela Kalugampitiya (Sri Lanka) – Ms. Marie Gervais (Canada--Québec) – Hon. Jigmi Rinzin (Bhutan)
Ms. Sabrina Storm (Costa Rica) – Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Gov. of Sri Lanka)
Mr. Darrel Montrope (St. Lucia) – Ms. Aulida Anamali (Albania) – Ms. Ada Ocampo (Thailand—UNICEF)
Dr. Igr Saidi Kibeya (Burundi) – Mr. Patrick McCaskie (Gov. of Barbados)
Mr. Mohamed Mouime (Morocco) – Hon. Kabir Hashim (Sri Lanka) – Mr. Marco Segone (UNICEF)
Ms. Beverley Best (OCES) – Ms. Mallika R. Samaranayake (Sri Lanka—CoE— South Asia)
Mr. Theofrid T.L. Kikombele (Tanzania) – Mr. Jim Rugh (EvalPartners) – Ms. Rosa Mena (Dominican Republic)
David Roberts (Australia) – Ms. Ivett Subero (Dominican Republic) – Mr. Esteban Tapella (Argentina)
H.E. Mahmoud El Said (Egypt) – Mr. David Akana (Cameroon) – Ms. Lyudmila Vladiko (Russia)
Mr. Marco Vinicio Espinal Martínez (Dominican Republic) – Mr. Teertha Raj Dhakal (Nepal)
Ms. Arlyn Gonzalez (Panama) – Ms. Claudia Valenzuela (Brazil) – Ms. Nompumelelo Madonda (South Africa)
Ms. Jennifer Mutua (Kenya—AfrEA) – Ms. Jacqueline Warso (Suriname) – Mr. Leopoldo Font (Uruguay)
Ms. Oyuntsetseg Khurts (Mongolia)

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• Develop approaches based on lessons learned, on
how to incorporate cultural dimensions into
evaluation in different regional and national
contexts.
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Mr. David Akana (Cameroon) – Mr. Ziad Moussa (Lebanon—EvalMENA)
Mr. Victor Manuel Quintero (Colombia) – Hon. Mrs. Rangina Kargar (Afghanistan)
Mr. Zakari Bonkano (Niger) – Mrs. Iracy Soares Ribeiro Maciel (Brazil) – Ms. Doha Abdelhamid (Egypt)
Magdalena Ordónez (Honduras) – Mr. Norberto Perotti (Argentina)
Ms. Nompumelelo Madonda (South Africa) – Ms. Jennifer Mutua (Kenya—AfrEA)
Ms. Inga Sniukaite (UN Women) – Ms. Laura Gonzalez (UN Women)
Dr. Francois-Corneille Kedowide (Ethiopia—UNDP RSC Afrique) – Ms. Jacqueline Warso (Suriname)
Mr. Esteban Tapella (Argentina) – Ms. Martha McGuire (Canada)
Mrs. Elizabeth Castelo Branco de Souza (Brazil) – Ms. Shahrazat binti Haji Ahmad (Malaysia)
Ms. Ada Ocampo (Thailand—UNICEF)

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• Develop standards, based on lessons learned,
to ensure proper triangulation of evidence,
checks & balances and qualitative data use to
not be just perception-based.
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David Roberts (Australia) – Ms. Selma Maria Hayakawa C. Serpa (Brazil)
Mr. Pablo Rodriguez-Bilella (Argentina) – Mr. Sonam Tobgyal (Bhutan) – H.E. Mahmoud El Said (Egypt)
Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Gov. of Sri Lanka) – Mr. Mohamed Mouime (Morocco)
Mrs. Iracy Soares Ribeiro Maciel (Brazil) – Ms. Mallika R. Samaranayake (Sri Lanka—CoE— South Asia)
Ms. Nompumelelo Madonda (South Africa) – Ms. Rosetti Nabbumba Nayenga (Uganda)
Mr. Theofrid T.L. Kikombele (Tanzania) – Mr. David Akana (Cameroon)
Miss Ana Maria Carneiro (Brazil—UNICAMP) – Mr. Guillherme Pereira (Brazil)
Ms. Jacqueline Warso (Suriname) – Mr. Johann Lucas Jacob (Canada)
Ms. Oyuntsetseg Khurts (Mongolia)

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• Develop standards, based on lessons learned
to ensure stakeholders involvement while still
guaranteeing independence of the evaluation.
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Mr. Sonam Tobgyal (Bhutan) – Hon. Jigmi Rinzin (Bhutan) – Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Gov. of Sri
Lanka) – Mrs. Iracy Soares Ribeiro Maciel (Brazil) – Mr. Mohamed Mouime (Morocco)
Hon. Kabir Hashim (Sri Lanka) – Ms. Mallika R. Samaranayake (Sri Lanka—CoE— South Asia)
Mr. Marco Vinicio Espinal Martínez (Dominican Republic) – Ms. Nompumelelo Madonda (South Africa)
Mr. Julio Raudales (Honduras) – Mr. Patrick McCaskie (Gov. of Barbados)
Mr. Esteban Tapella (Argentina) – Mrs. Elizabeth Castelo Branco de Souza (Brazil)
Ms. Christel Jacob (South Africa) – Mr. David Akana (Cameroon) – Mr. Guillherme Pereira (Brazil)
David Roberts (Australia) – Ms. Tessie Tzavaras Catsambas (USA)

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• Develop/connect national registries/national
statistical systems to M&E systems with
increased frequency of data collection to
support decision making.
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Mr. Paulo Jannuzzi (Brazil) – Mr. Mohamed Mouime (Morocco)
Mr. Marco Vinicio Espinal Martínez (Dominican Republic) – Dr. Albert K. Byamugisha (Uganda)
Ms. Nompumelelo Madonda (South Africa) – Mr. Theofrid T.L. Kikombele (Tanzania)
Ms. Jacqueline Warso (Suriname) – Ms. Katia Cristina Bassichetto (Brazil)
Mr. Samuel Hernandez (El Salvador) – Ms. Baasanjav Radnaabazar (Mongolia)
Mr. Alexandro Rodrigues Pinto (Brazil)

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• Have an online platform (NEC COP) to
present/exchange experiences, keep NEC
participants connected and follow up on
commitments.
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Mr. Sonam Tobgyal (Bhutan) – Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Gov. of Sri Lanka)
Mr. Mohamed Mouime (Morocco) – Magdalena Ordónez (Honduras) – Ms. Lulama Sizani (South Africa)
Dr. Albert K. Byamugisha (Uganda) – Ms. Jennifer Mutua (Kenya—AfrEA) – Mr. David Akana (Cameroon)
Mr. Esteban Tapella (Argentina) – Mr. Johann Lucas Jacob (Canada)
Mr. Pablo Rodriguez-Bilella (Argentina) – Mr. Norberto Perotti (Argentina) – Mr. Ziad Moussa (Lebanon)

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• Translate material on evaluation into different
languages.
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Ms. Doha Abdelhamid (Egypt) – Ms. Aulida Anamali (Albania) – Mr. Mohamed Mouime (Morocco)
Ms. Laura Gonzalez (UN Women) – Ms. Maria Bustelo (Spain—Master Program, Madrid)
Mr. David Akana (Cameroon) – Mr. Rafael de Souza Camelo (Brazil)
Mr. Dieudonne Mouafo (Canada/UN Volunteers)
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RBMA (Brazil) English & Spanish  Portugese
Mr. Esteban Tapella (Argentina) English  Spanish
Mr. Johann Lucas Jacob (Canada) English  French

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• Map and analyze effectiveness of coordination
mechanisms and practices between central
evaluation units and sector ministry units and
local gov’t evaluation.
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Mr. Zakari Bonkano (Niger) – Mr. Marco Segone (UNICEF) – Ms. Doha Abdelhamid (Egypt)
H.E. Mahmoud El Said (Egypt) – Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Gov. of Sri Lanka)
Mr. Mohamed Mouime (Morocco) – Ms. Mallika R. Samaranayake (Sri Lanka—CoE— South Asia)
Ms. Rosetti Nabbumba Nayenga (Uganda) – Mr. Leopoldo Font (Uruguay) – Mr. Fidel Arévalo (Guatemala)
Mr. Federico Berardi (Argentina) – Mr. Pablo Rodriguez-Bilella (Argentina)
Ms. Maria Bustelo (Spain—European Evaluation Society) – Ms. Selma Maria Hayakawa C. Serpa (Brazil)
Ms. Tessie Tzavaras Catsambas (USA—EvalPartners) – Mr. Johann Lucas Jacob (Canada)
EvalMENA – Mr. Alexandro Rodrigues Pinto (Brazil) – Ms. Claudia Valenzuela (Brazil)

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• Support joint regional/national events to take stock of
developments in these commitments (In 2014) including
the sharing/learning good practices of validating data
from multiple sources, managing sensitive data,
disseminating evaluation results.
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Hon. Mrs. Rangina Kargar (Afghanistan) – Ms. Aulida Anamali (Albania) – Dr. Francois-Corneille Kedowide
(Ethiopia—UNDP RSC Afrique) – Ms. Doha Abdelhamid (Egypt)
Mr. Pablo Rodriguez-Bilella (Argentina—ReLAC) – Mr. Fidel Arévalo (Guatemala)
Mr. Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Gov. of Sri Lanka) – David Roberts (Australia)
Mr. Asela Kalugampitiya (Sri Lanka) – Hon. Kabir Hashim (Sri Lanka) – Mr. Mohamed Mouime (Morocco)
Ms. Mallika R. Samaranayake (Sri Lanka—CoE— South Asia) – Mr. Charles Amoatey (Ghana)
Dr. Albert K. Byamugisha (Uganda) – Ms. Jody Fitzpatrick (USA) – Mr. Kubat Jumaliev (Kyrgyzstan)
Mr. Johann Lucas Jacob (Canada) – Ms. Juliana Wenceslau (UNDP Brazil) – Mr. Bruno Dery (Ghana)
Ms. Selma Maria Hayakawa C. Serpa (Brazil) – EvalMENA – Mr. Marco Segone (UNICEF)
Mr. Marco Vinicio Espinal Martínez (Dominican Republic) – Mr. David Akana (Cameroon)
Ms. Maria Bustelo (Spain—European Evaluation Society) – Mrs. Elizabeth Castelo Branco de Souza (Brazil)
Ms. Katia Cristina Bassichetto (Brazil)

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• Assign budgets or percentages of initiatives to
evaluations when designing/approving
projects/programmes/policies or assign a
percentage of the initiative cost.
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Mr. Patrick McCaskie (Gov. of Barbados)
Mr. Bruno Dery (Ghana)

19. 17
• Use external evaluators to facilitate/moderate
self-assessments and reviews.

20. 18
• Incorporate gender capacities/perspectives in
M&E national Systems.
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Víctor Manuel Quintero – (ReLAC)
Marco Segone (UNWomen)
Laura Gonzalez (UNWomen)
Inga Sniukate (UNWomen)
Tessie Catssambas (EvalPartners)

21. Signatories

22. To include your
name/country/institution in any of
the commitments please email
ana.soares@undp.org