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Call for Conference Papers: “Perspectives on Impact Evaluation: Approaches to Assessing Development Effectiveness,” Cairo, March 2009

Perspectives on Impact Evaluation: Approaches to Assessing Development Effectiveness is an International Conference taking place from Sunday 29 March to Thursday 2 April 2009 at the Semiramis InterContinental Hotel, Cairo, Egypt. Co-organized by the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA), the Network of Networks on Impact Evaluation (NONIE) and the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), the Conference will target policymakers, programme managers, evaluators, sponsors and other stakeholders in evaluation and development.

Guidelines for Submissions:

A submission of not more than 500 words can be made in any category (paper, panel, round-table, think-tank, expert paper), but each contribution should fit into one of the six Conference Themes. These are: (1) Improving development effectiveness: the role of impact evaluation; (2) Impact evaluation: Approaches and methods; (3) Institutionalizing impact evaluation: demand, production and use; (4) Achieving influence: reporting, outreach, learning and policy impact; (5) Capacity building for impact evaluation; (6) Impact evaluations of policies, programs, projects, partnerships and networks.

Brief descriptions of each of these themes are included in the conference invitation letter (please download PDF below).

The closing date for proposals is 15 December 2008. They should be sent to contributions@impactevaluation2009.org.

The conference website is currently under construction. A link will be uploaded here once it becomes operational.

Source: PELICAN

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