2022 IsDB Group Evaluation Symposium: Reshaping Evaluation Through the Lens of Recovery
The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Operations Evaluation Department (OED), in close collaboration with the evaluation functions of the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), organized the 2022 IsDB Group Evaluation Symposium under the theme "Evaluation Through the Lens of Recovery" from 29 to 30 March virtually and in person on March 31st at the Tent Hall in IsDB headquarters. The main objectives of the symposium consisted in shedding light on promoting evaluative thinking to enhance development interventions, informing decision-making processes, and more notably, leveraging partnerships to accelerate recovery in the context of the post global pandemic.
Evidence from Monitoring and Evaluation will be a powerful compass for the future to shape well-targeted public policies, correct course and ultimately deliver better outcomes. Thus, reshaping evaluation through stronger M&E capacities and systems is instrumental for charting a path to national development goals, effective crisis response, and sustainable recovery. To this end, it will require sustained efforts, at scale, across the world. Doing this as quickly as possible can only be achieved through collaboration and cooperation amongst a wide range of actors.
The symposium brought together prominent speakers from the multilateral development banks (MDBs), King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, the Saudi Fund for Development, the Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results from Anglophone Africa and South Asia, the Global Evaluation Initiative, and academia. The event was well received as it provided a forum for evaluation practitioners from Saudi based institutions to emphasize the apparent shift in the dialogue on the role organizations can play in making the world a better, more sustainable place.
Evidence from Monitoring and Evaluation will be a powerful compass for the future to shape well-targeted public policies, correct course and ultimately deliver better outcomes. Thus, reshaping evaluation through stronger M&E capacities and systems is instrumental for charting a path to national development goals, effective crisis response, and sustainable recovery. To this end, it will require sustained efforts, at scale, across the world. Doing this as quickly as possible can only be achieved through collaboration and cooperation amongst a wide range of actors.
The symposium brought together prominent speakers from the multilateral development banks (MDBs), King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, the Saudi Fund for Development, the Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results from Anglophone Africa and South Asia, the Global Evaluation Initiative, and academia. The event was well received as it provided a forum for evaluation practitioners from Saudi based institutions to emphasize the apparent shift in the dialogue on the role organizations can play in making the world a better, more sustainable place.
