Facilitators:

• Radu Cocean (KPI Institute)
• Mohammed Alsayed Ahmed Manager, IEvD

Opening Remarks:

• Zaher Rebai, Director, HRMD
• Syurkani Ishak Kasim, Director, SBCP

Venue: The Tent – IsDB Group HQ

Moderator:

Farhan Rashid

Manager, OQM

Opening Remarks: Syurkani Ishak Kasim, Director, SBCP

Panelists: Directors of CCD, ESID and RCA

Venue: The Library – 3rd Floor

Moderator

Hamdi Ahmedou

Senior Manager, M&E, ITFC

Opening Statement: Nasser Al Thekair, GM Trade & Business Development & Acting GM Strategy, ITFC

Speaker: Jos Vaessen, Chief Evaluation Officer, IEG, World Bank Group

Panelists:

• Mohammed Alyami, General Manager, ICD
• Ahmed Ag. Aboubacrine, Head, IsDB Rabat Reginal Hub
• Ibrahima Dit Thierno Lo, Acting Manager, Corporate Performance and Results, SBCP
• Lotfi Zairi, Associate Manager, ICIEC

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Moderator:

Oguz Ceylan

Lead Evaluation Specialist, IEvD

Speaker: Barbara Befani, Research Director at National Centre for Social Research in UK.

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Moderator:

Muhammad Jameel Yusha'U

Lead KM Specialist

Welcome Remarks: Syurkani Ishak Kasim, Director SBCP

Opening Statement: H.E. Dr. Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser, Chairman of IsDB Group

2025 Evaluation Awards:

1. Best Project Completion Reports (PCRs) and
2. Best Contributors to the Systematic Tracking of the Execution of Evaluation Recommendations (STEER)

Venue: The Tent – IsDB Group HQ also on (Zoom Link)

Moderator:

Mohammed Alyami

General Manager, ICD

Opening Remarks: Anasse Aissami, Chair of LLF aRBM Steering Committee & DG, Country Programs

Presentation: Bandar Alhoweish, Manager, LLF – ”LLF Adaptive Results-Based Management (aRBM) Case Study”

Panelists:

• Lant Pritchett, Development Economist
• Lisandro Martin, Director, Department for Outcomes, World Bank Group
• Walid Abdelwahab, Director of IsDB Group Strategy Project, & Director of IsDB Ankara Regional Hub
• Issa Faye, DG, Global Practice & Partnerships

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Moderator:

Walid Abdelwahab

IsDB Group Strategy Project Director & Director of IsDB Regional Hub Ankara

Opening Remarks: Mohameden Mohamed Sidiya, Director, Independent Evaluation Department, IsDB

Speakers/Presentations:

• Erik Bloom, Principal Evaluator, Asian Development Bank

”Insights from Mid-Term Evaluation of Asian Development Bank Strategy”

• Amin Abdullahi, Manager, IEvD

”Evaluability Assessment of the IsDB Realigned strategy 2023-2026”

Panelists:

• Rami Ahmed, VP Operations, IsDB
• Zamir Iqbal, VP Finance & CFO
• Khalid Khalafalla, CEO, ICIEC & OiC of ICD
• Adeeb Y. Al Aama, CEO, ITFC

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Moderator:

Zaher Rebai

Director, HRMD

Opening Remarks: Anasse Aissami, DG, Country Programs

Presentation: Mohammed Alsayed, Manager, IEvD

”Evidence from Recent Macro-Evaluations”

Panelists:

• Mona Fetouh, Deputy Director, IOE, IFAD
• May Ali Babiker Eltahir, Director, CCD Department
• Salah Jelassi, Director of Operations in GCC, Yemen & South America
• Syurkani Ishak Kasim, Director, SBCP Department

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