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International Conference "Methodology of Program Monitoring and Evaluation"Conference theme CONFERENCE WEBSITE Pre-conference workshops 24.09.09 Conference Program 25-26.09.09 Places to eat in Kiev Hotels in Kiev Kiev city tours About Kiev | ||
Location of the pre-conference workshops and the conferenceUkrainian Academy of Science, 55 Vladimirskaya Street, Kiev, Ukraine Workshops Schedule
Seminar 1. The Use of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) in Evaluation (Section Hall, 3rd floor)Trainer: Coghlan, Ana. Evaluation and training specialist with over 15 years experience in designing, implementing, assessing and training in monitoring and evaluation systems in U.S. and international settings, with a focus on international development programs. Competent evaluator, trainer and administrator uses excellent written and verbal communication skills to establish rapport with staff and clients of varied cultures. Exerts extra effort to complete projects under time, budget, and labor constraints. Areas of specialization include: Mixed-method and participatory evaluation design and implementation; Strategic planning, program design, and Appreciative Inquiry; Training and facilitation design, delivery and assessment; Community-based HIV/AIDS programs and evaluation Description of the Seminar. Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a relatively new and radically different approach and methodology from the field of Organizational Development that inquires into and discovers the "best of what is" in organizations and programs. This half-day interactive and experiential seminar explores the ways in which Appreciative Inquiry can be used for evaluation purposes. Participants first will learn the theoretical underpinnings of AI and then experience conducting an AI exercise. By applying this experience, participants will then explore the advantages and disadvantages of using AI in evaluation, the appropriate evaluation contexts for using AI, and specific applications of AI in particular evaluations. By the end of the session, participants will be able to: explain the theoretical framework of Appreciative Inquiry; conduct appreciative interviews; identify the advantages and disadvantages of using appreciative methods in evaluation; identify when appreciative methods are and are not appropriate for evaluation; formulate appreciative questions for individual and group interviews and survey questionnaires Seminar 2. Methodolody of Public Monitoring (Business Meetings Hall, 3rd floor)Trainer: Lybov Palyvoda, President CCC, Kiev, Ukraine. Founder and President of Counterpart Creative Center, a Ukrainian charity foundation. Specialist in project identification, design and implementation, organizational and project evaluation; in-depth knowledge and experience in the civil society sector; direct exposure of working with donor organizations in the planning and implementation of civil society programs/projects; design and implementation of grant projects for US, EU, and UN programs; experience with projects related to governance, elections and democratic development as well as charity, philanthropy and foundations, corporate and community philanthropy; extensive experience in institutional and capacity building, training and research; program and organizational evaluation, strategic and administrative management of the organization, fundraising and proposal writing, project report writing, communication with government officials, businesses, donor organizations, and local and international organizations. She has sixteen years of experience of working with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the New Independent State countries. Furthermore, she works as an independent consultant and conducts program and organizational evaluation and provides consultation on institutional and capacity building, strategic and administrative management of the organization as well as on issues connected to charity, philanthropy and foundations. Lyubov has Master degree in Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science in Mathematics and Mathematical Basis of Cybernetics, and PhD in Public Administration. Description of the training. Public monitoring of the government activities is one of the most important ways of advocating citizens' interests. It provides opportunities for public participation in decision making and helps to make government activities more transparent. Experience of work with NGOs and government entities shows that public monitoring results are more influential when monitoring is conducted properly. Often recommendations based on monitoring results are not used to improve legisltaion and the existing 'rules of the game' established by government officials. This workshop will help participants learn how to design and conduct objective and valid public monitoring that supports positive social change. Seminar 3. Introduction to Program Evaluation (White Hall, 1st floor)Trainer: Vladimir Balakirev – Partner, Process Consulting Company (Moscow, Russia). He has been working as an organization development consultant since 1991. Vladimir is an experienced trainer and facilitator. He has master's degrees in special education and psychology. Vladimir is a specialist in the corporate ethics. Managed several projects aimed at developing and implementing corporate ethical codes in major Russian companies. Currently Vladimir's specialization is program evaluation. He conducted several dozen program and project evaluations in the recent years. Vladimir is a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Program Evaluation Network since 2000. Description of the training. Evaluation requires systematic data collection to provide a basis for making judgments about the program, improving the program's effectiveness, and/or informing decisions about future programming. This workshop gives a basic idea of all stages of evaluation and self-evaluation: purpose identification, planning, information gathering, information analysis, report writing and preparation for the final discussion of findings. Each stage is accompanied by practical tasks based on real situations. Participants will also learn about evaluation practice and policy development in the Newly Independent States. Seminar 4. Five paradigms to manage and evaluate results (Yellow Hall, 3rd floor)Trainer: Jean Serge Quesnel is Associate Professor at the public administration schools of Carleton University and Quebec University and is Senior Facilitator at the United Nations System Staff College. He was Director of evaluation at UNICEF, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Canadian International Development Agency. He is much committed to the professionalization of evaluation worldwide. Description of the training. Worldwide there is a recurrence that five levels of management exist in state, non governmental and private sector environments. Evaluators have to understand not only the theory behind results-based management (RBM) but also the respective management tools applicable to each level of management. During the morning session, participants will walk through key foundational theoretical underpinnings of RBM, through the five levels of management and the singularities of each level with regards to RBM, through the specificity of evaluation at each level of RBM. In the afternoon, participants will focus on the RBM approach at the strategic level, walk through institutional performance models and a case illustrating the relevance and useful of evaluation to improve RBM. | ||