The future of MEAL in the Region: an overview of the main challenges identified during the Evaluation Week and the way forward towards a Regional MEAL Strategy
Roundtable | Online
About the Event
This session will focus on the future of MEAL in the Region, having examined various aspects of it in previous sessions with a view to developing a Regional MEAL Strategy. As the CARICOM Results-Based Management System advances, the adoption of the MEAL approach supported by all relevant stakeholders is critical to support national systems including accountability, collection, and validation of quality data and information for reporting; learning, and knowledge transfer; policy formulation, etc. Panellists will discuss from different perspectives how to better advance and ensure a brilliant MEAL future.
Speakers
| Name | Title | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Valerie Gordon | Caribbean Evaluators International, President | Valerie Gordon is an independent International Development Consultant with over 16 years of experience in M&E. She has worked in the Caribbean, Africa, and the Pacific undertaking multiple monitoring and evaluation activities. She is currently in her second term as President of the CEI |
| Armstrong Alexis | Deputy Secretary General CARICOM | Tbd |
| Dacia Leslie | Research Fellow, SALISE, UWI | Dr Dacia Leslie is Research Fellow, and Chair of the Crime Prevention and Offender Management Research Cluster hosted by the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. She has researched and published widely in the last six years on crime prevention and social justice. Her teaching focus is on Development Studies, with specialisation in Monitoring and Evaluation. |
| TBD | Young or emerging evaluator | tbd |
| Gerard Jean-Jacques | Chief Development Planner Permanent Secretary - Ministry Of Planning, Economic Development, Climate Resilience, Sustainable Development And Renewable Energy of DOminica | tbd |
Moderators
| Name | Title | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Thania de la Garza | GEI consultant and independent evaluator | tbd |