Evaluation Activation Sessions for Young and Emerging Evaluators

This session will be offered in English and will describe what can young and emerging professionals do to get started in an evaluation career. Here are examples of questions that will be discussed during the event: • Why becoming an evaluator? The goods and the bads? Does this work match with me? • How do I find a job in M&E? • How do I network in evaluation? (The importance of engaging in volunteer opportunities and local VOPEs) • What is the M&E landscape? (evaluation networks and initiatives: VOPEs, IDEAS, GEI, CLEAR, IOCE, UNEG, Universities, IPDET, Independent offices) • What are the main evaluation roles / functions? • Types of evaluation roles (commissioner, internal evaluator, external evaluator, data analyst, team leader, researcher, teacher) • Progression levels (junior/assistant, mid-term, manager/expert) • Commissioners (government, multilateral banks, multilateral agencies , NGO, INGO, private sector) • How do I become a professional evaluator? • How do I set up myself as an independent M&E consultant? (website, fee for service) • How do I transition from another profession to evaluation? (more likely when your background constitutes an asset that you can link to evaluation) The Evaluation Activation Sessions are the result of a joint partnership between The Global Evaluation Initiative, EvalYouth, The CLEAR Initiative, The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), IDEAS - The international Development Evaluation Association, The World Bank Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), The European Evaluation Society (EES), and a wide range of regional Universities, VOPEs, and other leading M&E agencies and actors*. These partners started promoting career advisory sessions together since the first gLocal Evaluation Week, in 2019. Following the success of gLOCAL 2019, they created an ongoing program, where young and emerging evaluators submit questions related to their careers and receive expert's guidance, called P2p+**. This year, the partners, decided to innovate again, creating a new program designed to ignite evaluation careers! They have mapped the most frequently asked (FAQ) questions posed by emerging evaluators and will provide systematic answers, through a modular activation program delivered in five languages. *Partner Universities: Fundação Getúlio Vagas, xxx, xxx Partner VOPEs: Brazilian Evaluation Association, Mozambican Evaluation Association, xxx, xxx Other Partners: Instituto Camoes, xxx, xxx ** To learn more about the P2p+ M&E Career Advisory Program visit www.p2peval.com.

This session will be offered in English and will describe what can young and emerging professionals do to get started in an evaluation career. Here are examples of questions that will be discussed during the event: How do I develop my skills and competencies? • What skills / competencies do I need to become a monitoring and evaluation specialist? • What is the best training / where can I find training and education? • Do you need a degree (offered by an University) in M&E to be considered an evaluator? • Should I specialize (sector / methods) or be a generalist? • To what extent do I need to know quantitative methods and qualitative methods? hat do I need to know? (Technical Essentials) Evaluation 101 - crash course • What is evaluation? • What is the difference between evaluation, research, project management, and accounting? • What is the difference between evaluation and monitoring? • What are the different evaluation approaches, methods and issues to consider when designing an evaluation? • Jargons in evaluation (RCT, IE, AI….) Evaluation advanced • What are the main evaluation innovation trends? • What are the key technological tools / softwares an evaluator has to be savvy on? • How is the field evolving in light of the COV-19 pandemic? The Evaluation Activation Sessions are the result of a joint partnership between The Global Evaluation Initiative, EvalYouth, The CLEAR Initiative, The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), IDEAS - The international Development Evaluation Association, The World Bank Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), The European Evaluation Society (EES), and a wide range of regional Universities, VOPEs, and other leading M&E agencies and actors*. These partners started promoting career advisory sessions together since the first gLocal Evaluation Week, in 2019. Following the success of gLOCAL 2019, they created an ongoing program, where young and emerging evaluators submit questions related to their careers and receive expert's guidance, called P2p+**. This year, the partners, decided to innovate again, creating a new program designed to ignite evaluation careers! They have mapped the most frequently asked (FAQ) questions posed by emerging evaluators and will provide systematic answers, through a modular activation program delivered in five languages. *Partner Universities: Fundação Getúlio Vagas, xxx, xxx Partner VOPEs: Brazilian Evaluation Association, Mozambican Evaluation Association, xxx, xxx Other Partners: Instituto Camoes, xxx, xxx ** To learn more about the P2p+ M&E Career Advisory Program visit www.p2peval.com.