DAC Evaluation network meeting Update on NONIE

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DAC Evaluation network meeting Update on NONIE

• Nick York, NONIE chair

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Feedback from Lisbon - October 08

• Focus and aim of NONIE
• Guidance on impact evaluation
• Governance
• Sessions on budget support and impact evaluation
  case studies
• NONIEs future work plan
• Role of secretariat

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NONE work plan for 2008/9

• Learning by doing, with a thematic focus
• Sharing experiences on carrying out and designing
  impact evaluations in key thematic areas
• Identifying opportunities for new impact
  evaluations
• Peer review and support to less experienced
  members initiating impact evaluations
• Engaging on the demand side with developing
  country governments and operational staff
• Knowledge management of existing impact
  evaluation studies including high quality papers
  and sources for methods and approaches

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Decisions/input required

• Invite DAC network to comment on/endorse the
  overall focus of NONIEs workplan.
• Agree who should be the 2 DAC nominations to the
  NONIE steering committee and invite DAC views on
  chair of network next year
• Invite members to confirm their contributions to
  funding of
• NONIEs core activities and secretariat
• CAIRO March 2009 conference on impact evaluation
  jointly sponsored by NONIE/3ie/AFREA