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The conclave is an initiative of Community of Evaluators, a group of evaluators from South Asia, working together to strengthen the field of evaluation. The Community of Evaluators presently has 36 members from South Asian Countries namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The Goal of the CoE is – “to promote and enhance the quality of the theory and practice of evaluation in South Asia and to contribute to the same, particularly from a South Asian perspective, globally.

A new vision is emerging of how evaluation can serve development. The questions are changing, from: “what was the outcome of this project?” to “what needs to happen to bring about deeper change in societies and system?” For evaluation to keep up with such fundamental shifts in questions: methodologies must become more adaptable and rigorous; a vibrant experimenting evaluation community must be constantly engaging and with related fields of research, theory, and developing and fostering indigenous evaluation innovation and leadership; and, the growing, diverse, and experimenting evaluation community must share emergent practice, and embrace and create space for critique, debate, and analysis.

The Evaluation Conclave is designed to contribute to this vision.

The first Conclave will be held in New Delhi, India October 25-29th 2010 and will become a regular event on the global evaluation calendar. The conclave will bring together sector experts, leading practitioners, thought leaders and development professionals from across the globe. This event will be the first-of-its-kind in South Asia, and perhaps globally.