Advocating for Evaluation A toolkit to develop advocacy strategies to strengthen an enabling environment for evaluation PREFACE Evaluation partners around the world are committed to pro- moting the demand and use of evaluation by governments and parliaments, to inform policy development and increased social accountability through evaluation. [...] The demand and supply of evaluation The use of evaluation evidence in policy-making, policy reform and “Demand“ refers to the capability by implementation depends on the policy-makers and senior managers to combination of capacity to pro- request sound and trustworthy evalua- vide quality and trustworthy evi- tive evidence with the aim of using it dence (supply) on the one hand, in strategic decis. [...] roles, responsibilities and accounta- • Laws governing access to information bilities for performance monitoring to increase transparency and the po- and evaluation; establish expectations tential for evaluation information to across the system for evaluation, mo- be made available to the media, civil nitoring and timing, and a high level society among others and facilitate of performance reportin. [...] 1.2 Role of CSOs and VOPEs in strengthening national evaluation capacity development6 Along the lines of the Paris Declaration followed by the Accra Con- sensus and the Busan Outcome document, CSOs can and should play a central role in advocating for transparency in the allocation and expenditure of public budgets; accountability for the implemen- tation of public policies; strengthening the deman. [...] The International Organ- ization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE), the association that identifies, links and supports VOPEs all over the world, was estab- lished in 2003 with the mandate to contribute to building evaluation leadership and capacity, especially in developing countries; to fos- ter the cross-fertilization of evaluation theory and practice around the world; address international.
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