Key Network documents, publications and workshops

The following are Network key publications and documents.

Information on DAC Evaluation Network's Workshops is also available.

For members' own publications please see members' pages.


Key Publications and documents from the DAC Evaluation Network (*)

Evaluating Development Co-operation: Summary of key norms and standards

October 2008

Guidance on Evaluating Conflict and Peacebuilding Activities - Working draft for application period  / In French

February 2008

Guidance for Managing Joint Evaluations
Also available in French and in Spanish                                                           

 October 2006

DAC Evaluation Quality Standards (for test phase application)
Also available in: 

March 2006

Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results Based Management 
(Trilingual version, English/ French/ Spanish)
Also available in :

2002-2008

Evaluation Systems and Use, a working tool for Peer Reviews and Assessments
Also available in Portuguese

March 2006

Lessons Learned on Donor Support to Decentralisation and Local Governance

2004

Review of Gender and Evaluation

2003

Evaluation Feedback for Effective Learning and Accountability

2001

Effective Practices in Conducting a Joint Multi-Donor Evaluation

 2000

Donor Support for Institutional Capacity Development in Environment: Lessons Learned

2000

Evaluating Country Programmes, Vienna Workshop 1999

 1999

Guidance for Evaluating Humanitarian Assistance in Complex Emergencies

1999


 

DAC Principles and Criteria

DAC Criteria for Evaluating Development Assistance 
(factsheet)

Review of the DAC Principles for Evaluation of Development Assistance 

1998

DAC Principles for effective  aid                                                                           
1992

Principles for Evaluation of Development Assistance    
1991

Outline of the Evaluation Principles 
(website)


Other documents

Joint Evaluations: Recent experiences, lessons learned and options for the future 

2005

Aid Responses to Afghanistan: lessons from previous evaluations 

2001

Results Based Management in the Development Cooperation Agencies; A review of Experience (Executive Summary)

2000

Results Based Management in the Development Cooperation Agencies: A review of experience (Background paper)

2000

Evaluation of programs promoting participatory development and good governance

1997

A history of the DAC Expert Group on aid evaluation

1993

Aid Evaluation - The experience of members of the Development Assistance Committee and od International Organisations

1975

 

 


Selected Workshops

International Workshop on Impact Evaluation for Development
(Hosted by the World Bank and the DAC Evaluation Network in Paris, France)
15Nov 2006

Workshop on Joint Evaluations Challenging the Conventional Wisdom -
the View from Developing Country Partners
 

(Nairobi,Kenya)
20-21 April 2005

Quality Standards for Development Evaluation (New Delhi, India)
14-15 April 2005

Partners in Development Evaluation: Learning and Accountability (Paris, France)
- Summary
- Workshop Proceedings
25-26 March 2003

DAC Development Partnership Forum: Managing for Development Results
and Aid Effectiveness

11-12 Dec 2002


(*) Hard copies available by emailing dacevaluation.contact@oecd.org (indicate the number of copies you wish to receive and a full postal address).

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