Deadline: 15 March 2020
The European Evaluation Society (EES) 2020 Biennial Conference Professional Development Workshops will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on September 21 & 22, 2020.
The professional development sessions constitute a unique opportunity for the community of professionals in evaluation to gain knowledge and experience from stimulating and knowledgeable presenters, and to exchange with colleagues. It also provides presenters with an opportunity to share and discuss their knowledge and experience with highly motivated participants from all over the world.
The EES was initiated in 1992 and registered in 1996 as a non-profit association. The first official board was elected in autumn 1995 and started its work in January 1996. Since the start of the Society, it has organized thirteen biennial conferences in as many European countries.
The mandate of the European Evaluation Society (EES) is to stimulate, guide and promote the theory, practice and utilization of evaluation in Europe and beyond. The vision is a world where evaluation contributes to human welfare through social learning. Specifically, EES seeks to advance evaluation knowledge and to encourage adoption of good practices by fostering evaluation excellence, independence and partnerships. EES activities aim to support improved enabling environments for evaluation, stronger communities of practice, relevant evaluation research and enhanced evaluation methods.
Topics may include:
- Evaluation approaches
- e.g. transformative evaluation, real time evaluation, gender responsive evaluation, rights-based evaluation, theory-based evaluation, realist evaluation, goal free evaluations, causal evaluation, democratic evaluations, empowerment evaluation, developmental evaluation, principles-based evaluation, systems focused evaluation, Blue Marble evaluation, etc.
- Evaluation designs
- e.g. case study, meta-evaluation, organizational assessment, social impact assessment, evaluating complex networks, experimental, quasi-experimental, contribution analysis, QCA, process tracing, evaluation synthesis, etc.
- Specific methods related to various themes
- e.g. climate change, migration, development, conflict, human rights, agriculture and food security, education, humanitarian, infrastructure, labour market, employment, equity, etc.
- Overarching topics
- e.g. evaluation for sustainability, evaluation and use of digital technologies, evaluation as social practice, choosing evaluation approaches for evaluation designs to address complex policies and situations, commissioning evaluations, managing evaluations, communication of evaluations, promoting use of evaluation results, etc.
The content of professional development workshops should be attentive to gender responsiveness, equity, social justice and sustainability.
How to Apply
Please address the following in submission:
- Workshop title
- Presenter information
- Applicants name, affiliation, and experience in conducting similar professional development activities (including references and evaluations of courses applicants have given), their credentials relative to the subject matter.
- Targeted audience
- Level of experience and prior knowledge expected of the participants (beginner/intermediate/advanced; e.g. participants with good knowledge in empirical social research); type of participant (e.g. commissioners, evaluators, managers, clients, rights holders, etc.)
- Learning objectives
- Expected knowledge gained by participants and how they may apply it to their work.
- Workshop Outline
- Overall description of content, main components/activities, how these achieve the learning objectives.
- Teaching methods
- How will applicant make the workshop interactive and dynamic?
For more information, visit http://www.ees2020.eu/professional-development-workshops.htm
