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March 22 2010
17:00:00 - 18:30:00 The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness: Evaluation and Implementation of Public Policy Dorte Kabell and Bernard Wood Lady Elgin Room, Lord Elgin Hotel, 100 Elgin Street, Ottawa Cooperation in international development is a field of public policy where important political decisions are often been based on anecdotal or media-driven cases, or on political or ideological agendas with little systematic use of facts and informed analysis. However, there is now at least one major international initiative that tries to do just that. The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, signed in 2005, contains both an obligation and a framework for tracking the implementation and for evaluating progress over a decade to learn continuously what works and why. The Declaration is now the basis for core policy in most major development agencies, bilateral and multilateral, and a significant influence in most developing countries. Join us for what promises to be a lively panel discussion featuring Dorte Kabell and Bernard Wood (biographical notes provided below), international experts on the Paris Declaration. The presentation will provide insights into the challenges of evaluating policy: managing a complex international evaluation, steering through methodological difficulties, and ensuring sufficient evidence. When: Monday, March 22nd, 2010 Time: 5:00 – 5:30 p.m.: Registration and Cash Bar 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.: Presentation and Q&A Where: Lady Elgin Room, Lord Elgin Hotel, 100 Elgin Street, Ottawa Cost: $15.00 for IPAC members, students, and new professionals $20.00 for non-members RSVP: To Kaili Lévesque, couturequeen@gmail.com by COB on Friday March 19th. Biographical Notes: Bernard Wood 1999-Present: President, Bernard Wood & Associates Ltd. and associate of several international consulting firms, serving a wide range of bilateral, multilateral, and non-governmental clients. He is currently leading the international team carrying out the independent Evaluation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. In 2007-08 he headed the synthesis team for the first phase evaluation (presented at the Accra High Level Forum) and the International Review Team for the evaluation of aid effectiveness in Cambodia. 1993-1999: Director for Development Cooperation of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Paris, France. Head of the DAC secretariat through the launching of the global aid effectiveness agenda, and the new field of conflict, peace and development cooperation. 1992-93: Fellow of the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. 1989-92:CEO, Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security. 1985 & 1986: Personal Representative of the Prime Minister of Canada on South Africa. 1976-89: Founding CEO, North-South Institute, Ottawa, Canada. 1970s: Parliamentary Centre of Canada. Advisor to numerous Canadian parliamentary committees and delegations overseas. Dorte Kabell More than 20 years experience in major international development organisations, including UNDP and OECD and with senior positions in the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank and in DANIDA. As Senior Advisor to the President of the AfDB, key role in political process of negotiating a capital increase and replenishment of concessional fund. In DANIDA, focus on policy development and aid effectiveness, including Danida’s own performance management framework. Part of the pioneering Quality Assurance Unit with responsibility for the development of the multilateral performance management framework. Established own company in 2003 to focus on facts based decision making. Has carried out evaluations and policy and organizational analysis and helped organizations such as the Wold Bank and UN agencies develop results frameworks. Major work in developing methods and approaches to evaluation of capacity development for leadership, and the evaluation of the implementation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. In addition to carrying out analytical, methodological and evaluative work, Dorte Kabell conducts training and engages in process consulting and program coordination. She is also an associate professors at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad (www.DIS.dk) where she teaches Economic Theory of Globalization. |
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