Support for the International Program for Development Evaluation Training - 2008-2011

Results achieved as of the end of the project (April 2011) include: Since its inception the International Program for Development Education Training (IPDET) has trained over 2 000 evaluators from 75 countries around the world in development evaluation methods designed to reform and improve the effectiveness of their agencies. In the period from 2008 to 2010 IPDET trained over 600 participants. IPDET training has contributed to the development of evaluation networks in several developing countries. For example in Sri Lanka several IPDET alumni have been informally involved in helping to develop a local evaluation network through participation in ongoing evaluation planning and local professional development activities. Results from the last impact evaluation show that a high degree of the knowledge of monitoring and evaluation skills learned at IPDET is being transferred to the participant’s work environment. For example IPDET alumni in Botswana have had an impact on monitoring and evaluation in the country. Many Botswana nationals in key positions have been sent to IPDET for training and IPDET co-directors have provided additional professional development to interested government officials in the region.