Evaluation Community of Practice 3rd Annual Meeting 2015

Report from IEA

Independent Evaluation Arrangement

IEA – Reviews & Evaluations

2 reviews completed

CRP Governance & Management

Generation Challenge Program

5 CRP evaluations completed

Policies, Institutions & Markets

Aquatic Agriculture Systems

WHEAT

MAIZE

Forests Trees and Agroforestry

5 CRP evaluations being finalized

Climate Change, Agriculture & Food

Security

Global Rice Science Partnerships

Livestock & Fish

Roots, Tubers and Bananas

Water, Land & Ecosystems

5 CRP- commissioned

evaluations with IEA QA advice

Humidtropics

A4NH - completed

Grainlegumes

Dryland Cereals

Dryland Systems

IEA

Other completed CGIAR Evaluations 2013-15

CRPs/Centers• 1 CRP evaluation + quality assistance/validation

from IEA

• 3 CRPs commissioned CCEEs using IEA guidance (1 with IEA QA advice and support)

• 2 Center commissioned CCERs

IEA CRP Evaluations completedFull CRP

EvaluationCCEE

For Whom/ What Purpose?

CRP Management • Learning for strategic management and

adaptations and adjustments of program

• Preparation: 2nd cycle of CRP proposals

System-wide• System wide strategic management

(MTR, SRF, 2nd call for funding) • Resource for system-wide evaluation

Donors• Accountability on program

performance• Building trust and transparency• Strategic and informed decisions on

portfolio and funding allocations

Partners • Build trust and transparency • Accountability on partnership and

program performance• Refinement of partnership

Evaluation

IEA

Responses to IEA CRP evaluations5 CRP evaluations finalized = 59 recommendationsManagement response

– Overall comments on the evaluation and its utility– 49 recommendations accepted fully, 9 partially accepted– Of 8 M&G recommendations, 3 accepted fully, 1 rejected– Response to individual recommendations, including action

proposed and responsibilities

Consortium response– Accepting all 59 recommendations, including those relating to

Consortium and System – Requests recommendations and changes be reflected in CRPII

stage

Preliminary findings

Draft report Final report

Circulated for review

and comments

FC workshop

CO/CB response

EIAC discussion FC decision on

report and CB commentary

Timeline

Shared with CRP mgmt, Reference Group…

Analysis

CRP level

System level

For ongoing evaluations: shared with

CO, ISPC, IAU

CRP mgmt response to evaluation

Interactions with CRP

staff

Final evaluation

package (report +++)

Contribution of evaluations to CRPII formulation and Review process

Synthesis of First Five completed Evaluations: FTA, WHEAT, MAIZE, AAS and PIM

Purposes: Accountability and Learning1. Results- Patterns related to the results of the CRP evaluations;- Draw lessons that can be useful for the CGIAR as a whole in view

of CRP II2. Methodological aspects- Lessons from processes and methodologies used in the evaluation

for the future (internal)- First go in view of the synthesis of 15 evaluations planned in 2016

Other IEA Initiatives and Events end of 2015

• Reflecting on accountability and learning framework– M,E, and IA framework – Reviewing decentralized evaluation options

• Reflecting on experience so far on evaluating QoS– Internal Workshop early December

• Reflecting on evaluability of Sustainable Development Goals– RBA SDG2 Seminar (17-18 November, Rome)

Looking beyond

- New SRF with an accountability and learning framework- New CGIAR governance-New CRP proposal phase-New Rolling Evaluation Work Plan and Strategy

Work plan 2016EvaluationsThematic evaluations

- Gender- Partnerships- Capacity development

CRP evaluation- CRP Genebanks

Synthesis of 15 CRP evaluations- Preparing for 2017

Other- Coordinated plan for evaluation for CRPII- Action plan for supporting decentralized evaluations and

strengthening evaluation across the CGIAR - Mapping evaluation coverage in CGIAR- Developing new Rolling Evaluation Work Plan 2017-2020

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