IPDET 2009

Over the last few weeks, participants from around the globe have been building skills and forming new networks at this year’s IPDET on Carleton University’s beautiful campus in Ottawa, Canada. Thanks to our sponsoring agencies – CIDA, Danida, DFID, IDRC, SDC, and Sida – we have been able to award over sixty scholarships to an extraordinary group of candidates from the public and not-for-profit sectors in the developing world.

We invite you to take a look at a current demographic analysis as we enter our final week of the program.

 

HOT OFF THE PRESS - This year’s Core program participants are the first to use the recently published textbook, “The Road to Results”, co-authored this year by our principal instructors, Linda Morra Imas and Ray Rist. This comprehensive textbook presents concepts and procedures for evaluation in a development context. Whether one is looking for information in a development context on how to set up a monitoring and evaluation system, or conduct participatory evaluations and do social mapping, or how to construct a “rigorous” quasi-experimental design to answer an impact question, The Road to Results: Designing and Conducting Effective Development Evaluations provides procedures and examples. Visit the World Bank Publications website for information on how to order the text.

Regional IPDET training in Addis Ababa
With funding from CIDA and GTZ, our co-instructors Linda Morra Imas and Ray Rist led an evaluation training workshop in Ethiopia for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) from May 18–22, 2009. Click here for more information.

In addition to small group presentations, slideshows and pictures, IPDET alumni now have the ability to browse employment and consultancy opportunities by accessing the Alumni Area. Listings are updated regularly, so please check often.

Coming soon… We will be launching a searchable Consultants' Corner to help connect you with IPDET graduates and instructors that are available for hire. Details will be provided shortly.