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Introduction to the Office of Evaluation
IFAD Executive Board
Evaluation Committee of the Executive Board
Who's who in the Office of Evaluation
Contact us
Introduction to the Office of Evaluation
The Office of Evaluation (OE) is responsible for evaluating IFAD’s operations and policies. In April 2003, the Executive Board approved IFAD’s new Evaluation Policy which led to OE’s new independent status: OE now reports directly to the Executive Board.
OE
evaluates IFAD’s projects and programmes to assess what works and
what doesn’t and to determine how far IFAD’s policies and strategies
are successful in tackling poverty alleviation in rural areas. In identifying
key insights and recommendations drawn from evaluation findings, OE is
also concerned, in accordance with IFAD’s disclosure policy, with
communicating and sharing IFAD’s knowledge
and experience of rural and agricultural development with a wider
audience. OE's evaluation is based on a coherent set of evaluation methodologies.
The role of the Executive Board with regard to the Office of Evaluation is to:
- oversee IFAD’s evaluation work and assess the overall quality and impact of IFAD’s programmes and projects as documented in evaluation reports
- approve OE's annual work programme and budget
- approve policies aimed at enhancing the independence and effectiveness of the evalulation function at IFAD
- receive directly from OE all evaluation reports, including the annual report on the results and impact of IFAD operations
- endorse the appointment, removal or renewal of service of the OE Director
The Evaluation Committee is a sub-committee of the Executive Board and is there to enhance the role of the Executive Board with regard to evaluation issues. Meeting at least three times a year, the Evaluation Committee reviews OE’s strategies and methodologies, discusses selected evaluation reports and OE’s annual work programme and budget. It also makes suggestions for including evaluations of particular interest to the Committee in OE’s annual work programme. From time to time, the Evaluation Committee may request the chairperson of the Executive Board to include certain evaluation issues on the Board's agenda. The Committee’s current composition is as follows: Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Germany, India, Indonesia, Nigeria and Switzerland with India in the Chair. The term of office of the current Evaluation Committee will end with the eighty-seventh session of the Board in April 2006.
The Evaluation Committee’s terms of reference are inter alia to:
- enhance the ability of the Executive Board to assess the overall quality and impact of IFAD programmes and projects and strengthen the board’s knowledge of evaluation insights and enable member states to better assess IFAD’s role in the pursuit of a global development strategy
- discuss with OE its annual work programme and budget
- satisfy itself that IFAD has an effective and efficient evaluation function
- report to the Executive Board and make recommendations and seek guidance on evaluation issues of policy and strategic importance
- undertake field visits and participate in evaluation missions, workshops, roundtable meetings and related activities
As per the Board’s request in April 200, the Committee will revise its terms of reference and rules of procedure in 2004 and submit a proposal for Board approval before the end of 2004.
Who's Who in the Office of Evaluation
| Professional Staff | General Service Staff |
| Luciano Lavizzari Director Office of Evaluation Tel: +39 06 5459 2274 |
Anna Benassi Laura Morgia
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| Caroline Heider Deputy Director Tel: +39 06 5459 2052 Fax: +39 06 5459 3052 |
Kendra White Evaluation Assistant Tel: +39 06 5459 2389 Fax: +39 06 5459 3389 |
| Fabrizio Felloni Evaluation Officer Tel: +39 06 5459 2158 Fax: +39 06 5459 3158 |
Jane Vazhail Administrative Assistant Tel: +39 06 5459 2361 Fax: +39 06 5459 3361 |
| Mark Keating Head of Communications/Evaluation Information Officer Tel: +39 06 5459 2048 Fax: +39 06 5459 3048 |
Jill Baskins Evaluation Assistant Tel: +39 06 5459 2241 Fax: +39 06 5459 3241 |
| Ashwani Muthoo Senior Evaluation Officer Tel: +39 06 5459 2053 Fax: +39 06 5459 3053 |
Lucy Ariano Evaluation Assistant Tel: +39 06 5459 2490 Fax: +39 06 5459 3490 |
Victoria Matovu |
Catherine Mathe Evaluation Assistant Tel: + 39 06 5459 2128 Fax: +39 06 5459 3128 |
| Sile O'Broin Communications Adviser Tel: +39 06 5459 2745 Fax: +39 06 5459 3745 |
Melba Alvarez |
Miguel Torralba |
Carolina Zaldana Evaluation Assistant Tel: +39 06 5459 2566 Fax: + 39 06 54592 3566 |
| Michael Carbon Associate Evaluation Officer Tel: +39 06 54592766 Fax:+39 06 54593766 |
Mary Netto Evaluation Assistant Tel: +39 06 5459 2243 Fax: +39 06 5459 3243 |
| Sylvia Schweitzer Associate Evaluation Officer Tel: +39 06 54592785 Fax: +39 06 54593785 |
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| Chiara Grimaldi
Associate Evaluation Officer Tel. +39 06 54592786 Fax: +39 06 54593786 |
Contact the Office of Evaluation
| Office of Evaluation International Fund for Agricultural Development Via del Serafico 107 Rome 00142 Italy |
Tel +39 06 5459 2521 Fax +39 06 5459 3521 Email evaluation@ifad.org |
