Indran A. Naidoo

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Dr. Indran A. Naidoo
South Africa
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PhD Evaluation University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Masters in Geography West Virginia University, USA
Bachelor of Education University of South Africa
Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Geography University of KwaZulu Natal
Bachelor of Pedagogics (Arts) University of KwaZulu Natal
Indran A. Naidoo is the Director of the Independent Office of Evaluation at IFAD. He brings vast global experience into the role having served as the Director of the Independent Evaluation (IEO) of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), where he led the transformation and expansion of the office during his 8 year term. Fundamental transformation milestones included entrenching independence, establishing a budget target through a new evaluation policy, new polices, advancing staff professionalization, diversifying evaluation products, dedicated IEO website, and achieving five-fold expansion of coverage and evaluation efficiency. He also pursed innovative evaluations, advancing disciplinary boundaries with assessments of institutional effectiveness conducted with the UNDP Office of Audit and Investigations. The experience was presented and documented in several publications. Indran has placed emphasis on using evaluation processes as learning and reflective opportunities, and was able to achieve this within the construct of accountability . The National Evaluation Capacity (NEC) series grew under his leadership to become the largest United Nations evaluation capacity building event by country participation, offering training and forums for thought leadership with partners over the period, which saw major co-hosting with government and evaluation partners and networks in South Africa, Brazil, Thailand, Turkey and Egypt. The NEC series engaged with participants from over 170 countries, and generated high-quality evaluation resources. During his various tenures, he has generated presentations and courses that were selected for instruction internationally. Indran has emphasized the importance of evaluation for good governance, transparency, accountability and learning, and has been active in evaluation networks of the United Nations, as a UNEG Vice-Chair, and former Board member of the International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS), and South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association (SAMEA). He services as academic advisor and reviewer for evaluation courses and journals, and has published extensively. At the Public Service Commission (PSC) of South Africa, where he served for 12 years, he helped design and implement monitoring and evaluation systems to measure governance pinned on constitutional values and principles for good governance. In 1995, he entered the field and set up the first monitoring and evaluation Directorate to oversee the land reform program, in post-apartheid South Africa.
Academic instructions Guest speaker and instructor at International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET); Guest speaker at Yale School of Management; Guest speaker at Kennedy School of Management; Guest speaker at European Institute of Innovation for Sustainability (EIIS); External examiner for post graduate courses at University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg
Professional affiliations Member of the Evaluation Cooperation Group (ECG) Member of the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) | Vice-Chair, 2013 – 2020 Member of International Research Group for Policy and Program Evaluation (INTEVAL) Former Board member of the International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS) Founding Board member of the South African M&E Association (SAMEA)
Leadership awards and distinctions Abe Bailey Fellowship to the UK, Ambassador for the University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa British Council Scholarship for the Oxford University Educational leadership seminars, United Kingdom Outstanding Alumnus, West Virginia University Senior Executive Programme at the Harvard and Wits Business Schools, USA and South Africa
Key publications Eliadis, P., Naidoo, I., Rist, R. (2023) Policy Evaluation in the Era of COVID-19. Routledge. Naidoo, I. (2022) “Evaluation for Transformational Change: Learning from Practice”. Chapter 2. In Transformational Change for People and the Planet. Sustainable Development Goals Series, Juha. Uitto and Geeta Batra (Eds), Springer. Published in the Journals of the American, European and African Evaluation Associations.
+30 years experience in the education, development and evaluation sector.
+25 years at the evaluation leadership level, with teaching and management.
2021 Rome, Italy
2012 New York, USA
2000 South Africa
1995 South Africa
1987 South Africa
Director Independent Office of Evaluation, IFAD
Director Independent Evaluation Office, UNDP
Deputy Director-General for Monitoring & Evaluation; Deputy Director-General for Leadership and Management Practices; Chief Director for Governance Monitoring Public Service Commission of South Africa
Director Monitoring and Evaluation National Dept.of Land Affairs
Educator
 Articles in journals, publications and books
 60 Seconds with the Director
 International talks & statements
 Interviews
 Presentations & blogs
Policy Evaluation in the Era of COVID-19
Indran A. Naidoo, Pearl Eliadis, and Ray Rist   2023
Independent Magazine (Editor-in-Chief)
Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD   2021 - present
'Implications for Evaluation, What We Learn from the UN and Country COVID-19 Response Plans, and Reflecting on Future Scenarios'. In: Policy Evaluation in the Era of COVID-19.
Indran A. Naidoo   2023
Resource Pack of the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD (IOE)
IFAD IOE   2022
“Evaluation for Transformational Change: Learning from Practice”. Chapter 2. In Transformational Change for People and the Planet. Sustainable Development Goals Series, Juha. Uitto and Geeta Batra (Eds), Springer.
Indran A. Naidoo   2022
‘Evaluation Capacities to Advance Sustainable Development for All’, Japanese Evaluation Society Journal Special Edition, vol.21, n.2.
Indran A. Naidoo,   2021
‘Lessons Learned from the Assessment of UNDPs institutional effectiveness jointly conducted by the Independent Evaluation Office and Office of Audit and Investigation of UNDP’. In: Barrados, M. and Lonsdale, J. (Eds.), Crossover of Audit and Evaluation Practices. Routledge.
Naidoo, I. and Soares, A.   2020
Annual Report on Evaluation
Independent Evaluation Office of UNDP   2019
'Architecture for Evaluation Effectiveness'. In: 'Leaving no one behind: proceedings from the 2019 National Evaluation Capacities Conference'
Indran A. Naidoo   2019
Chapters, Forwards and Statements, in: National Evaluation Capacities Conference (NEC), Proceedings.
Independent Evaluation Office of UNDP   2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
‘Architecture for Evaluation Effectiveness’, in Leaving no one behind: Evaluation for 2030. Proceedings from the 2019 National Evaluation Capacities Conference. Independent Evaluation Office, UNDP, USA.
Indran A. Naidoo   2019
“Audit and Evaluation: Working Collaboratively to Support Accountability”, Evaluation: The International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice. Vol 26 (2), pp. 177-189
Indran A. Naidoo   2019
“Evaluation, a Driver for Democracy and Development: Towards Sustainable Development Goals Success in Africa”. In: Building supply and demand for evaluation in Africa. IDEV-African Development Bank Group, pp.8-17.
Indran A. Naidoo   2018
Evaluation for Agenda 2030. Providing Evidence on Progress and Sustainability. Exeter, UK: IDEAS.
Indran A. Naidoo, Rob D. van den Berg and Susan D. Tamondong.   2017
“Contribution of Country Level Evaluation in Strengthening UNDP’s Role in State-Building”, in a Special Edition of the publication of the Independent Development Evaluation of the African Development Bank Group,
Indran A. Naidoo   2014
Evaluating Environment in International Development, Foreword. Ulitto, J (Eds.). Routledge.
Indran A. Naidoo   2014
“Growth and Integration in the Evaluation Profession: Some Perspectives for Consideration”, in the American Journal of Evaluation, Volume 34, Number 4, December 2013.
Indran A. Naidoo   2013
“Management challenges in M&E: Thoughts from South Africa” in The Canadian Journal of Programme Evaluation. Vol. 25 No. 3, pp. 103-114. ISSN 0834-1516. 2012.
Indran A. Naidoo   2012
“South Africa: The Use Question –Examples and Lessons from the Public Service Commission”, in National Evaluation Capacities: Proceedings from the 2nd International Conference, 12-14 September 2011. Pp. 32-38, 2012.
Indran A. Naidoo   2012
“Monitoring and Evaluation in South Africa. Many purposes, multiple streams”, in From Policies to results Developing capacities for Country Monitoring and evaluation systems, M. Segone (Eds.) pp. 303-320, UNICEF, 2010.
Indran A. Naidoo   2010
Institutionalising Monitoring and Evaluation by the Public Service Commission of South Africa: A Continuing Journey”. Pp. 50-55. In Challenges in Monitoring and Evaluation and Opportunity to Institutionalise M&E Systems. Fifth Conference of the Latin America and the Caribbean Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Network. World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank, June 2010.
Indran A. Naidoo   2010
“The Emergence and Importance of Monitoring and Evaluation in the Public Service”, in Public Service Commission News, Monitoring and Evaluation, Nov/Dec 2004 issue, pp. 8-11.
Indran A. Naidoo   2004
“The Monitoring and Evaluation Programme of the Department of Land Affairs, South African Government” Chapter pp. 11-14, in Rural Land Reform Issues in Southern Africa, de Villiers and W. Critchley (Editors), 1997.
Indran A. Naidoo   1997
The importance of entrenching independence in evaluation
IFAD IOE   2024
Contextual challenges when evaluating intervention
IFAD IOE   2024
Reflection & Accountability?
IFAD IOE   2024
Apply flexibility to remain relevant?
IFAD IOE   2023
Evaluation as a broker of conversations
IFAD IOE   2023
Improving evaluative thinking
IFAD IOE   2023
EvalPills #2: How is IOE testing neuroscience principles' application to help improve IFAD's effectiveness?
IFAD IOE   2023
EvalPills #4: How do you reconcile the independence construct & desire to build engagement with the evaluand?
IFAD IOE   2023
EvalPills #9: To what extent are the principles of engagement applied across the UN system in the eval context?
IFAD IOE   2023
EvalPills #10: How important is the human element in evaluation?
IFAD IOE   2023
EvalPills #11: How can we handle conflicting interests b/w management & eval with brain science principles?
IFAD IOE   2023
EvalPills #13: What constitutes objectivity?
IFAD IOE   2023
The importance of IFAD decentralization for IOE
IFAD IOE   2022
Added value of Evaluation
IFAD IOE   2021
The relationship between independence and engagement
IFAD IOE   2021
Impacts of Covid-19 on IFAD's work
IFAD IOE   2021
Keynote address by Dr Indran A. Naidoo, IsDB symposium | The Future of Development Evaluation: Adapting to a Changing Landscape
Indran A. Naidoo   2023
Statement for the IOE 20th anniversary
Indran A. Naidoo   2023
Introductory Statement by Dr Indran A. Naidoo, CSPE final workshop, People's Republic of China
Indran A. Naidoo   2023
NEC 2022 Opening Remarks
Indran A. Naidoo   2022
Wilton Park dialogue: Transformational change towards a sustainable future
Indran A. Naidoo   2022
The future of Monitoring and Evaluation
Indran A. Naidoo   2020
2019 NEC Keynote Speaker
Indran A. Naidoo   2019
2019 NEC Opening Speech
Indran A. Naidoo   2019
2019 Evaluation Advisory Panel of UNDP's Independent Evaluation Office - Annual Meeting
Indran A. Naidoo   2019
IPDET 2018, Keynote Speech
Indran A. Naidoo   2018
Remarks on System Wide Evalution
Indran A. Naidoo   2018
NEC 2017, Welcome Address
Indran A. Naidoo   2017
UNEG Welcome Remarks 2016
Indran A. Naidoo   2016
IPDET 2016, Guest Speaker
Indran A. Naidoo   2016
IPDET 2015, Guest Speaker
Indran A. Naidoo   2015
Future Opportunities & Challenges for Evaluation at UNDP
Indran A. Naidoo   2015
IPDET 2014, Guest Lecture
Indran A. Naidoo   2014
2014 EPE - Session 5B: National Evaluation Capacity Development
Indran A. Naidoo   2014
EES Conference: Comprehensive Evaluation panel
Indran A. Naidoo   2012
IV Seminario de Rede Brasileira de Monitoramento e Avaliação
Rede Brasileira de Monitoramento e Avaliação   2012
Opening remarks, stakeholder meeting on Evaluation of UNDP Contribution to South-South and Triangular Cooperation
Indran A. Naidoo   2011
IPDET-IDRC Anniversary Panel: Certification and the need to institutionalize the evaluation function
Indran A. Naidoo   2010
IPDET 2010, Guest Lecture
Indran A. Naidoo   2010
Evaluation through the lens of brain science: Building a humanized approach for better results
IFAD IOE   2023
Innovation in the Evaluation of Development Projects
EIIS   2023
Interview with the European Evaluation Society
UNDP IEO   2018
Interview with Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Evaluation FAO   2018
IEAP 2017: Indran Naidoo Covers Key Milestones at the IEO
UNDP IEO   2017
UNEG Lessons and Insights Series
UN Evaluation Group   2014
UNEG Strategic Objective One
UNEG Secretariat   2014
Evaluation of Climate Change as a Key Development Issue
Earth Eval   2014
Monitoreo y Evaluación en Sudáfrica
redlacme   2011
SABC Public Service Commission Interview
Admin SAMEA   2010
IOE’s transformative role affecting institutional change and real results on the ground
Indran A. Naidoo   2024
Mainstreaming Environmental Sustainability in all IFAD Evaluations
Indran A. Naidoo   2024
Effective evaluation architecture for SDG attainment, contributions from Egypt towards next steps
Indran A. Naidoo   2024
Effective communication: a pivotal block to build credible evaluation functions
Indran A. Naidoo, Alexander Voccia   2024
Keynote address: Food and Sustainability Certificate Program
Indran A. Naidoo   2024
Presentation by Dr Indran A. Naidoo: Tackling The Challenges For Evaluation in The Coming Decade
Indran A. Naidoo   2023
Lecture by Dr Indran A. Naidoo at the Wits School of Governance
Indran A. Naidoo   2023
Value-based evaluation and why it matters
Naidoo, I., Aronsson, I.-L. & Hassnain, H.   2023
Independence and engagement at IOE
Indran A. Naidoo   2023
Building an evaluation culture
Indran A. Naidoo and Fabrizio Felloni   2023
Evaluation principles and practices for NDB to consider to improve transparency and accountability. Experiences of UNDP IEO and IFAD IOE
Indran A. Naidoo   2023
Transformational evaluation, from cliché to practice, drawing from the book | Webinar on Transformational Change for People and the Planet
Indran A. Naidoo   2022
Expanding evaluation processes to increase engagement: what this means in practice | Evaluation Cooperation Group (ECG) spring meeting
Indran A. Naidoo   2022
Education for societal relevance, M&E for social activism | Inaugural launch of the Regent Business School Journal Club
Indran A. Naidoo   2022
Evaluation to ensure no one is left behind, AfrEA contribution to the field, some reflections | 10th African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) International Conference
Indran A. Naidoo   2022
Yes, evaluation is in Africa: Progressive, growing and transformational
Indran A. Naidoo   2016

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