The 15th European Evaluation Biennial Conference will take place in Rimini, Italy, from the 23^rd to the 27^th of September 2024. The theme of the conference will be ‘Better Together 2024: Collaborative Thought and Action for Better Evaluation’. A strong delegation of IOE staff will attend the event, acting as panellists and co-presenters in nine different sessions during the three main days of the conference.

On 25 September, Dr Indran A. Naidoo, IOE Director, will serve as a panellist during the session titled ‘Collaborative Evaluation and learning: Bridging perspectives for sustainable action’. On the same day, Dr S. Nanthikesan, Lead Evaluation Officer will present during the session titled ‘Transforming Together - Building a common picture of the role of evaluation in the transformation of world needs’; and Jeanette Cooke, Evaluation Officer, will present during the sessions titled ‘Targeting For Effective Development And Humanitarian Programmes’ and ‘Participatory Narrative Inquiry And Sensemaking: Working With Micro-narratives In Evaluation’. The day will also feature a session titled ‘Meet the Corporate Level Evaluation of Knowledge Management Practices In The International Fund for Agricultural Development’, during which Dr Naidoo will be joined by Dr Johanna Pennarz, Lead Evaluation Officer, Mikal Khan, Evaluation Officer, and Dr Alexander Voccia, Senior Evaluation Communication & KM Specialist.

On 26 September, Dr Monica Lomeña-Gelis, Senior Evalaution Officer, will present during the session titled ‘Integrating Gender Approaches and Feminist Values into Global Evaluations That Address SDG5’.

On 27 September, Dr Pennarz and Mr Khan will present during the session titled ‘Methods to evaluate knowledge management – experiences from IFAD, Norad and GEF‘; Dr Nanthikesan will present during the session titled ‘Can Decentralization in IFIs lead to better development results?’; and Dr Naidoo will present during the session titled ‘Better Together in Action: Exploring the past, present, and future of the Comparative Policy Evaluation book series’

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