IDEAS and AfrEA would like to jointly extend an invitation to you to participate in a virtual discussion concerning the challenges and solutions in evaluating the Paris Declaration. The discussion will last a month, starting April 12, 2010 and ending May 7 2010. The discussion is open to all evaluators and other actors interested in the Paris Declaration evaluation, from all the regions of the world and from all sectors. The objectives of the groups are as follows:
1. To increase awareness within the development evaluation community of the issues and challenges relating to the Paris Declaration and its evaluation 2. To improve evaluation methods and approaches used in evaluating the Paris Declaration and its principles; 3. Collecting and disseminating knowledge associated with the evaluation of the PD; 4. Creating a ‘virtual community and forum' of development evaluators engaged with the PD.