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Who’s in Charge of the Conclave? The conclave was conceptualized by the South Asian Community of Evaluators (COE) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The COE is a group of evaluators from South Asia working together to strengthen the field of evaluation in South Asia (see , http://www.communityofevaluators.com). The Association for Stimulating Knowledge (ASK) and Sambodhi (both COE members) volunteered to jointly coordinate the event with IDRC as a strategic partner.
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Community of Evaluators (COE) in South Asia has been constituted in October 2008 as part of a Project titled "Advancing Evaluation Theory and Practices in South Asia – ” Building a Community of Experts. The Community presently has 36 members from South Asian Countries namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The Goal of the CoE is – “to promote and enhance the quality of the theory and practice of evaluation in South Asia and to contribute to the same, particularly from a South Asian perspective, globally. International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is the organization providing financial, technical and networking support to the CoE. |
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The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is a Crown corporation created by the Parliament of Canada in 1970 to help developing countries use science and technology to find practical, long-term solutions to the social, economic, and environmental problems they face. Our support is directed toward creating a local research community whose work will build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies. |
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Association for Stimulating Know - How (ASK) is an Non Government Organization (NGO), working with a mission to build capacities of development organizations and projects including communities at the grassroots. It is based in the National Capital Region of Delhi in India. ASK has its reach expanding to the entire South Asian region and beyond. ASK has worked for the past 15 years with international and national organizations of repute including International Development Research Center (IDRC). The organization has been active in conducting evaluations and also building capacities for evaluation. ASK also works as the Secretariat for the COE and holds the Project funded by IDRC for building the COE. |
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Sambodhi Research and Communications Pvt Ltd or Sambodhi strives at developing and disseminating state-of-art knowledge ware products and services through dynamic customized and syndicated processes. Sambodhi as a company was conceived and designed to function as single-windowdestination for Project Management ,Consulting & Analytic support: through conducting cutting edge research in marketing, social and financial research sectors. Sambodhi in a very short span has established its credentials on the Research and Trainings landscape. The organization has been engaged by several development and commercial organizations across South Asia as technical consultants to their research and monitoring & evaluation needs both on short term and long term basis |
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