2010 Environmental Evaluators Networking Forum
Environmental Evaluation: Quality in an Era of Results-Based
Performance
Washington, D.C.
June 7-8, 2010
What?
The Environmental Evaluators Network (EEN) will host its 5th annual
Forum in Washington DC at The George Washington University on June 7,8
2010. The purpose of the EEN is to advance the field of
environmental program and policy evaluation through more systematic and
collective learning among evaluators and evaluation users. The 5th
annual EEN Forum will bring together evaluators and users of evaluation
to explore and articulate the significance of the emerging era of
results-based performance on the quality of environmental
evaluations.
The
Issue
Growing awareness of the interdependencies of our social, economic, and
ecological systems requires more efficient use of scarce resources to
evaluate complex problems. In this heightened era of accountability,
recipients and funders of environmental programs want evidence of what
works, and what does not, and better mechanisms for using real time
information for decision-making. How will the era of results-based
performance affect the quality of environmental evaluations? What must
be done to improve the quality of environmental evaluations to meet the
requirements and desire for better and more accessible evidence of
program and policy effectiveness?
Theme
Environmental Evaluation: Quality in an Era of Results-Based
Performance
The American Evaluation Association’s 2010 Annual Conference
will address the issue of Evaluation Quality. The EEN 2010 Forum will
explore the practical and theoretical issues that affect evaluation
quality that are most pertinent to environmental evaluators,
including:
- Balancing the need for accountability, transparency, evidence and
improvement
- Integrating measurement and evaluation into the design of programs
and policies
- The dispersed and disjointed nature of relevant data and
information
- Participatory evaluation vs. expert driven evaluation
- The utility of logic models and other articulations of program
theory
- Communication in evaluation - social media and data
visualization
- Demonstrating short-term and long term results
Who
for?
Environmental evaluators and users of environmental evaluation, both
domestic and international, in government agencies, foundations,
consulting firms, non-profit organizations, academia, and international
institutions who are well poised to contribute to advancing the field of
environmental evaluation.
Where?
The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
When?
Monday and Tuesday, June 7-8, 2010
Sponsors
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- The George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public
Policy and Pubic Administration
Format
One of the keys to the success of the 2010 Forum will be our ability to
create a space for even more lively, cutting edge dialogue. Rather than
a purely academic discussion, the 2010 EEN Forum will aspire to
document, in a format useful to policy makers, the environmental
evaluators’ perspective on the primary issues influencing
evaluation quality. To achieve this and further improve the networking
and access to the experience and knowledge of participants, the 2010
Forum will consider the value of integrating Web 2.0 social media and
alternative facilitation approaches, such as Open Space Technology, into
sections of the Forum.
For updates, networking and more on the EEN and this year’s
Forum:
Join the www.LinkedIn.com
Environmental Evaluators Network group!!
Check out www.nfwf.org/een for
information on past events and products!!
Registration information soon to follow.
We hope to see you there and look forward to your participation!
Most Sincerely,
Matt Keene & Matt Birnbaum
Related Files
2010 EEN Forum - Save the Date Flyer (Adobe PDF File)
