The 8th Uganda Evaluation Week
The Uganda Evaluation Week is an annual event that provides a platform to discuss and share evidence, lessons arising from the development evaluation in Uganda and beyond. It is an opportunity to reflect on ongoing initiatives to understand their effectiveness and impact.
The 2024 Evaluation week will run under the theme: “Development with Purpose: Empowering Accountable learning for achieving development goals and enhancing climate resilience.” It acknowledges the national effort leveraging the power of learning, sharing, and partnerships in evaluation.
It will take place from 19th – 23rd August 2024 in Kampala, starting with pre-conference workshops on the 19th and 20th of August, 2024 followed by a three-day conference starting from the 21st – 23rd August 2024.
The Uganda Evaluation Association (UEA) in collaboration with the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) organize the Evaluation Week that draws evaluation practitioners from Government, Civil Society, and the Private sector, Young and Emerging Evaluators (YEEs), the academia and development Partners. UEA is a body of professional practitioners that aims to strengthen the knowledge and practices in monitoring and evaluation, research and learning among its membership.
Objectives of the Evaluation Week
1. To provide a platform where stakeholders share experiences from evaluations that have contributed to attainment of national targets towards NDP III and SDGs in building resilience to Climate change.
2. To explore innovative ways for evaluation practice that improve learning and strengthen synergies between local practitioners and international evaluation actors.
Expected Outcomes
1. Strengthened support for integration of evidence-use in national development initiatives spanning various sectors.
2. Improved methodologies in evaluations practices and expanded research prospects for both local practitioners and international evaluation stakeholders.
Conference Sub-themes
Three sub-themes align to the main theme.
Sub-theme 1. Accountability in Development: Enhancing utilization of evidence to achieve national targets progress towards NDP IV & SDGs
Sub-theme 2. Catalyzing Change: Partnerships in Learning strategies for Climate Action and Resilience.
Sub-theme 3. Innovation in Evaluation Practices: Tools and Techniques.
For additional information:
For further information on the Uganda Evaluation Week, please contact:
1. Mr. Matthew Lubuulwa – President, Uganda Evaluation Association: +256 772 467698
Email: mlubuulwa@gmail.com
2. Mr. Timothy Lubanga – Commissioner M&E – Office of the Prime Minister: +256 772451852
Email: timothy.lubanga@opm.go.ug OR tlubanga@gmail.com
3. Josephine Watera -Vice President – Uganda Evaluation Association +256776123523
Email: jwatera@parliament.go.ug
4. Mr. Darlington Senoga – UEA Administrator: +256 752 456789
Email: darlingtonsenoga@yahoo.com