2011 SHIPDET topic courses on Impact Evaluation and Results-based Planning and Budgeting opened
The 2011 SHIPDET topic courses on Impact Evaluation and Results-based Planning and Budgeting, co-sponsored by the Independent Evaluation Department and Asia-Pacific Community of Practice (APCoP) of the Asian Development Bank, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3IE) and Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Center (AFDC) was opened on November 14 at the Shanghai National Accounting Institute. The workshop attracts about 60 participants from 13 countries in the Asia-Pacific region and central Asia who are mostly government officials.
This special topic courses focus on two hotly-discussed topics: impact evaluation and results-based planning and budgeting. Key instructors for the courses include Professor Zhang Linxiu from Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy at Chinese Academy of Sciences and the distinguished Professor Allen Schick from University of Maryland, USA. The courses adopt mixed teaching approaches consisting of lectures, group discussion, group presentation and expert facilitation to provide hands-on training and promote experience sharing among participants.
At the opening, Deputy Director General of the AFDC Dr. Li Kouqing and the Lead Evaluation Specialist Ms. Suganya and the Lead Management Specialist Ms. Farzana of ADB delivered opening remarks respectively. Dr. Li welcomed the participants from across the region to attend the SHIPDET special topic courses. He noted that the importance of impact evaluation and performance budgeting and planning is increasingly recognized by the international community, resulting in an urgent need for monitoring and evaluation capacity enhancement in developing economies. That’s the spirit and value of SHIPDET which started from scratch four years ago. It has grown into an influential platform for performance evaluation capacity building in the Asia-Pacific region. Ms. Suganya acknowledged the contribution made by AFDC to the success of this program over the years and Ms. Farzana hoped that the participants can actively engage in the five-day learning and noted that the participation is very important for the implementation of the program.
