Evaluation resources

African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) is a non-profit umbrella organisation of national monitoring and evaluation associations and networks operating in Africa, as well as a leading source of quality evaluation methodologies essential for individual evaluators in countries where bodies do not exist.

The American Evaluation Association is a professional association of evaluators devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and many other forms of evaluation. Evaluation involves assessing the strengths and weaknesses of programs, policies, personnel, products, and organizations to improve their effectiveness. AEA has approximately 7300 members representing all 50 states in the United States as well as over 80 foreign countries.

ANZEA was established to represent the need for evaluation practitioners of all kinds, to support their professional development and to promote safe and high quality evaluation services to New Zealand communities.
We want to make the most of our bi-cultural contexts and multi-cultural society. We will promote the integration of theory and practice in evaluation, specific to the needs of Aotearoa and will stimulate debate and research on evaluation practice and its role here. We also seek to enhance evaluation capacity within local, Māori, Pacific and global evaluation communities.

The Asia Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA) is a regional organization for national, thematic, and sectorial evaluation associations, networks, or groups in Asia. 

L’Associazione Italiana di Valutazione – AIV – ha come obiettivo prioritario quello di diffondere la cultura della valutazione tra gli attori coinvolti nel processo di formulazione e attuazione delle politiche pubbliche. Per realizzare la sua mission l’AIV si rivolge a professionisti, studiosi, funzionari e policy-maker che nel settore pubblico e nel settore privato si occupano di politiche pubbliche.

The Canadian Evaluation Society is dedicated to the advancement of evaluation theory and practice. We promote leadership, knowledge, advocacy, and professional development. AES members are eligible for discounted membership fee to the CES.

The mandate of the European Evaluation Society (EES) is to stimulate, guide and promote the theory, practice and utilization of evaluation in Europe and beyond. Our vision is a world where evaluation contributes to human welfare through social learning. Specifically EES seeks to advance evaluation knowledge and to encourage adoption of good practices by fostering evaluation excellence, independence and partnerships. EES activities aim to support improved enabling environments for evaluation, stronger communities of practice, relevant evaluation research and enhanced evaluation methods.

EvalPartners, formed by the International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE) and the UN, is an innovative partnership whose members are Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs). Together, these partners strive to influence policymakers, public opinion, and other key stakeholders into recognizing the need on effective evaluation as necessary to any important decision.

InDEC or Indonesian Development Evaluation Community was founded on June 4th 2009 aiming at promoting qualified M&E practice and professionalism for the development process in Indonesia and abroad (regional and international). InDEC’s is currently focusing on the mission to improve professional capacity of M&E practitioners and stakeholders. InDEC believe that it will lead to quality M&E output to support performance-based and results-based development.

IDEAS’ mission is to improve and extend the practice of development evaluation by refining knowledge, strengthening capacity, and expanding networks for development evaluation, particularly in developing and transition countries.

The IOCE represents national and regional Voluntary Organization for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs) in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States, and the Middle East. It strengthens international evaluation through the exchange of evaluation methods, theories and practice, and promotes good governance and recognition of the value evaluation has in improving peoples’ lives. It is committed to cultural diversity, inclusiveness and bringing different evaluation traditions together in respect of that diversity.

IOCOM facilitates collaboration between professionals in outcome management and development, monitoring and evaluation associations, societies and networks to strengthen the discipline in the world.

The PNG Association of Professional Evaluators (AoPE) is a registered professional organisation of people involved or interested in monitoring and evaluation in Papua New Guinea. The Association has a Code of Ethics which fosters ethical evaluation practice, supports members’ rights, and maintains the AoPE as the premier professional organisation within the field of Monitoring & Evaluation in PNG. The membership comprises of many public and private agencies and benefit from the professional outcomes of the Association.

SDE je civilna platforma neodvisnih strokovnjakov in strokovnjakinj s širokim profilom za doseganje sinergijskih ucinkov vrednotenja za trajnostni napredek skupnosti.

SAMEA strives to cultivate a vibrant community that will support, guide and strengthen the development of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) as an important discipline, profession and instrument for empowerment and accountability in South Africa.

Founded in 1994, we have a diverse and inclusive membership of evaluation professionals, practitioners and commissioners from national and local government, the research community, consultancies and the voluntary sector