Regional Workshop on the UNDP Evaluation Policy Arab States

ANNEX 1: WORKSHOP AGENDA
<strong>Workshop</strong> on the UNDP Evaluation Policy for the Arab States
Petra Hall
Radisson Hotel, Amman, Jordan
4-6 February, 2007
DAY 1
Sunday, 4 February
7:00 - 7:50 REGISTRATION
OPENING SESSION
Chair: Nurul Alam, Deputy Director, UNDP Evaluation Office
8:00 - 10:00 Welcome Luc Stevens, UN Resident Coordinator,
Jordan
Opening Remarks (Video Presentation)
Amat Al Alim Alsoswa, <strong>Regional</strong> Director
& Assistant Administrator, RBAS
Development priorities and the role of
evaluation in the region
Directions for development evaluation in
UNDP
Prof. Samir Radwan, Development
Economist & Former Adviser to the
Prime Minister of Egypt
Saraswathi Menon, Director, UNDP
Evaluation Office
10:00 - 10:30 Break
Discussion in Plenary
10:30 - 10:45 Presentation of the workshop agenda M. Nurul Alam, Deputy Director, UNDP
Evaluation Office
SESSION 2: EVALUATION IN THE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL CONTEXT
Chair: Mekki Mirghani Osman, Director General of Multilateral Cooperation, Government of
National Unity, Sudan
Session Objective: To identify regional and national development challenges and share
national experiences in evaluation.
10:45 - 13:00 Institutional Challenges for Monitoring
and Evaluation in the Arab Region
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman & CEO,
Talal Abu Ghazaleh Organization
(TAGorg), Jordan
National Monitoring and Evaluation
Strategy in Yemen
Ali Abdullah Dehaq, Acting Director of
Development Plans and Monitoring &
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