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SUMMARY OF FORUM STATEMENTS ANDPOSITION PAPERS ABSTRACTS# Position Paper Title StatementExpandedsummary?Forum GroupMembers1 An AfricanEvaluation Tree" An African Evaluation tree metaphor that has roots in indigenousknowledge systems, philosophies, culture, history of the African peopleand their life experiences"NoBagele Chilisa,Chiku Malunga2 Bringing AboutInfluential Evaluationfor AfricanDevelopment: TheRoad Forward“The cause of development evaluation rests on the development ofgenuine development strategies reflecting the needs of stakeholders whoshould own and be engaged in visioning and implementation ofdevelopment and the respective DME evaluation discourse”Paper 2Doha Abdelhamid,Laila El Baradei,Debbie Serwadda,Nermine Wally3 Developing anethical cozy triangle- African Evaluationfor Private, Public,People DrivenDevelopment“Current evaluation understanding and practice is still limited to specialistsand consultants working largely in civil society and the publicsector. Africa is a young continent full of untapped potential especiallyamongst young people and women. African Evaluation for Private, Publicand People Driven Development therefore has the opportunity ofcontributing to developing young people and women through applicableknowledge and local revenue generation, informed by a culture ofinnovation, enterprise, strategic leadership and accountability”Paper 3Debbie Serwadda,Doha Abdelhamid,Chiku Malunga4 Evaluation fordevelopment ofAfrica: Indigenization and the EvaluationFunction in Africa inthe 21st Century“The evaluation for the development of Africa must acknowledge inheritedlegacy but confront the present, and aspire to the future. It will thusenhance the contribution of Africa to global knowledge and advancedevelopment evaluation.”NoChiku Malunga,Josiah Cobbah,Sukai Prom Jackson,Akilagpa Sawyer,Debbie Serwadda,Bagele Chilisa,Alima Mahama,Irene Karanja5 African values andPerspectives“Evaluation should incorporate African values and perspectives toinfluence development plans, give Africans responsibility for managingtheir resources, save lives and hold governments accountable.”NoJosiah Cobbah,Alaphia Wright,Alima Mahama6 Evaluation capacitydevelopment for thedevelopment ofAfrica“Respecting the principles of capacity development as an endogenousprocess, the strategy should be developed drawing from the goals forevaluation established by government. These goals go beyondresponsiveness to accountability for value for money.”Paper 6Sukai Pro-JacksonAfrican Thought Leaders Forum on Evaluation and Development, Bellagio, Nov 2012 46