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NERMINE WALLY - EgyptNermine Wally is currently President of the African Evaluation association (AfrEA) and a socio economicresearcher with experience in gender issues, poverty alleviation and participatory initiatives. Throughfieldwork and direct contact, she developed deep knowledge of the social issues facing non-governmentalorganizations, youth, women and rural households in Egypt and the MENA region. In her latest job as SeniorGovernance Specialist in the “New Social Contract Centre’, a project launched by the Egyptian Cabinet torespond to Egypt developmental needs, she worked closely on the governance and anti-corruption agenda ofEgypt. She also contributed to the development of the national M&E framework to assess Egypt MillenniumDevelopment Goals. Nermine has working experience in the Middle East, Africa and South East Asia, andserves in the board of the African Evaluation Association where she leads the team on Advocacy. She iscurrently based in Paris where she is pursuing graduate studies in Sciences Po Paris.PROF. ALAPHIA WRIGHT - Sierra LeoneAlaphia Wright is the UNESCO representative to Angola, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland; andthe Director of the UNESCO Office in Windhoek. Alaphia is a trained Evaluator and RBM consultant and hasserved on some 20 Board of Directors, Management Boards, Technical and Steering Committees; includingthe United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG). He was co-chair of the ECD Task Force of UNEG, whichdeveloped an evaluation training programme for UN staff. A strong proponent of the ‘Systems ThinkingApproach’ he has authored/co-authored 100+ publications including four books. Alaphia is the co-developerof the Dynamic Cone method for Open Pit Mine Design, and the developer of the Systems-ware model of theLogical Framework and the RBM Logical ScoreCard. From 1984 to 2003 he lectured Operations Research andMine Planning at the Universities of Zambia and Zimbabwe. He also lectured Project Management andEvaluation, and supervised many MBAs, MSc and PhD research projects in engineering and management. Hehas been a visiting professor in Zambia and External Examiner in Germany, Ghana, South Africa and Zambia.He was Dean of Engineering, University of Zimbabwe from 1999 - 2003.Kieron Crawley - (Forum Project Manager) - IrelandKieron is a Masters Graduate from the WITs School of Public and Development Management. He has helpedto establish the CLEAR Africa centre, lecturing to a range of students in the areas of Monitoring andEvaluation, Results based Management and Project Planning. Kieron’s background as a Development CountryProgramme Director within the INGO sector has provided him with experience in developing and managingmulti-sectoral poverty alleviation programmes in East and Southern Africa, the Caribbean and South Asia. Hiscountry experience spans Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, the Gambia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Namibia,South Africa, Haiti, Honduras, Peru, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Kieron’s work with CLEAR has included thefacilitating of two global meetings on behalf of the World Bank CLEAR Global Secretariat in Paris and Accra.He is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of the Witwatersrand.African Thought Leaders Forum on Evaluation and Development, Bellagio, Nov 2012 56