Skopje, 21 December 2015
The meeting was attended by the representatives of the evaluation communities from Macedonia, Slovenia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
At the meeting, it was decided that it was necessary to provide funds for the preparation of the website of the Community, which is essential for the further development of the community. It was also agreed that, in the future, a joint project under the IOCE is should be prepared, while the need to organize a training program of evaluation in the region was specifically emphasized, which would be designed in such a way that may be adapted for each country in which the training takes place. Also, it was proposed to consider the possibility of establishing a mentoring training program and for this is responsible the Slovenian Society, given that Slovenia is farthest along when it comes to the evaluation practice. Finally, it was concluded that all the countries of the Western Balkans should take the route of establishing formal networks / associations / societies of evaluators in order to have a better chance of obtaining new projects for the expansion of the community.
Sarajevo, 27 October 2015
The meeting of the Network was held and attended by the evaluation representatives from Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
At the meeting, it was decided that the coordinator of the Western Balkan Evaluation Network in the coming period is Rijad Kovač on behalf of the Association of Evaluators of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Also, It was agreed that the work program of the Network for the next period should be prepared in the coming 2016, to discuss issues of certification of the profession evaluators, including the training and education programs in the region that are to be considered at the meetings of the Coordinating Committee of the Network in Skopje (end of 2015) and Ljubljana (September 2016).
The Conference "Policy Impact Evaluation in Western Balkan" was held on 28 and 29 October 2015 in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). It was the first conference with presentations of the papers in the region of the Western Balkan. The Conference was organised as one of 70 registered global events that are marking "Year of Evaluation" as declared by global evaluation community represented by the EvalPArtners and Unite Nations.