Category: education and training

Strengthening the institutionalization and professionalization of evaluation – CEval organized the international stream of the 28th DeGEval Annual Conference

From September 17 to 19, 2025, the 28th Annual Conference of the DeGEval Evaluation Society took place at Saarland University in Saarbrücken under the theme “Institutionalization and Professionalization of Evaluation.” The conference was organised by DeGEval – Society for Evaluation e.V. together with the Center for Evaluation and focused on the question of how evaluation […]

5th APEA Conference and EvalVision Asia 2025: The Program Is Out!

Japan Evaluation Society (JES), Asia Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA) and Center for Evaluation (CEval), University of Saarland will be hosting the 5th APEA Conference from 11 to 14 November 2024 at Tokyo, Japan. The complete program is now out! Under this year’s theme, “Institutionalization of Evaluation and Strengthening Capacity Building in Asia-Pacific,” the conference brings […]

CEval recognized as 2025 Youth in Evaluation CHAMPION

CEval is honored to be recognized as one of the 2025 Youth in Evaluation CHAMPIONS at the Summit for the Future of Evaluation, held last week in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Prof. Dr. Reinhard Stockmann, founder of the Center for Evaluation (CEval), accepted the award on behalf of the team. This recognition affirms our ongoing commitment […]

CEval at Evaluation Conclave 2025: Future-Ready Evaluation

CEval will be presented at the Evaluation Conclave 2025: Future-Ready Evaluation – Integrating Voices and Localizing Evaluation for Global Impact, from 27 to 30 May 2025 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Prof. Dr. Reinhard Stockmann, Senior Professor of Sociology at Saarland University and the founder and director of the Center for Evaluation (CEval), will lead the skill development workshop on […]

5th APEA Conference and EvalVision Asia 2025: Institutionalization of Evaluation and Strengthening Capacity Building in Asia Pacific Region

Center for Evaluation (CEval) and the Asia Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA) have been striving to strengthen the institutionalization of evaluation across the Asia-Pacific. Building on that success, we are thrilled to announce that, in partnership with APEA and the Japan Evaluation Society (JES), CEval will co-host the 5th APEA Conference & EvalVisionAsia 2025, scheduled for […]

First Global Conference on Academic Evaluation Education

From 2 to 4 December 2024, over 100 representatives from academia, Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs) , UN organizations, EvalYouth, and others were invited by the Asian Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA) in Colombo to discuss the challenges of the future for evaluation and what this means for evaluation capacity building. Prime Minister of the […]

Seven years of IPDET – A successful partnership comes to an end

After seven successful years, CEval’s collaboration with the University of Bern and the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the World Bank on the International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET) has come to an end. CEval is proud to have played a pivotal role in further shaping and delivering IPDET, which has made significant strides […]

Islamic Development Bank continues to strengthen decision-making through evaluation

Following last year’s success, the Islamic Development Bank, IsDB, once again partnered with the International Program for Development Evaluation Training, IPDET, in 2024 to offer another round of impactful training on the Fundamentals of Evaluation, conducted by the IPDET Head of the program, Dr Stefanie Krapp and Prof. Dr. Reinhard Stockmann from the Center for Evaluation, […]

CEval Hosts Meta-Evaluation Training with Australian Evaluation Society

UPDATE: Click and watch the webinar now! On September 24, 2024, CEval had the pleasure of conducting an engaging online seminar for the Australian Evaluation Society (AES). Led by Dr. Stefan Silvestrini, CEO of CEval GmbH, the session introduced participants to the fundamentals of meta-evaluations. With around 30 AES members in attendance, the event was […]