The 28th Annual Conference of the DeGEval Evaluation Society will take place from September 17 to 19, 2025 with the theme “Institutionalization and Professionalization of Evaluation”, and will be held for the first time at Saarland University in Saarbrücken.
The Center for Evaluation (CEval) is a founding member of DeGEval and has continuously contributed to its development for years. This year, we are pleased to be able to organize an international, English-language conference program together with DeGEval as part of the 28th Annual Conference. This will include four thematically related panels and a keynote speech by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Stockmann, the founder of CEval. This year’s conference will thus also be open to international participants, creating space for exchanging new ideas, experts’ industrial insight, as well as observations from international perspectives, reinforcing transnational dialogue.
The international stream will present findings from the CEval Evaluation GLOBE Project, which includes 50 country case studies and 11 reports from transnational organizations. The sessions offer a global overview of trends in the institutionalization and professionalization of evaluation, as well as an analysis of enabling and hindering factors worldwide.
International Conference Stream
September 18, 2025 (Thursday):
Keynote speech: The Institutionalization of Evaluation in a Global Perspective
12:00 – 13:00
| Supporting and Hindering Factors for the institutionalization and use of evaluation 14:30-16:00 | The Role of Parliaments, Governments and Administration in Institutionalizing Evaluation 16:30-18:00 |
September 19, 2025 (Friday):
The CEval team is looking forward to presenting the results of our work in several sessions and discussing the future of evaluation with international colleagues.
September 18, 2025 (Thursday)
14:30-16:00
| Sitzung A2: Professionalization and Institutionalization of Evaluation in the Private and Public Sectors – Observations from Three Case Studies (in German) by Stefan Silvestrini, CEO of CEval GmbH | Sitzung A5: Potential of the RIE Funding Program to Anchor Rigorous Impact Evaluation in German Development Cooperation – Insights from an International Delphi Panel (in German) by Susanne Johanna Väth, Hansjörg Gaus, Janis Wicke and Matthias Klapproth, Department Head and Project Managers at CEval GmbH |
16:30-18:00
| Sitzung B6: Accompanying Evaluation of Public Funding Programs (in German) by Juliane Löw, Project Manager at CEval GmbH, Stefan Silvestrini, CEO of CEval GmbH | Sitzung B6: Evaluating Knowledge Communication and Science-Based Policy Advice by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation: The Case of Biodiversity Loss in Open Landscape FFH Habitat Types (in German) by Susanne Johanna Väth, Hansjörg Gaus and Matthias Klapproth, Department Head and Project Managers at CEval GmbH |
You can now register via the conference platform ConfTool. Take advantage of the Early Bird rate, valid until July 25, 2025. Registration will remain open until September 8, 2025.
We warmly invite you to Saarbrücken to exchange with international experts on the latest developments in evaluation. We look forward to welcoming you to the 28th DeGEval Annual Conference!
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