{"id":18685,"date":"2023-06-15T12:28:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T10:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceval.de\/consortium-of-institutions-on-me-education-in-asia-pacific\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T14:02:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T12:02:54","slug":"consortium-of-institutions-on-me-education-in-asia-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceval.de\/en\/consortium-of-institutions-on-me-education-in-asia-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"Consortium of Institutions on M&E education in Asia Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Launch supported by CEval\/IPDET.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The results of our CEval research project “Evaluation Globe” as well as a specially conducted study program mapping show that the Asia-Pacific region has insufficient regular academic programs in evaluation<\/strong>, both, on postgraduate and undergraduate level. Evaluation knowledge is mainly based on learning on the job and\/or through irregular and extremely short-period (1 to 5 days) training programs, webinars, and brown-bag events conducted by VOPEs and training institutions. This absence of academic qualification offers is a clear hindrance in achieving further professionalization of evaluation in the region<\/strong>. There is an obvious need to augment the efforts to make avenues for M&E in the higher education curriculum and an advanced academic recognition and inclusion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

Undoubtedly, there is much ambition for the professionalization of evaluation amongst Asia-Pacific VOPEs<\/strong>. These efforts also include the cooperation with academic institutions offering education and further training in evaluation to prepare an expanded base of youths and professionals with an evaluative attitude<\/strong> by offering structured and formal academic programs. In order to take advantage of synergy effects<\/strong>, it is particularly important to join forces, ergo to form networks, in order to benefit from each other and to be able to present a stronger image to the outside world.<\/p>\n\n

To achieve this goal for its region, the Asia Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA)<\/a> under the regional evaluation strategy for Asia set up a consortium of academic institutions<\/strong> which currently offer courses and training on M&E related aspects or are looking forward to starting such courses\/trainings. This represents a great and also unique characteristic, as there were\/are rarely similar networks<\/strong>: a European, albeit one that is no longer active, and a Latin American network.<\/p>\n\n

This effort was supported by the International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET)<\/a><\/strong>. Central in this context was the expertise of CEval<\/strong>, one of its implementing partners. We not only brought in our immense experience in adult education, especially through our two master\u2019s<\/a> and continuing education<\/a> programs in evaluation. We also supported the establishment of a network of institutions offering education and further training in evaluation in Latin America with 15 partner institutions, through our university cooperation<\/a> with the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE).<\/p>\n\n

The Asian-Pacific consortium serves as a platform for knowledge sharing and offer cross-learning<\/strong>. More importantly, the consortium also works as a resource group to support academic institutions in setting up formal academic programs and\/ or offer standalone courses on various aspects of M&E<\/strong>. It may take up the following tasks:<\/p>\n\n