Hello my name is Tarek Azzam, and I am an Assistant Professor at Claremont Graduate University. Over the next few days I will blog about my experiences at the 6th Biennial AfrEA Conference in Accra, Ghana. The theme of the conference is “Rights and Responsibility in Development Evaluation.” As I write this, I await the start of the conference tomorrow, January 9.
The conference is hosted by the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) and Co-Organized by the Ghana Monitoring & Evaluation Forum (GMEF). For those who live or work outside of Africa, these may be unfamiliar organizations. I encourage you to learn more about them and other evaluation associations around the world through the International Organisation for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE).
Ross Conner, Issaka Traore, Sulley Gariba, Marie Gervais, and I will present a half day workshop on developing evaluation capacity within Africa, along with a panel discussion.
I am also working with Matt Galen to broadcast via the internet some of the keynote sessions at the conference and share them with others. I will send links as they become available.
I am very excited about the start of the conference. It is a new venue for me and I look forward to sharing my experiences with you.
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