We, the Community of Evaluators-Nepal (COEN), are a national-level voluntary organization of professional evaluators (VOPE) working in Nepal. We took notice of the open solicitation from OECD/DAC for suggestions for the refinement and modification of the criteria for development evaluation. Accordingly wanted to contribute our thoughts for the same. Accordingly, we carried out a national-level consultation amongst COEN members and other stakeholders in order to generate thoughts thoughts for the same.
We like to offer our observations and thoughts with the hope that OECD/DAC team will consider in the review process. Our suggestions are organized in two aspects – reorientation in approaches and framework, and suggestions for the criteria and their interpretation.
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