After chatting with folks from EvalYouth about the Global Mentoring Program, they suggested a series of podcast episodes on what evaluation looks like around the world.
This episode is one in which I chat with evaluators from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) about what evaluation looks like in their region. I chat with Claudia Olavarría and Gerardo Sánchez-Romero about evaluation in the LAC region. They are the co-chairs of EvalYouth LAC (https://evalyouth.org/index.php/evalyouth-in-lac/), which you can contact via Twitter (https://twitter.com/evalyouth_lac), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/EvalYouthLAC/), or email via evalyouthlac@gmail.com.
We discuss a variety of topics, including how they define evaluation, stakeholder involvement, the governmental contexts they work in (e.g., CONEVAL (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Council_for_the_Evaluation_of_Social_Development_Policy_(CONEVAL)), Mideplan (https://www.mideplan.go.cr/)), the purpose of doing evaluation, evaluation designs, evaluation standards (Estándares de Evaluación para América Latina y el Caribe (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308143662_Estandares_de_Evaluacion_para_America_Latina_y_el_Caribe)), Evaluación Participativa (https://evalparticipativa.net/), training and education in evaluation, professionalization, Eval4Action (https://www.eval4action.org/), the SDG 2030 Agenda (https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda), Evaluation without Borders, Blue Marble evaluation, and more.
Music by Matt Ingelson, http://www.mattingelsonmusic.com/
