The Evaluation Cooperation Group (ECG) 2019 Spring Meeting was hosted by the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank at its headquarters in Thessaloniki, Greece, from 24 to 25 June 2019. The event brought together about 25 participants from international financial institutions with an independent evaluation function. The meeting was organized around a number of thematic sessions, including: results frameworks for the evaluation function; the role of impact evaluations; processes and key elements of bank-wide evaluation policies; the revision of the OECD-DAC evaluation criteria; and evaluations of PPPs and the mobilization of private sector finance in the development context. Members heard presentations, exchanged views and shared their experiences on each of these topics.
Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) at the African Development Bank (AfDB) was represented by its acting Evaluator General, Ms. Karen Rot-Münstermann. She participated in the discussions and shared the highlights of IDEV’s recently completed evaluation of the AfDB’s utilization of Public Private Partnership Mechanisms during the period 2006 – 2016. After the meeting, ECG members engaged in a seminar on the topic of PPPs and mobilizing private sector finance for development with BSTDB management and staff.