Overview
Every year, as part of the UNEG EvalWeek, UNEG organises a one-day Professional Development Seminar (PDS) and two-day Evaluation Practice Exchange (EPE), the organisation of which lies with the EPE Organising Committee.
Specifically, the EPEs facilitate regular learning and exchange of experience amongst UNEG members (including those carrying out or managing evaluations according to the practices in different UN organizations) to improve the credibility and utility of UN evaluations and contribute to advancement of the evaluation function. The EPE provides a forum for sharing information and experiences related primarily to evaluation approaches and methodologies and enables peer learning and support.
The PDS are peer training sessions on topics which emerged as highly useful in evaluation work. The seminar consists of parallel sessions running either throughout the day or only half day. PDS sessions are coordinated and organized by one or more UNEG member agency. The organizers are responsible for preparing the session agenda, developing the content, contacting external experts/speakers (if needed) and conducting the training session.
In 2024, the theme of the EPE was Evaluating During and In Times of Crisis. The theme of the 2025 EPE is "The Future of Evaluation".