October 1st, 2023 INES representatives, Ms. Svetlana Stanarevic, Mr. Ivan Tasic and Mr. Mihajlo Djukic participated in the 5th Biennial Conference of the Western Balkans Evaluators’ Network (WBEN). The conference was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in the period 29-30 September 2023. Throughout the conference sessions, INES representatives had an opportunity to present their research and …

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May 12, 2025 Western Balkan Evaluation Network (WBEN) invites paper submissions for the conference “Strengthening Evaluation Frameworks: Development, Policy, and Practice” to be held in Sarajevo October 16 – 18, 2025.  The Conference aims to serve as a pivotal platform for fostering connections among evaluators, clients, and users of evaluation results. The main topics to …

CALL FOR PROPOSALS – 6th Biannual Conference of the Western Balkans Evaluation Network organized by Evaluation Society in Bosnia and Herzegovina Read More »

September 30, 2024 Representative of the Independent Evaluation Network Serbia, Mr. Mihajlo Djukic, participated in the 15th EES Biannual Conference –  “Better together: Collaborative thought and action for better evaluation”. The conference was held in Rimini, Italy, from September 23rd to 27th, 2024.

May 12, 2025   Centre for Development Impact of the Institute of Development Studies (UK) announces a comprehensive five-day training on Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation for Learning to be held in Belgrade in the period 22 – 26 September. Using complexity-aware, learning-based approaches to design and drive your M&E will deepen your understanding of how change …

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March 10, 2025 The second assembly meeting of the Independent Network of Evaluators Serbia (INES) was held on March 10, 2025, at the premises of the Human Rights House in Belgrade. The meeting gathered members of the network to review key achievements from 2024, adopt the 2025 activity plan, and discuss upcoming initiatives, including member …

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Western Balkan Evaluation Network (WBEN) invites evaluators, researchers and other stakeholders dealing with public policy evaluations and related concepts to take participation at the 4th biannual WBEN Conference on Evaluation titled “Reflecting the practice of evaluation” 4th WBEN Conference is organised by the The Macedonian Evaluation Network (MEN), Management Consulting Association (MCA 2000) and University of Tourism …

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September 2, 2021 As a part of the Western Balkan Evaluation Network (WBEN), INES representatives participated in the event “Consultation on Professionalization of Evaluation” organized by Inter-Regional Initiative for Professionalization of Evaluation (IRIPE). The event was organized with an aim to facilitate discussion on the future of professionalization of the evaluation profession. Objectives of the …

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September 17, 2021 In partnership with 6 other VOPEs, INES has been selected to conduct project on strengthening internal NESE (Network of Evaluation Societies in Europe) cooperation through developing a Common Reference Framework (CRF) for VOPEs’ to support them in advocating on key principles of equity, gender equality and social justice and on the shared …

INES received a IOCE/Evalpartners grant for realization of the project “Strengthening VOPEs’ capacities in Europe: A practical approach for streamlining the evaluation of Key Horizontal Principles (KHP)”. Read More »

June 24,2021 Within the project “Evaluation as a basis for making informed public policies in Serbia”, funded by EvalPartners and IOCE, the Informal Network of Evaluators of Serbia (INES) and SeConS Development Initiative Group organized a webinar “Towards effective evaluation of sustainable development goals in Serbia”. The central topic of discussion was the invaluable role …

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June 24, 2021, 2 pm. Central European Summer Time (CEST) Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/92267755334 As a part of the project “Evaluation as the Basis of the Evidence-based Policy Making Practice in Serbia”, Informal Network of Evaluators of Serbia – INES and the SeConS Development Initiative organise a webinar “Effective Evaluation of the Sustainable Development Goals – …

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Within Flagship Initiative Programme 1 (FP1) and the project “EVALUATION AS THE BASIS OF THE EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY MAKING PRACTICE IN SERBIA“, Informal Network of Evaluators – Serbia (INES) and SeConS Development Initiative organized a Roundtable titled “EVALUATION AS THE BASIS OF DEVELOPING INFORMED PUBLIC POLICIES IN SERBIA“. Roundtable aimed to present research results on the …

INES organized a Roundtable titled “EVALUATION AS THE BASIS OF DEVELOPING INFORMED PUBLIC POLICIES IN SERBIA“   Read More »

IPDET 2021 program has officially been launched!  https://ipdet.org/about-ipdet/   Application for the 2021 IPDET online workshops and for scholarships is now open! More information on scholarships available at: https://ipdet.org/online-program/online-scholarship-information/ IPDET 2021 PROGRAMME – https://ipdet.org/online-program/online-workshops/

IPDET continues providing high quality Evaluation Capacity Development through the following online formats: a Kick-off session with renowned speakers, 11 online workshops on a variety of cutting-edge topics, and an interactive closing session. IPDET will also introduce a variety of evaluation community building activities to engage interested actors in networking and interacting with each other …

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Marking the first anniversary of Eval4Action, the campaign is organizing the first of its kind, all-day global Tweetathon on accelerating action for influential evaluation on 7 April 2021. The #Eval4Action Tweetathon is a global conversation on Twitter that will bring worldwide attention to the importance of accelerating action for influential evaluation, in the Decade of Action. Everyone can join and support the global …

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INES has been selected by Evalpartners to conduct project – Evaluation as the basis of the evidence-based policy making practice in Serbia, funded under the FP1 iniative – Strengthening National Evaluation Systems.  More info –

The Third Biannual Conference of Evaluators in the Western Balkans entitled Evaluation – Public Need and/or Political Accountability was organized in Belgrade on November 8-9th 2019. Conference was organised under the umbrella of the Western Balkan Evaluation Network (WBEN) with a support of local partnering institutions – NeMES/INES, SeConS Development Initiative, the Institute of Economic …

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On 27-28 October 2019, Western Balkan Evaluation Network (WBEN) and Informal Network of Evaluators in Serbia (INES), with a support of local partnering institutions – SeConS Development Group and the Institute of Economic Sciences organised Fourth Regional Training in Evaluation – „Evaluation of Projects, Programmes and Public Policies”.

INES representatives attended 13th EES conference “Evaluation for more resilient societies” held in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1-5 October, 2018