Young and Emerging Evaluators Training Program
Training | Online
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Organized by:
Afghan Evaluation Society
- In partnership with: EvalYouth Afghanistan
About the Event
Afghan Evaluation Society (AfES) has been offering a series of training sessions for Young and Emerging Evaluators (YEEs) since May 2016, and so far, it has trained over 300 YEEs. Our YEEs Training series intends to build the capacity of individual Afghan evaluators based in Afghanistan, and outside of Afghanistan, and who are new to the field of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL). AfES targets Afghan MEL personnel from NGOs, CSOs, UN entities, and other funder/donor, humanitarian agencies to attend these trainings.
In collaboration with EvalYouth Afghanistan, we are excited to announce another Virtual Training Program on Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning designed explicitly for Young and Emerging Evaluators (YEEs). This training continues our tradition, aligning with the theme of gLocal Evaluation Week 2025. The theme is more relevant to Afghanistan than ever, as the country urgently needs peace, inclusion, and environmental sustainability, areas that have been largely neglected since the transition in 2021.
Don’t miss this chance to enhance your skills and contribute to the evaluation community in Afghanistan! We look forward to your participation.
Training Link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87128446165?pwd=LLAqpfotDRAjaha0yjsuuNbg1UD5kw.1
Meeting ID: 871 2844 6165
Passcode: 818434
In collaboration with EvalYouth Afghanistan, we are excited to announce another Virtual Training Program on Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning designed explicitly for Young and Emerging Evaluators (YEEs). This training continues our tradition, aligning with the theme of gLocal Evaluation Week 2025. The theme is more relevant to Afghanistan than ever, as the country urgently needs peace, inclusion, and environmental sustainability, areas that have been largely neglected since the transition in 2021.
Don’t miss this chance to enhance your skills and contribute to the evaluation community in Afghanistan! We look forward to your participation.
Training Link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87128446165?pwd=LLAqpfotDRAjaha0yjsuuNbg1UD5kw.1
Meeting ID: 871 2844 6165
Passcode: 818434
Speakers
| Nome | Título | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Qudratullah Jahid | Member, Board of Directors | Qudratullah Jahid is a co-founder and Technical Lead at Malan Ideal Impact Consulting. He is a board member of the Afghan Evaluation Society, vice president of the Asia Pacific Evaluation Association, and a former management group member of the EvalYouth Global Network and EvalYouth Asia. |
| Samandar Mahmodi | Chairman, Board of Directors | Samandar Mahmodi is the chairman of the Afghan Evaluation Society (AfES). He has over 15 years of experience in program evaluations, public policy, gender, and SDGs. |
| Huda Mustafawi | Member, Board of Directors | Ms. Huda Mustafawi is an M&E and Gender expert with 17 years of experience with donor programs, NGOs, and the private sector. She is a board member of the Afghan Evaluation Society (AfES) and currently works with one of the international programs in Afghanistan. |
| Shabana Samaasi | MEAL Professional | Samaasi is a Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) professional in Afghanistan with extensive experience in various sectors. She has led the design, assessment, data analysis, and capacity building of MERL systems. She is a member of the Afghan Evaluation Society and is passionate about driving evidence-based decision-making and fostering impactful interventions. |
| Obaidullah Zafar | MEAL Expert | Obaidullah is an experienced Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) professional with a demonstrated history of working in the Health, WASH, Nutrition, Protection, Disaster Risk Management( DRR), and Natural Resource Management (NRM). |
| Imad Ahmad Haroon | Secretary General, Board of Directors | Imad Haroon is an independent evaluator with over 14 years of experience in Project Management, Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation. He has worked for several donors and international organizations. Haroon is the Secretary General of the Afghan Evaluation Society. |
| Mohammad Ali Popalzai | Chair, EvalYouth Afghanistan | Ali is a MERL professional with over eight years of experience in various development sectors. Ali is known for his volunteer work for capacity-building initiatives, gender mainstreaming efforts, and his role in promoting youth participatory evaluation. |
Moderators
| Nome | Título | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Aqeedah Sayedi | MEAL/Safeguarding Specialist | Aqeeda is a MEL and program management specialist, as well as legal counsel, with expertise in designing, deploying, and managing field surveys, evaluations, and training programs. Aqeedah has over ten years of work experience. She has been an auditor, monitoring and verification specialist with INGOs and Afghan organisations, focusing on Safeguarding, TPM and MEL. Aqeedah holds a BA degree in law and political science, an LLB degree and an MA degree in International Relations. |
Resumo
We organized a 1.5 hr interactive training on fundamentals of monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL); in collaboration with the Global Evaluation Initiative as part of their #gLocalEvalWeek2025.We were very excited to observe a huge demand for these trainings, particularly from the Young and Emerging Evaluators (YEEs); from within Afghanistan, as well other parts of the world. The training covered topics, including introduction to MEL, key standards such as planning, including development of Theory of Change (ToC) and Logframe (Results Framework, Logic Model, Results Chain, Logical Framework); developing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and data collection, developing data collection tools, and capturing knowledge, and learning.
Training participants indicated interest in more trainings, and specifically focusing with more details and examples on a single topic vs. high level details on multiple topics. For example, some participants showed great interest to go into more details about developing a ToC, and a Logframe.
AfES, and EvalYouth Afghanistan will continue it's series of capacity building in monitoring and evaluation for Afghan YEEs. It also intends to create strategic partnerships with other organizations to improve and strengthen research, monitoring, evaluation and learnining capacities in Afghanistan - both individual and institutional capacities.
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