[mesci_xxi_students] IFAD Innovation Talk 13: EVALUATION THROUGH THE LENS OF BRAIN SCIENCE: Building a humanized approach for better results.

["Eriona Zeqiri" < >]

Dear all,

 

We have the pleasure to share with all of you below invitation received from our contact at IFAD for the next IFAD Innovation Talk – 22 March, at 14-15:00 CET – on how brain science can enhance the transformative potential of evaluations for development.

 

IFAD organization offers for our students and alumni, 10 seats to attend the event in person. Everyone else is invited to join them via Zoom, where live interpretation from English to Arabic, French and Spanish will be available. The link to register for physical or virtual participation is here: link.

 

Interested participants should send a confirmation e-mail to me and my colleague Olga who reads us in cc by Friday, 17th March 16:00 p.m.

 

 

IFAD Innovation Talk No. 13

“Evaluation through the lens of brain science: Building a humanized approach for better results”

IFAD’s Change, Delivery and Innovation Unit (CDI) and the Independent Office of Evaluation (IOE) is pleased to invite you to attend a discussion on how brain science can enhance the transformative potential of evaluations, and how this is impacting IFAD.

During the event, Dr. Indran A. Naidoo, Director of the Independent Office of Evaluation at IFAD, and Dr. Srini Pillay, CEO of NeuroBusiness Group – will delve into the ramifications of building a humanized approach to evaluation. Renata Mirulla, Facilitator of the EvalForward community of practice at FAO, will moderate the session. This event will be in English with live interpretation to Arabic, French and Spanish.

 

When registering, please let us know if you are joining the event in-person or remotely. For guests registering to join us in-person, kindly note that IFAD will not be responsible for visa processing or travel costs. Deadline for in-person registrations is COB (17:00 CET) on Monday 20 March 2023.

During the session Dr. Naidoo and Dr. Pillay will address the following questions:

• The fields of neuroscience and evaluation in development contexts would appear unrelated. What prompted IOE to recognize a potential synergy between the two?
• Can the application of neuroscience-based principles improve evaluation processes?
• Can communication approaches to evaluation that encompass neuroscience-based principles trigger transformative change?
• Is IOE planning to test the application of neuroscience principles in its work to help to improve the effectiveness of IFAD? What might be some examples?
• What are the benefits of a constructive engagement between the evaluator and the evaluand?
• Why is it important to establish a psychologically safe environment where people feel open to expressing themselves during an evaluation? How can this be done, in practice, considering the constraints we work in and the different cultural and social norms that influence our behaviours?

In preparation for this session, please visit the event page and read the concept note, where you will find further information and a list of web-based resources and related publications.

 

For questions: Please send an e-mail to "> with the subject line “IFAD Innovation Talk No. 13”.

 

 

 

 Kind regards

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Eriona Zeqiri, PhD

 Programme Assistant

 Master in Development Economics and International Cooperation

          University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via Columbia 2, 00133 Roma

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