6th Biannual Conference of the Western Balkans Evaluation Network 2025: Strengthening Evaluation Frameworks: Development, Policy, and Practice

17 - 18 October 2025

The 6th Biannual Conference of the Western Balkans Evaluation Network is organised by the Evaluation Society in Bosnia and Herzegovina under the topic “Strengthening Evaluation Frameworks: Development, Policy, and Practice” at the School of Economics and Business in Sarajevo; Bosnia and Herzegovina 17 – 18 October 2025. Over the years, the conference has proven to be a key event for connecting evaluators, clients and users of evaluation results in the region.

Conference themes include:

  1. Monitoring and Evaluation of the SDGs: Regional strategies, achievements, and challenges.
  2. Evaluation Methodology, the use of technology in evaluation.
  3. Sectoral Evaluations, such as: Evidence-driven decision-making, participatory approaches. Education, workforce development, health, social protection, infrastructure, and sustainable development. Regulatory impact assessments. Ex Ante Evaluation of Development Interventions: infrastructural projects, and distributional impacts.
  4. Key issues of the organisation and work of evaluation communities in the region, including the professionalization of the evaluation profession. Fostering collaboration among national evaluation networks. Future of Evaluation: Trends, opportunities, and networks.

The organiser will offer a limited number of complimentary conference passes (gratis) to support participants with limited financial means who can justify their interest, particularly representatives of voluntary civil organisations. Send request to info@elval.org by the early bird registration deadline. Fees include access to all sessions, conference materials, coffee breaks, social event.

The Evaluation Society in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHeval), on the behalf of the Western Balkan Evaluation Network (WBEN), invites paper submissions.

For more information, please consult the information from the source of this announcement and related updates.

Event type

Country

Bosnia and Herzegvina

City

Sarajevo