Overview

Their mission is to increase public awareness and globally validate evaluation, and support VOPEs in contributing to good governance, effective decision making and strengthening the role of civil society.

The IOCE represents national and regional Voluntary Organization for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs) in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States, and the Middle East. It strengthens international evaluation through the exchange of evaluation methods, theories and practice, and promotes good governance and recognition of the value evaluation has in improving peoples’ lives. It is committed to cultural diversity, inclusiveness and bringing different evaluation traditions together in respect of that diversity.

Mission

Increase public awareness and globally validate evaluation, and support VOPEs in contributing to good governance, effective decision making and strengthening the role of civil society.

Mandate

Contribute to building evaluation leadership and capacity, especially in developing countries; advance the exchange of evaluation theory and practice worldwide; address international challenges in evaluation; and assist the evaluation profession to take a more global approach to contributing to the identification and solution of world problems.