​Evaluation provides a systematic method to study an intervention, program or practice, to understand how well it achieves its goals. Evaluations thus help determine what works well and what could be improved in a program or initiative. Evaluation is key to promote to help governments and organizations around the world achieve their programmatic goals and develop crisis preparedness.

There is a growing demand for evaluation and a recognition that, without M&E, accountability, learning, and evidence based decision-making are in jeopardy. Nevertheless, the supply of skilled M&E professionals especially in the most poor and fragile regions of the world is insufficient and, unless we build the capacity of a new generation of local evaluators, it will be very difficult to produce quality evaluations at an accessible cost.

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We need young people and experienced colleagues from other professional fields to help us in this endeavor. We need local evaluation professionals that understand the context and how things operate in the field. We need advocated and all the help we can get to promote accountability and learning in policy actions and aid interventions.

We need you as a professional or supporter and there is a lot of work to do!!

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In the following experienced evaluators, excellent academics and well-respected colleagues share their answer to the question: Why become an Evaluator?