Within the frame of the Global Evaluation Week, the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication (CAERC) and the UN Development Program (UNDP) organized the online webinar entitled “The role of monitoring and evaluation in improving public administration: the experience of Azerbaijan”.

It should be noted that with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Global Evaluation Initiative, the traditional international event "Global Evaluation Week" will be held from May 31 to June 4. The main topic of the discussion at the event is the role of monitoring and evaluation in overcoming the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in the global community and economies.

Azerbaijan has also joined the initiative and shared the country's experience in building capacity in monitoring and evaluation to improve public administration. The meeting, co-chaired by Vusal Gasimli, Executive Director of the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication, and Alessandro Fracassetti, UNDP Resident Representative for Azerbaijan, was attended by more than 400 international experts, government officials and media representatives engaged in the field of monitoring and evaluation.

Vusal Gasimli delivered a speech on “The role of monitoring and evaluation in improving public administration: the experience of Azerbaijan” and provided participants with the information on successful economic and management reforms of Azerbaijan, as well as the work of the Center as the monitoring and evaluation institute. He expressed appreciation for the role of development partners, UNDP, the World Bank, and others in building an advanced national assessment system in Azerbaijan in a very short time, and thanked UNDP experts for their support in developing the M and E methodologies and monitoring and evaluating Strategic Roadmaps. Also, Vusal Gasimli highly appreciated the technical support provided by UNDP in the preparation of the Center's Strategic Action Plan and stressed the importance of continuing cooperation with the UN Development Program in the field of monitoring and evaluation.

Resident Representative for Azerbaijan of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Alessandro Fracassetti informed the participants about the existing potential for monitoring and evaluation in Azerbaijan, the creation of a legal framework and institutional building, the preparation, and publication of monitoring and evaluation reports of strategic roadmaps, the adoption of rules of monitoring and evaluation of the state program. At the same time, he spoke about UNDP's support for building monitoring and evaluation capacity in the country, the launch of other strategic development documents and government program reports, and the prospects for future development of the monitoring and evaluation industry in Azerbaijan and the benefits of improving public administration.

During the discussions, local and international experts made presentations. Also, there were held discussions with representatives of the international audience on the country's experience in the field of monitoring and evaluation of Azerbaijan.