Warm greetings and welcome to anzea, the Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association.
anzea was born from an evaluation (of course!) which identified the need for an organisation that would better serve and represent the unique needs, obligations and working environment of the Aotearoa New Zealand evaluation community.
We want to make the most of our bi-cultural and multicultural context. We will promote the integration of theory and practice in evaluation, specific to the needs of Aotearoa and will stimulate debate and research on evaluation practice and its role in here. We also seek to enhance evaluation capacity within local, Pacific and global evaluation communities.
Announcing the anzea Auckland Regional Symposium 2010
Auckland University of Technology Nga Wai o Horotiu Marae 21-22 May 2010
We will be sending out a call for proposals early in the New Year. In the meantime, book these dates into your diary now!!
The theme for the Auckland Regional Symposium is:
Putting evaluation 'on the spot' – making evaluation practice local, relevant and accountable.
This theme reflects some key contemporary challenges for evaluation in Aotearoa New Zealand – that is, demonstrating evaluation's value, and making its methodology and application relevant to the particular key reference groups who should receive a benefit from evaluation.
This event, together with similar Symposia in the three other anzea Branches (Waikato/Bay of Plenty, Wellington/Lower North Island, and Christchurch/Upper South Island), will be held in 2010 in lieu of a national anzea Conference. We hope that this will encourage local presenters in all regions, and possibly also encourage anzea members and others to go to more than one event this year.
See News and Events / Conferences webpages for more information
