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EVALUATION HIGHLIGHTS (REVISED) Item 3 This note was prepared for the meeting of the DAC Network on Development Evaluation on 15-16 January, 2004. This revised version contains additional submissions by Members and now includes information from 24 Development Agencies and Ministries of Foreign Affairs. ? 1st meeting 15 – 16 January 2004  DAC Member Countries Australia, AusAID 5 Austrian Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs 7 Denmark, DANIDA 8 European Commission 9 France Ministère des Affaires étrangères. Ministère de lEconomie, des Finances et de lIndustrie 11 France, Agence Fran?aise de Développement 13 Ireland, Development Cooperation Ireland Department of Foreign Affairs 14 Italy 15 Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 16 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) 17 Japan Bank for International Cooperation 18 Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (IOB) 20 New Zealand, Agency for International Development 23 Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 24 Spain Office of Planning and Evaluation, Secretariat for International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) 27 Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC) and State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) 28 UK, DFID 29 United States Agency For International Development (USAID) 31 Inter-American Development Bank 33 Asian Development Bank 36 International Monetary Fund 38 United Nations Development Programme 39 World Bank/Operations Evaluation Department 41 Agency / Ministry Australia, AusAID Australian Agency for International Development I. Recent developments in the evaluation function (e.g. changes in policies, structures, resources) Introduction of AusAIDs New Strategic Plan (January 2002) The New Strategic Plan increases emphasis on program quality. The performance information framework, first introduced in 1999 to provide the basis for assessing the overall performance of the aid program, is being improved. There is