Environmental Studies, Kyoto University in Japan; Division for Global Affairs,
Rutgers—The State University of New Jersey; and the International Studies Program of the University of Montana, Missoula. He was educated at the Universities
of Helsinki and Lund, and holds a PhD in Social and Economic Geography. He has
authored/edited several books and published more than 30 peer reviewed articles
and book chapters on topics related to the environment, natural resources management, environmental hazards, and evaluation. His book Evaluating Environment in
International Development was published by Routledge-Earthscan in May 2014. In
October 2012, the European Evaluation Society awarded his paper on environmental evaluation for a “distinguished contribution to evaluation practice.”
Rob D. van den Berg President, International Development Evaluation Association and Visiting Professor, International Development Institute, King’s College
(London), is a graduate of the State University of Groningen in the Netherlands. He
is also a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Development Impact at the Institute of
Social Studies in Brighton, UK. He is a member of the Monitoring Advisory Group
of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation. From 2004 to
2014 he was Director of the Independent Evaluation Office of the Global Environment Facility in Washington, DC and before that Director of Evaluation of the
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2004. He has been active in the
DAC Evaluation Network (Chair from 2002–2004), the UN Evaluation Group and
the Evaluation Cooperation Group of the International Financial Institutions. Since
2015 he is providing independent evaluation advice to development agencies.
Ioannis Vasileiou is an Agricultural Specialist, with the Climate-Smart Agriculture
(CSA) Upscaling Team, at the World Bank, supported by CCAFS and IFPRI.
Ioannis also serves as a Science Officer on Policies & Institutions for the CGIAR
Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). His current
work focuses on issues related to global change and resilience, as well as enabling
governance, institutions and financing mechanisms for agriculture. He has previously worked on sustainability issues in the European Commission, the United
Nations, and the non-profit sector. He holds a Master of International Affairs from
Columbia University, where he specialized in Economic and Political Development, as well as a joint Msc-MBA in Industrial Management, focusing on Energy
and Environment, from the National Technical University of Athens and the
University of Piraeus.
Roman Windisch is the Deputy Country Director of Swiss State Secretariat for
Economic Affairs SECO in Vietnam. He is responsible for Switzerland’s economic
development cooperation program on infrastructure financing and private sector
development. Before, he worked for several years at headquarters as an evaluation
officer in SECO’s quality assurance division. He holds a Master degree in Geography from the University of Zurich and a Diploma on Sustainable Development
from De Montfort University Leicester.
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Rutgers—The State University of New Jersey; and the International Studies Program of the University of Montana, Missoula. He was educated at the Universities
of Helsinki and Lund, and holds a PhD in Social and Economic Geography. He has
authored/edited several books and published more than 30 peer reviewed articles
and book chapters on topics related to the environment, natural resources management, environmental hazards, and evaluation. His book Evaluating Environment in
International Development was published by Routledge-Earthscan in May 2014. In
October 2012, the European Evaluation Society awarded his paper on environmental evaluation for a “distinguished contribution to evaluation practice.”
Rob D. van den Berg President, International Development Evaluation Association and Visiting Professor, International Development Institute, King’s College
(London), is a graduate of the State University of Groningen in the Netherlands. He
is also a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Development Impact at the Institute of
Social Studies in Brighton, UK. He is a member of the Monitoring Advisory Group
of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation. From 2004 to
2014 he was Director of the Independent Evaluation Office of the Global Environment Facility in Washington, DC and before that Director of Evaluation of the
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2004. He has been active in the
DAC Evaluation Network (Chair from 2002–2004), the UN Evaluation Group and
the Evaluation Cooperation Group of the International Financial Institutions. Since
2015 he is providing independent evaluation advice to development agencies.
Ioannis Vasileiou is an Agricultural Specialist, with the Climate-Smart Agriculture
(CSA) Upscaling Team, at the World Bank, supported by CCAFS and IFPRI.
Ioannis also serves as a Science Officer on Policies & Institutions for the CGIAR
Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). His current
work focuses on issues related to global change and resilience, as well as enabling
governance, institutions and financing mechanisms for agriculture. He has previously worked on sustainability issues in the European Commission, the United
Nations, and the non-profit sector. He holds a Master of International Affairs from
Columbia University, where he specialized in Economic and Political Development, as well as a joint Msc-MBA in Industrial Management, focusing on Energy
and Environment, from the National Technical University of Athens and the
University of Piraeus.
Roman Windisch is the Deputy Country Director of Swiss State Secretariat for
Economic Affairs SECO in Vietnam. He is responsible for Switzerland’s economic
development cooperation program on infrastructure financing and private sector
development. Before, he worked for several years at headquarters as an evaluation
officer in SECO’s quality assurance division. He holds a Master degree in Geography from the University of Zurich and a Diploma on Sustainable Development
from De Montfort University Leicester.
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About the Authors