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Latest news, proposals and updates from the Development Evaluation Society of India.

Development Evaluation Society of India
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Latest news, proposals and updates from the Development Evaluation Society of India.
June 2026
In June 2026, a proposal was submitted to Caritas India, CBCI Centre, New Delhi to provide evaluation services for the Final Evaluation – Sanjivani-II project covering the districts of Narmada, Aravalli, Banaskantha and Surendranagar in Gujarat, and Indore district in Madhya Pradesh.
May 2026
In May 2026 an Expression of Interest (EOI) was submitted to M/s. Centre for Social and Economic Progress, New Delhi for Data Collection for the PROSE Study.
April 2026
In April 2026, in response to an e-mail received by the Senior Advisor (DESI), Dr. Pal, a proposal was submitted for consideration by PROMAN (Luxembourg), the consortium leader for Lot 16 – Evaluation at Intervention Level under the European Union’s Framework Contract Services for External Action (SEA 2023).
The proposal expressed interest in participating as a local subcontracting partner to provide local expertise, logistical support, fieldwork assistance, stakeholder outreach and quality supervision of experts identified in local markets. Under this Framework Contract, the European Commission commissions evaluation assignments worldwide across a broad range of sectors, countries and intervention types, including ex-ante, mid-term, final, ex-post and counterfactual impact evaluations, as well as evaluations of primary interventions and thematic evaluations.