Mgr. Daniel Svoboda

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Mgr. Daniel Svoboda

Daniel is the co-founder and current President of the Czech Evaluation Society (https://czecheval.cz/en). Until 2023, he was the coordinator of IDEAS – International Development Evaluation Association (https://ideasglobal.org/) and the International Evaluation Academy (https://ieac.global/). He has experience in development cooperation and European programs. From 2009 to 2024, he was a monitor of the European environmental program LIFE. On behalf of ČES, he is a member of the evaluation reference groups and the Council for Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and an evaluation mentor for the Ministry of Health. He is a lecturer in project management and evaluations at the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences of the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague. In 2007–2017, he was the coordinator of the EPDET – European Program for Development Evaluation Training – summer evaluation school in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

More information: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-svoboda-189595147/

Contact (e-mail and/or phone): svoboda@czecheval.cz; +420 724 179 562

Easy local/face-to-face cooperation: Czech Republic and Slovakia

Links to reference publications: Handbook on Project Cycle Management of Development Projects, Transformational Evaluation for the Global Crises of Our Times, Transformational Change for People and the Planet – Evaluating Environment and Development

 

What type of cooperation can a member be approached, based on his work?

  • I conduct evaluations as an independent consultant (i.e. I provide evaluation consultations, I can become a member of the project implementation team as an evaluator, I conduct evaluations independently based on an agreement/order)
  • I am an evaluation trainer/mentor (i.e. I am interested in requests for professional evaluation training or mentoring)

 

Which areas and approaches in evaluations are of most interest to the member?

  • Evaluation of projects and programs in development cooperation and humanitarian aid
  • Evaluation based on qualitative research
  • Participatory and community approaches in evaluations
  • Evaluation in the field of regional policy and regional development
  • Education in the field of evaluation and monitoring
  • Development of evaluation methodology and testing of new methods
  • Procurement of evaluations