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Evaluation Director Per Øyvind Bastøe has three suggestions for the Minister of International Development to succeed with the aid administration reform.

International advisor at the Norwegian think tank Agenda, Catharina Bu, outlines some principles for a successful reform of Norwegian development administration.

Will provide new and useful knowledge about what works and does not work within important areas of Norwegian participation in international development cooperation.

Frans L. Leeuw shares his thoughts on the relevance of social neurosciences for the evaluation profession, from his experience in addressing the question of which mechanisms are important drivers to make Truth and Reconciliation Committees effective.

Asbjørn Eidhammer expands on his thoughts on the organisation of Norwegian Aid development administrastion.

Rachel Davis discusses the gaps in standards and practice in how financial institutions manage human rights risks, and relates the findings in the evaluation report to wider international experiences and discussions on differences between UNGP and IFC Performance Standards in this evaluation view.

This evaluation view discusses important criteria for being a successful facilitator in peace processes.

Recent developments in the international power situation, may pose challenges to Norway’s role in peace processes, Gunnar M. Sørbø argues in this evaluation view

In this external evaluation view, Nora Ingdal, discusses what it takes for policy- and decision makers to learn from evaluations, seen from the perspective of civil society.

In this evaluation view, Evaluation Director Per Øyvind Bastøe discusses international knowledge on evaluation practice and finds room for improvement for the Norwegian development cooperation administration.