World Bank Grant for Continuing Education Program

Stefanie Krapp Program Management IPDET Center for Continuing Education, University of Bern © Courtesy of Stefanie Krapp - Since 2018, the University of Bern has been home to IPDET, the world's leading International Program For Development Evaluation Training which was founded by the World Bank in 2001. Now, this program can be further expanded for an initial 2 years, thanks to a USD 1.5 million competitive grant from the World Bank. For 18 years, the University of Bern has been the only Swiss university to offer a comprehensive range of advanced training in evaluation. In 2001, the World Bank initiated the International Program For Development Evaluation Training (IPDET). This program has been conducted jointly since 2018 by the Zentrum für universitäre Weiterbildung (Center for Continuing Education - ZUW) of the University of Bern, Switzerland, the Center for Evaluation CEval in Saarbrücken, Germany, and the Independent Evaluation Group IEG of the World Bank. IPDET's courses and workshops are tailored to the needs of professionals who commission, lead, conduct, or use the evaluations. "IPDET provides managers and practitioners with the tools to evaluate development strategies, programs, and projects at local, national, regional, and global level." says Stefanie Krapp, Head of the IPDET Program at the University of Bern.