American Evaluation Association (AEA)—The profession’s national association in the United States. Offers annual national conference (in November), electronic mailing list, peer-reviewed journals, training workshops, and topical interest groups. Web page provides links to AEA’s “Guiding Principles for Evaluators” and its public policy paper ”An Evaluation Roadmap for a More Effective Government”; to its topical interest groups, local affiliates, and international evaluation sites; and to graduate and professional development programs and evaluation tools and handbooks.

Web site: http://www.eval.org    E-mail: info@eval.org   
LISTSERV: EVALTALK. To subscribe send e-mail to listserv@bama.ua.edu

Canadian Evaluation Society provides links to regional affiliates, position papers, resources, and “data banks” of evaluation reports by numerous Canadian and other agencies and private sector organizations. http://www.evaluationcanada.ca/   
In 2010, the Society published a suite of competencies—background, knowledge, skills, and dispositions—for Canadian evaluation practice. These serve as the basis for an evaluator credentialing program, development of training programs, and other uses. http://www.evaluationcanada.ca/txt/2_competencies_cdn_evaluation_practice.pdf

International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE)-–An alliance of regional and national evaluation organizations to build evaluation leadership and capacity in developing countries, address international challenges in evaluation, and assist the evaluation profession to take a global approach to world problems.
Web site: http://ioce.net

Eastern Evaluation Research Society-–Affiliate of American Evaluation Association serving Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, which conducts an annual conference in the spring.
Web site: http://www.eers.org  

Federal Evaluators—Washington, D.C.–based informal network of evaluation officials in the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government. Holds meetings, offers an electronic mailing list, and has a Web site that cites print and Internet-based resources on program evaluation methods and activities. For a discussion of the diverse types and uses of evaluations, see “Federal Evaluators 2006 OMB Briefing Slides” on the web site under “Presentations”.
Web site: http://www.fedeval.net
Contact: ShipmanS@gao.gov for membership information.

Washington Evaluators—Washington, D.C., local affiliate of the American Evaluation Association. Holds meetings, offers an electronic mailing list, and has a Web site that provides membership information and notice of upcoming meetings, training and employment opportunities, and links to related organizations. 
Web site: http://www.washeval.org  
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