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The ‘Partners in Development Evaluation’ workshop was organized by France and the OECD DAC (Development Aid Committee) Working Party on Aid Evaluation (DAC WP-EV), and took place in Paris on 25–26 March 2003. The French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry hosted and organized this workshop, rather than the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (something remarkable because most of the DAC WP-EV members work at the Ministries of Foreign Affairs). The French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry, M. Francis Mer, opened the workshop. This signaled the importance that France attaches to evaluation. M. Mer stressed the importance of measuring and improving aid effectiveness, linking the increase in aid to the capacity to demonstrate results. The workshop was attended by 270 participants, with a significant proportion corresponding to civil society (out of which 22 represented trade unions from Africa and Europe). There were representatives from 18 European countries, six African countries, three Asian nations, the US, Canada, the Kyrgyz Republic, Australia and New Zealand. There were also participants from evaluation offices of international NGOs, foundations, UN agencies and evaluation departments of multilateral development banks and the International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS). The overall purpose of the workshop was to share experiences and approaches, to strengthen collaboration between development partners and to improve evaluation’s relevance. Its specific objectives were to exchange and share evaluation knowledge around four themes: