Bill Wallace

AES

 

Member profile details

Membership level
Regular VOPE Membership
Acronym of VOPE
AES
Primary Contact's Full Name
Bill Wallace
Email Address
b.wallace@aes.asn.au
1. Full name of VOPE
Australian Evaluation Society Limited
2. Acronym of VOPE
AES
3. Primary contact's name
Bill Wallace
4. Primary contact's email
b.wallace@aes.asn.au
5. 2nd contact's name
Kiri Parata
6. 2nd contact's email
president@aes.asn.au
7. 3rd contact's name
Fiona Złotnik
8. 3rd contact's email
aes@aes.asn.au
 

Organizational Identification

11. Address of organization (VOPE)
425 Smith Street
Fitzroy Vic 3065
Australia
12. Year organization (VOPE) founded
1987
13. Current status
2. Formal association/society (charter and bylaws adopted)
14. VOPE legally recognized by government?
3. Yes
15. Geographic scope
Regional (multi-national)
16. If Regional VOPE, name of region
Australasia
 

Membership

20. Number of dues-paying official membership
1100
21. Non dues-paying membership
40
22. Total current number of members
1140
23. Total on mailing list
5000
24. What is the criteria for an individual or entity to join your VOPE?
Agreeing to be bound by the AES Code of Ethics and payment of a membership fee.
 

Leadership

32. Name of president/chairperson
Kiri Parata
33. Members in active leadership positions
90
34. How active would judge your VOPE's leadership to be?
5. Very active - creatively organizing frequent events to serve our members
35. Paid secretariat staff
Yes - full-time
36. Means of communication
  • 1. email listserv
  • 2. social media
  • 3. newsletter
  • 4. website
  • 5. publications
  • 6. annual report
  • 7. other
37. Number of newsletters
26
38. When was the last annual report sent to members?
30 Sep 2024
39. VOPE Institutional Capacity Toolkit
1. No (at least not yet)
 

VOPE Activities and Affiliations

40. Purpose and mission
The Australian Evaluation Society (AES) is a member based organisation which exists to improve the theory, practice and use of evaluation in Australasia for people involved in evaluation including evaluation practitioners, managers, teachers and students of evaluation, and other interested individuals. It has around 900 members involved in all aspects of evaluation and performance measurement.
41. Recent Activities
Annual International Evaluation Conference
Professional Learning program including workshops
Regional networking activities including seminars.
Peer reviewed quarterly journal.
42. Standards / guidelines
3. Yes
43. If so, where are they accessible?
https://www.aes.asn.au/resources.html
44. Methods for strenghening skills of members
  • 1. organizing workshops led by local experts
  • 2. organizing webinars with international speakers
  • 3. designing and developing e-learning programs
  • 4. administering mentoring programs
  • 5. other
 

VOPE Affiliations

45. VOPE membership in regional or international network
Yes
46. Network name(s)
IOCE
47. 47.Has your VOPE participated in a P2P or Innovation Challenge grant-supported project?
2. Yes
48. If so, what year?
2013
49. With what partners?
PNG AoPE
 

Evaluation Advocacy

50. Has your VOPE influenced government policies & systems?
Yes, but in a modest way
51. Does your government have a National Evaluation Policy?
Yes - but dispersed among ministries
52. Has your VOPE partnered with Parliamentarians?
  • No (at least not yet).
  • Yes, a little.
53. Have you used the EvalPartners Advocacy Toolkit?
  • No, at least not yet.
 

EvalAgenda2020

54. Has your VOPE made a commitment to address elements of the Global Evaluation Agenda 2016-2020?
  • No