TBS has announced that it has classified as training all professional development activities offered by the CES.

The Treasury Board of Canada introduced on July 1, 2016 new policy instruments for evaluation.

Ms Yaprak Baltacioğlu, Secretary of the Treasury Board of Canada, has responded to the CES letter inviting the Government of Canada to "work with CES to support federal evaluators in obtaining the Credentialed Evaluator designation".

The CES President wrote to the Secretary of the Treasury Board of Canada: "Evaluation is a profession and needs to be undertaken by evaluation professionals"