The Public Health Agency of Canada has committed to defraying the application and maintenance fees for the CE designation for all permanent evaluators in its ranks.

A key element of the 2015-2016 action plan has been delivered in the form of an independent evaluation fo the Professional Designations Program.

The CES announces the upcoming series of three webinars on its Credentialed Evaluator Program led by Gail Vallance Barrington.

The deadline for the Professional Designations Program Evaluation Member Survey is October 7th. Please add your thoughts and views to this important initiative.

The CES website is continuing its overhaul. At this juncture, we want to bring to your attention the new list of Credentialed Evaluators.

In July and August, the CES was heavily involved in overseeing the conduct of the evaluation of the Professional Designations Program (PDP), in bringing its policies and procedures up to date, in setting up actions plans for 2015-2016, and in finalizing the 2015-2018 Strategic Plan.

May saw the key celebration of the vibrancy of Canadian evaluation: the annual CES Conference.

We are glad to report that the contract for the Professional Designations Program (PDP) Evaluation has been awarded to The Claremont Evaluation Center (CEC) at Claremont Graduate University.

The deadline for the RFP to evaluate the CES PDP is Friday May 8, 2015.

The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, Vol 29, 3 is a special issue dedicated to the topic of Professionalization of Evaluation in Canada.