Launch of the Evaluation Finland´s Support to Higher Education Institutions- North-South-South and HEI ICI programmes Monday, 16 June 2014, 12.30–16.00 Tieteiden talo, hall 104, Kirkkokatu 6, 00170 Helsinki Programme Chair: Jyrki Pulkkinen, Head of Development Evaluation Unit (EVA-11), Ministry for Foreign Affairs 12.30 – 13.00 Tea and coffee 13.00 Opening words Anne Sipiläinen, Under-Secretary of State, Ministry for Foreign Affairs 13.10 Presentation of the Evaluation findings and recommendations Evaluation team (Jamil Salmi, Juho Uusihakala, and Kiira Kärkkäinen), Finnish Consulting Group (FCG) 13.40 Comments Ad Boeren, NUFFIC (Netherlands organisation for international cooperation in higher education) Timo Olkkonen, Head of Unit for Development Policy and Planning (KEO-10), Ministry for Foreign Affairs Samu Seitsalo, Director, CIMO (Centre for International Mobility) Professor Jeremy Gould, Vice-Chair, UniPID (The Finnish University Partnership for International Development) Helli Kitinoja, Manager of International Affairs, Pinnet Network and Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences 14.30 Discussion 15.50 Closing remarks Jyrki Pulkkinen The language of the seminar is English. The seminar can also be followed online through the following link: http://videonet.fi/formin/20140616/ Additional information: Development Evaluation Unit (EVA-11), EVA-11 (at) formin.fi