A proposal for the International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation

This article is the first to appear in the new section entitled The Histori cal Record (an event of historic note in itself!). The article describes: ( a) the 500% increase in the number of regional and national evaluation orga nizations throughout the world over a 5-year period; (b) the historic W. K. Kellogg Foundation-funded meeting of many of these organizations in Barbad os, West Indies; and (c) one of the outcomes of Barbados, which was a propo sal to form a networked organization, tentatively called the International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE). The article goes on to l ist the benefits of such an organization to AEA members and discuss challen ges that must be overcome before the IOCE becomes a reality.