Joaquin supports the group coaching on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning for Agricultural Innovation. He is a Colombian-Canadian independent consultant based in Montreal who brings more than 12 years of relevant experience in program evaluation. He specializes in Utilization-Focused Evaluation (U-FE) as a tool for Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) in the context of international cooperation programs. Since 2012, he has worked as a U-FE mentor of the DECI initiative to help organizations strengthen their evaluative and learning capacities. Most of these organizations are engaged in applied research in complex contexts that require innovative approaches to evaluation and organizational learning. Joaquin holds an M.Sc. degree in Capacity Development from the University of Guelph (Canada) and is fluent in English, French and Spanish. 

Marlene is a Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E) expert at Wageningen University and Research. She is strongly motivated to support responsible and well-informed food system transformation and is passionate about co-creating actionable knowledge. Marlene specialised in research, project management, and PM&E in the development and agri-food sector, especially in South(ern) Africa where she lived and worked for over 15 years. She co-founded the South African Evaluation Association and leads the M&E cluster at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation.

Ricardo has a passion for design and the implementation of utilisation-focused and developmental evaluation; capacity development, and multi-stakeholder and collaborative approaches for natural resource management. Since 2009 he has co-directed DECI, a capacity building project that mentors IDRC-funded researchers in evaluation and communication globally. He previously worked with NGOs, FAO-Rome, ILEIA, and the University of Guelph, Canada, where he is based.