In this session we invite contributions on the assurance of quality as well as on evaluation of climate service practices and related information products. Experiences on unsuccessful processes and sharing of failures are highly appreciated to be discussed in this session, as we can learn from mistakes and avoid common pitfalls in the future.

Possible questions to be addressed are:
- What are appropriate quality criteria in terms of products and processes of climate services?
- What are the right evaluation tools along the process from the idea to the final product/service?
- How can a culture of "sharing failures" be enhanced?
- How can economic valuation be part of the evaluation process?
- Do we need common standards to ease the process of climate service evaluation?
- How can the success of climate services and related products be evaluated?
- How should quality and ethical standards be considered in various regional contexts?
- How can quality of information for decision making be assured?
- What are possible criteria and methods related to such evaluation processes?
- Which kind of evaluation has worked well and why?

Other leading questions may focus on the evaluation of particular communication formats like e.g. climate service networks, public events, transdisciplinary stakeholder dialogues, tailored information formats, capacity building and direct inquiries to climate service institutions.
Our focus in this session is mainly on a)climate services and related products, b)decision relevant information on multi-decadal timescales and c)adaptation measures and risk governance. However, examples regarding seasonal to decadal time scales are also welcome.