This is the first 2021 issue of the American Journal of Evaluation (AJE), a year in which many are looking for renewal—not simply a return to some pre-COVID normality but rather a time of deeper change for our world. In such a moment, we are fortunate to have the first AJE Section on International Developments in Evaluation, coedited by Zenda Ofir and Deborah Rugg and titled “Transforming Evaluation for Times of Global Transformation.” In these notes, I review some issues regarding the system theory perspectives underlying the articles in this section—the challenges of effecting system changes and nascent approaches for addressing those challenges—and highlight some implications for the evaluation community to consider in confronting our time’s most pressing problems.

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编者注：协调评估工作以支持可持续发展的世界

这是《美国评估杂志》（AJE）于2021年出版的第一期，这一年许多人都在寻求更新-不仅是恢复到COVID之前的正常水平，而且是我们这个世界发生更深刻变化的时期。在这样的时刻，我们很幸运获得了第一届AJEZenda Ofir和Deborah Rugg共同撰写的“国际评价发展”部分名为“全球转型时期的转型评价”。在这些说明中，我回顾了与本节文章所基于的系统理论观点有关的一些问题-实现系统更改的挑战和应对这些挑战的新生方法-并强调了评估界在面对当今最紧迫的问题时应考虑的一些影响问题。