Events

Research conducted with policy partners can have a greater chance of impacting policies, programs and services. But how do early career researchers build these partnerships? How do they manage and sustain them? And how do they get their research findings known and used? Our skills-based training course has been developed to address these questions. It draws on the expertise of senior policy makers and researchers to help early career researchers build the skills required to initiate and sustain research partnerships with policy makers.

The Global Evidence Summit 2024 aims to provide a multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural platform, which provides the opportunity for delegates and speakers to exchange ideas about how best to produce, summarise and disseminate evidence to inform policy and practice and use that evidence to improve people’s lives across the world.

Conference theme: Wayfinding

Save the dates! The 2024 AfDB Development Evaluation Week will be held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from 17th to 19th September 2024.

Africa faces pressing challenges amidst its journey towards transformative change and prosperity.  From political instability and economic disparities to environmental concerns, social inequality, and healthcare issues, among others, African nations are navigating through rough seas of adversity. Evidence drawn from evaluations can uncover opportunities to meet those challenges.

Theme: Transdisciplinarity: Impulses for and through evaluation!?

Program out now

The world is in a state of polycrisis, facing urgent challenges like environmental degradation, social injustice, and economic instability. These complex issues require new approaches beyond siloed, linear thinking. Collaboration across disciplines, sectors, and perspectives is essential to develop innovative, inclusive solutions.

Abstract submissions close on 20 May 2024, and workshop proposals close on 17 May 2024.

Call for abstracts is now open - Submit a proposal

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim for a better world by 2030 and seek to end poverty, fight inequality, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. The implementation of the SDGs can be accelerated globally through evaluation as a powerful tool that improves public accountability and contributes to positive development change.

The lack of engagement of new and emerging perspectives in the evaluation field threatens diversity, sustainability, and the evolution of evaluation. At Evaluation 2024, we want to uplift these voices and encourage evaluators at all stages in their careers to bring forth new ideas, practices, and creative approaches to evaluation.

The future is now. The next generation of evaluators are here, and their perspectives are vital to our success.

Do you need help with your MEAL plan? To refresh your knowledge, learn techniques and approaches, or develop a Log Frame? We will help you and your organisation to become more effective, by enhancing MEAL practices. Find out how you can advocate for an effective MEAL system so your organization can become more responsive, strategic, and effective by using information and knowledge for evidence-based decision making.

Do you need help with your MEAL plan? To refresh your knowledge, learn techniques and approaches, or develop a Log Frame? We will help you and your organisation to become more effective, by enhancing MEAL practices. Find out how you can advocate for an effective MEAL system so your organization can become more responsive, strategic, and effective by using information and knowledge for evidence-based decision making.

As the 46th annual meeting, the 2024 APPAM Fall Research Conference will be a multi-disciplinary research conference attracting the highest quality research on a wide variety of important current and emerging policy and management issues. The conference is comprised of panels, roundtables, posters, student research and resource sessions, workshops, community gatherings, and special events and is designed to encourage substantive interaction among participants.

Conference theme

Policymaking at the Federal, State, and Local Levels

Evaluating Social Programs (ESP) 2024 is a three-day in-person course that explores the use of monitoring and evaluation to drive sustainable social impact at scale.

This course seeks to equip professionals from across social enterprises, NGOs, governments, and multilateral organizations with the tools to evaluate the impact of their programs, products, and services and strengthen the use of data and evidence to drive impact sustainably and at scale.

Applications are due by 4 October 2024.