GEI Training and Professional Development Programs

Objective(s): bring evaluators, researchers, policymakers and programme managers together to explore the challenges and opportunities in using high-quality evidence to inform decision-making.

Scope: a range of topics related to challenges and opportunities in using high-quality evidence to inform decision-making.

Objective(s): provide a platform for participants to exchange knowledge, share experiences, and learn about the latest innovations in evaluation.

Objective(s): share evidence and discuss what has worked in development, what has not, and why. AfDB Evaluation Week brings together evaluators, government policy/decision-makers, bilateral and multilateral development partners, research and academic institutions, civil society, the private sector, and the staff of the AfDB.

Scope: an international knowledge event organized biennially with a global audience by the Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) function of the AfDB and dedicated to knowledge- and experience-sharing events on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) topics.

Objective(s): explore transformation in Evaluation from its historical context in relation to the Global South and how it may relate to equity and social justice, gather local and international speakers in making a contribution to the transformation discourse form a Global South perspective.

Objective(s): provide participants with a space where they can present and coordinate efforts around the main initiatives for the development of evaluation in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Objective(s): provide a safe space for participants to freely exchange experiences, lessons, and ideas on the individual topics

Scope:
- Addressing gender equality, human rights and underrepresented groups in evaluations
- Evaluating the SDGs
- Youth in Evaluation: capacity development and professionalization
- Creating synergies for stronger National Evaluation Capacities

Objective(s): provide mentees with an opportunity to acquire knowledge, skills, and capacity for a successful evaluation career; formulate an actionable professional development plan with clear steps towards developing those skills; identify and overcome challenges, barriers, fears of developing a career in evaluation; build stronger professional networks towards the advancement of the profession; build linkages with internships and job opportunities in the field; and increase the commitment of evaluation experts who contribute to the evaluation capacity development of YEE.

Objective(s): provide high-quality and cost-effective opportunities for YEEs to improve their skills in evaluation.

Objective(s): promote knowledge- and experience-sharing events on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) topics. gLOCAL seeks to bring subnational- and national-level M&E knowledge to global audiences.

Scope:
- Evaluation Capacity Development
- Evaluation Communication and Use
- Evaluation Methods
- Other M&E topics

Objective(s): promote evaluative thinking to enhance development interventions and inform decision-making processes. Furthermore, the Symposium brings together evaluation practitioners from MDBs, peer development institutions, academia, and centers of excellence to strengthen and reshape evaluation work and to forge a roadmap that facilitates progress towards the achievement of the SDGs.