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The Illuminate Learning Center offers in-person, virtual, and hybrid courses on topics such as evaluation, organizational learning, facilitation, adaptive management, applications of AI, and more. From February to December 2026, the center is offering 19 courses. For more information, please visit the course website.
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February
How Can Evaluation Become Future-Informed?
Join the online panel discussion hosted by EvalforEarth, a community of practice on evaluation for food security, environment, agriculture, and rural development. Participants are invited to share experiences, ask questions, and contribute insights. The online discussion will remain open for contributions until April 27, 2026.
Background and Rationale
La Budgétisation axée sur les résultats (BAR), aussi appelée dans certaines régions la gestion budgétaire par objectif (GBO) ou budget-programme, est une approche qui s'attache à rapprocher les allocations budgétaires aux résultats escomptés et à la performance.
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The practice of project management is becoming increasingly critical to the success of development, government, and nonprofit organizations (NGOs). With reduced budgets and growing expectations from donors and stakeholders, organizations need to apply modern project management tools and practices to deliver results effectively.
The École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP) in Canada, in collaboration with the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI), is offering the 12th edition of the Taqyeem program in Tunis, Tunisia from April 20 to May 1, 2026.
How can evaluation go beyond traditional metrics to capture the real impact of climate change, ecosystems, and sustainability? Join this EvalforEarth-APEA session, bringing together practical insights from South Africa and India on how evaluation systems are evolving to address climate risks, environmental challenges, and sustainability transitions.
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The Uganda Evaluation Week (UEW) 2026 arrives at a defining moment as Uganda launches its Fourth National Development Plan (NDP IV) and the Uganda Evaluation Association celebrates 25 years of advancing evaluation practice in the country.
The event will take place from May 4 to 8 in Kampala, under the theme “Innovate. Include. Impact: Advancing Evidence for Transformative and Sustainable Development."
‘Learning by doing’ is one of the principles of Outcome Harvesting (OH) and as such it underpins the highly participatory approach taken by the trainers during this programme.
This training offers six online sessions of 1-3 hours. In addition, participants will have to complete self-guided study between sessions.
Participants are required to join all live sessions, which will take place on May 7, 11, 13, 18, 19, and 20 at 10:00 CET.
How do we make sure evaluation leads to real-world change? That’s the central question of the 2026 UK Evaluation Society conference: Bridging the gap: evaluation to action.
Across three themes, we’ll explore how evaluation can shape decisions, build cultures of learning, and communicate findings in ways that inspire action.
The Youth in Evaluation Forum 2026 is a three-day digital convening at global and regional levels that will amplify young voices and influence how evaluation responds to today’s evolving world. Join young and experienced evaluators from across the globe to celebrate innovation and build a future-fit evaluation community through inclusive, intergenerational dialogue. The event will take place online from May 19 to May 21.
Glocal Evaluation Week 2026 will take place from June 1 to 5, under the theme Evaluation, Evidence, and Trust in the Age of AI.
The Summer Evaluation Bootcamp (SEB) is an intensive, practice-oriented capacity development initiative aimed at strengthening evaluation knowledge, skills, and professional networks among young and emerging evaluators (YEEs). Building on the achievements and lessons learned from the first three editions of the SEB, the 4th Summer Evaluation Bootcamp responds to the growing demand for high-quality, context-sensitive, and future-oriented evaluation capacity.
The African Development Bank Group’s Development Evaluation Week 2026 (EvalWeek 2026) will be held from June 15 to 17, under the theme “Catalyzing Impact Across Africa’s Borders.” The conference will take place in Abidjan and online.
EvalWeek 2026 will bring together policymakers, development practitioners, evaluators, researchers, and development partners to reflect on lessons from evaluations and explore how evidence can better inform regional integration strategies, cross-border initiatives, and Africa’s development agenda.
The IPDET On-Site Program is a globally recognised training programme in monitoring and evaluation (M&E), implemented by the University of Bern in Switzerland, in partnership with the Global Evaluation Initiative.
The two-week program will take place from July 6 to July 17. Core courses will be offered on the first week, followed by advanced workshops on the second week.
Over the years, the Outcome Harvesting community has grown into a vibrant global network of practitioners. Members have connected regularly through webinars, online discussions, and collaborative work—and many have met each other in various settings and roles. To spread this capacity and build the ability to learn, we are now organising the first face-to-face gathering of the Outcome Harvesting community.
From 1-3 September 2026, the Caribbean Development Bank's Office of Independent Evaluation will host the inaugural Caribbean Evaluation Space (CEvalSpace) 2026, a premier platform for meaningful dialogue, sharing best practices, and strengthening evaluation capacity throughout the Caribbean.
The European Evaluation Biennial Conference is the flagship event of the European Evaluation Society (EES). The conference brings together up to 1000 delegates from Europe and globally to discuss, share learnings and engage with state-of-the-art developments in evaluation theory, practice and methodology. This year, the EES conference takes place under the theme Evaluation for Vibrant Democracies.
