Glocal 2025 calls for reimagining evaluation as a tool for inclusion, collaboration, and rebuilding trust in institutions. In South Asia, a key missing link is not just producing evidence but enabling governments to use it effectively in policymaking.
Governments in the region have made significant progress in adopting monitoring, evaluation, and learning frameworks. However, institutional incentives, skills, leadership, and system-wide coordination for using evidence in real-time decision-making remain underdeveloped. Without these, evaluations risk becoming compliance exercises rather than tools that drive better governance and improved outcomes for citizens.
The launch of Glocal Evaluation Week 2025 in South Asia brought evaluation leaders together to discuss how governments can build stronger systems for using evidence in decision-making.
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Speakers
- Vikram Kapur - Director, Anna Administrative Staff College, Government of Tamil Nadu, India
- Maaike Bijker - Chief of Evidence, UNICEF India
- Chao Sun - Senior Evaluation Specialist, New Development Bank
- Sven Harten - Deputy Director, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval)
Moderator
- Sohini Mookherjee - Director, Center for Learning on Evaluation and Results (CLEAR) South Asia
This is part of a series
This series of webinars marked the launch of Glocal Evaluation Week 2025, with a global event followed by regional launch events in South Asia, Africa, Central Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
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