Triggering Evidence Use: Bridging insight and impact through evaluation use and use products
Roundtable | Online
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Organized by:
World Food Programme
About the Event
As the demand for evidence-informed decision-making increases in the humanitarian and development sector, evaluation is shifting beyond the production of reports to ensure meaningful use of findings to inform real-world decisions. This online session explores the evolving landscape of evaluation use, unpacking how organizations move beyond instrumental use and the strategic development of innovative use products designed to bridge the gap between evidence and action. Roundtable discussants from three UN agencies (World Food Programme, UNICEF and World Health Organization) will share real-world examples and reflect on challenges, such as balancing rigor with relevance, fostering stakeholder ownership, and addressing contextual barriers to use. Attendees will gain practical insights on how to create intentional, tailored use products and user-interaction that resonate with diverse audiences and enhance the uptake of evaluation results.
Speakers
| Name | Title | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Priebe | Evaluation Officer | Alexandra is an Evaluation Officer in the WFP Office of Evaluation Use Unit. She joined WFP in 2019 as the Evaluation Officer in the Ethiopia Country Office, moving to the Syria Country Office as the Deputy Head of M&E in 2021 before joining OEV. She holds a PhD in International Development. |
| Andrew Fyfe | Regional Evaluation Officer | Andrew Fyfe is a Regional Evaluation Officer with WFP supporting evaluations across the MENA region. He has worked as a UN evaluation officer since 2010, his previous post was Head of Evaluation for the United Nations Capital Development Fund. Andrew also served Vice Chair of UNEG. |
| Nikki Zimmerman | Regional Evaluation Officer | Nikki Zimmerman is a Regional Evaluation Officer with WFP supporting evaluations across Eastern African. For 15 years, she has worked across sectors and the globe, especially Africa and the Middle East, to improve program quality and learning through monitoring, evaluation, and project management. |
| Myriam Van Parijs | Regional Adviser Evaluation | Myriam Van Parijs is the UNICEF regional evaluation advisor in the MENA region, focusing on leveraging evidence to enhance developmental results. She has taken a particular interest in evaluation use since 2017 and is co-leading a UNEG Use working group study on how donors perceive evaluation use. |
| Anand Sivasankara Kurup | Senior Evaluation Officer | Anand Kurup is a Senior Evaluation Officer in the WHO Evaluation Office, currently leading efforts to scale up country programme evaluations. A public health and evaluation professional with more than 30 years’ experience at the local, national and global levels, Anand holds a PhD in Public Health. |
| Kerry Albright | Principal Adviser | Kerry Albright is the Principal Adviser of the UNICEF Evaluation Office. She is also co-chair of the Global SDG Synthesis Coalition. Kerry brings 25 years of experience in research, evaluation, programming and policy work in child and human rights, the environment and human development. |