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The African Evaluation Association held a high-level conference in Addis Ababa to mark its 25th anniversary. The Global Evaluation Initiative joined the celebrations and hosted a booth to connect with partners and promote evidence use in development.

Six young evaluators have been selected for the Feminist Innovation in Monitoring and Evaluation (FIME) Small Awards Program. With funding from Global Affairs Canada, they are now developing innovative evaluation projects that aim to advance gender equality and promote social change.

Anglophone Africa contributed 29 sessions to Glocal Evaluation Week 2025, focusing on how evaluation can drive inclusive, sustainable, and locally grounded development. Discussion topics included environmental sustainability, cultural relevance, and digital innovation.

As part of Glocal Evaluation Week 2025, the International Program for Development Evaluation Training hosted a session on how to make evaluation training more inclusive, contextual, and future-ready. The discussion highlighted diverse training programs supported by the Global Evaluation Initiative.

The Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results for Pakistan and Central Asia (CLEAR-PCA), an implementing partner of GEI, facilitated a mentorship program to equip new civil servants in Pakistan with the research skills they need to conduct evaluations and use evidence for decision-making.

With 138 events across 16 countries, Latin America and the Caribbean produced the highest number of events at Glocal Evaluation Week 2025. The region hosted discussions on national evaluation systems, gender-responsive evaluation, and Chile’s 30-year journey in strengthening monitoring and…

At Glocal Evaluation Week 2025, the Global Evaluation Initiative explored how efficiency is defined in today's evaluation landscape, what evaluation can teach us about countering polarization on social media, and how young evaluators are contributing to gender-transformative evaluation.

Glocal Evaluation Week 2025 featured 41 events across 11 countries in South Asia. Key event themes included gender and feminist evaluation, climate resilience, artificial intelligence (AI) for evidence, decolonial methods, capacity building, and data and evidence systems.

Francophone Africa hosted 40 events during Glocal 2025. The Center for Learning on Evaluation and Results for Francophone Africa (CLEAR-FA), GEI's regional partner, hosted webinars on evaluating climate policies, integrating gender into evaluations, and women’s leadership in evaluation.

In Central Asia, Glocal Evaluation Week 2025 featured 13 knowledge-sharing events. The Center for Learning on Evaluation and Results for Pakistan and Central Asia, an implementing partner of GEI, led discussions examining inclusion across linguistic, methodological, and systemic dimensions.