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Senior officials from various ministries, representatives from public organizations, and other national stakeholders in Burundi participated in an evaluation training led by the Center for Learning on Evaluation and Results for Francophone Africa, a GEI implementing partner.

During the 2024 National Evaluation Capacities (NEC) Conference in Beijing, Costa Rica presented four instruments in standardizing and enhancing the country's evaluation practices.

The 2024 National Evaluation Capacities (NEC) Conference was an opportunity for Ecuador to showcase some of its innovations in evaluation, including its first participatory evaluation and a country-led evaluation that focuses on the SDGs.

The Footprint Evaluation Initiative and the German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) conducted a workshop on sustainability-inclusive evaluation at the 2024 National Evaluation Capacities (NEC) Conference in Beijing.

The Center for Learning on Evaluation and Results for Latin America and the Caribbean, a GEI implementing partner, held a seminar to explore how evaluations can support the fundraising efforts of civil society organizations.

The Center for Learning on Evaluation and Results for Anglophone Africa, a GEI implementing partner, facilitated sessions on decolonizing evaluation, strengthening evaluation capabilities, and exploring national evaluation assessment tools at the 2024 NEC Conference in Beijing.

In Cabo Verde, 60 local officials attended a series of workshops organized by the Center for Learning on Evaluation and Results for Lusophone Africa and Brazil, an implementing partner of GEI, to review the country's Sustainable Development Strategic Plan.

The Center for Learning on Evaluation and Results for South Asia, an implementing partner of GEI, contributed to discussions on inclusive evaluation systems during the 2024 National Evaluation Capacities Conference in Beijing.

The 2024 National Evaluation Capacities Conference in Beijing brought together more than 500 delegates from over 100 countries. One of the most significant outcomes of the conference was the development of the Beijing Five Actions Towards Responsive Evaluation Systems for 2030. 

Colombia is carrying out its first country-led Footprint Evaluation, with support from the German Institute for Development Evaluation. As part of the pilot evaluation, Colombia's National Planning Department hosted a series of workshops on sustainability-inclusive evaluation.