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In 2024, I was a member of the evaluation team of the CGIAR Science Groups-Genetic Innovation (GI), Resilient Agrifood Systems (RAFS), and Systems...

The current challenge Although communication is always discussed as a key soft skill in any organisation, the jarring information on UN reports going...

Could you briefly tell us about your experience with the Young and Emerging Evaluators Network? Joao: I’d like to divide my experience into three...

In recent years, Argentina and other Latin American countries have produced several studies on food security policies and cash transfers. However...

Context and Background Zimbabwe’s Vision 2030 and National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1), aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), place...

As part of the larger UN80 Initiative calling for a more coherent humanitarian system, UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s recent report, Shifting...

Qualitative methods are intended to explore the socially constructed nature of human relationships by examining the intricacies of social phenomena as...

The conversation about Artificial Intelligence (AI) in evaluation is well underway within EvalforEarth Community of Practice (CoP). Through a rich...

Rome’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters pulsed with energy this October when the 2025 World Food Forum (WFF) opened its doors. The...

The construction of solid data frameworks for monitoring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate actions has become a strategic challenge for...

At a recent UN Network of Evaluation Societies in Sub-Saharan Africa (UNNESSA) learning event, we shared how FAO’s Office of Evaluation (OED) is...

Who counts as an emerging evaluator? Emerging Evaluator? What does that even mean? The concept of the Emerging Evaluator (EE) is not as...