Nigerian Association of Evaluators (NAE) and Afrihealth Optonet Association
Posté le 07/12/2025
Supporting UN Reform – Global Impact Evaluation Forum 2025 (Civil Society Perspective)
Supporting the ongoing UN reform agenda—especially its focus on coordination, efficiency, and country-level impact—is essential for improving the lives of rural and poor urban populations in Africa and other resource-poor regions. The impact evaluation community can play a transformative role by strengthening coherence, accountability, and value for money across the UN system.
First, evaluators must champion harmonized measurement frameworks that reduce duplication and align UN agencies, governments, and civil society around shared indicators. Common frameworks improve comparability, promote joint planning, and ensure that results reflect community priorities rather than institutional silos.
Second, the community should support country-led, context-sensitive evaluations that amplify local voices. By embedding participatory approaches, engaging community-based organizations, and acknowledging traditional knowledge systems, evaluations become more relevant and actionable for marginalized populations.
Third, evaluators can foster cost-effective programming by generating evidence on what works, what does not, and why. This requires strengthening real-time monitoring, adaptive learning, and the use of digital tools (including AI) to track performance and inform timely course corrections. Clear communication of findings—through policy briefs, dashboards, and community dialogues—helps optimize resource allocation.
Fourth, the community should reinforce collaboration across UN agencies, promoting joint evaluations, shared data platforms, and cross-sector learning. These reduce transaction costs and enhance integrated delivery of health, climate, livelihood, and social protection services.
Ultimately, by advancing evidence-driven reforms, the impact evaluation community can help the UN deliver more coherent, inclusive, and cost-effective solutions—ensuring that rural and poor urban populations receive equitable attention and lasting development gains.
RE: Global Impact Evaluation Forum 2025: Forging evidence partnerships for effective action
Nigeria
Uzodinma Adirieje
National President
Nigerian Association of Evaluators (NAE) and Afrihealth Optonet Association
Posté le 07/12/2025
Supporting UN Reform – Global Impact Evaluation Forum 2025 (Civil Society Perspective)
Supporting the ongoing UN reform agenda—especially its focus on coordination, efficiency, and country-level impact—is essential for improving the lives of rural and poor urban populations in Africa and other resource-poor regions. The impact evaluation community can play a transformative role by strengthening coherence, accountability, and value for money across the UN system.
First, evaluators must champion harmonized measurement frameworks that reduce duplication and align UN agencies, governments, and civil society around shared indicators. Common frameworks improve comparability, promote joint planning, and ensure that results reflect community priorities rather than institutional silos.
Second, the community should support country-led, context-sensitive evaluations that amplify local voices. By embedding participatory approaches, engaging community-based organizations, and acknowledging traditional knowledge systems, evaluations become more relevant and actionable for marginalized populations.
Third, evaluators can foster cost-effective programming by generating evidence on what works, what does not, and why. This requires strengthening real-time monitoring, adaptive learning, and the use of digital tools (including AI) to track performance and inform timely course corrections. Clear communication of findings—through policy briefs, dashboards, and community dialogues—helps optimize resource allocation.
Fourth, the community should reinforce collaboration across UN agencies, promoting joint evaluations, shared data platforms, and cross-sector learning. These reduce transaction costs and enhance integrated delivery of health, climate, livelihood, and social protection services.
Ultimately, by advancing evidence-driven reforms, the impact evaluation community can help the UN deliver more coherent, inclusive, and cost-effective solutions—ensuring that rural and poor urban populations receive equitable attention and lasting development gains.
Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje, DDP, CMC, CMTF, FAHOA, FIMC, FIMS, FNAE, FASI, FSEE, FICSA