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João Lima

Italy

João Lima Member since 12/03/2024

WFP

Special Assistant to the Director of Evaluation
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I bring over four years of experience from my tenure at the World Food Programme (WFP). My primary focus lies within Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E).  I previously worked as Evaluation Officer and M&E Officer within the School-based programmes Unit in WFP Mozambique Country Office, and as M&E Team Lead. Currently, I serve as a Special Assistant to the Director of Evaluation at WFP, contributing to the planning, management, communication, and learning aspects of our evaluation initiatives worldwide.

My contributions

  • Blog

    What WFP Evaluations Tell Us About Humanitarian Action, Resilience and System Transformation

    At the 2026 Annual Session of the WFP Executive Board, the WFP Office of Evaluation presented different evaluation products that together offer a unique perspective on the opportunities and challenges facing humanitarian and development actors today. Spanning strategic, country-level, emergency, and synthesis evaluations, the findings highlight both areas where WFP continues to demonstrate strong performance and areas requiring renewed attention as the global operating environment grows increasingly complex. Three Years of Evidence: Systemic findings The 2025 Annual Evaluation Report...
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  • Blog

    EvalforEarth interview on WFP YEE in transit

    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 evaluation networks I have been involved with: the Global Eval Youth Network, the Brazilian Network of Young and Emerging Evaluators, and the UNEG Working Group for YEEs . I initially learned about the Eval Youth Network thanks to my supervisor at UNITAR back in Geneva. My involvement with them led me to explore and discover the evaluation landscape in Brazil, where I connected with professionals with whom I engaged informally through Whatsapp but...
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