Global Impact Evaluation Forum 2025_Discussion Summary Issued on 2026 by EvalforEarth

The 2025 Global Impact Evaluation Forum, hosted by WFP in partnership with BMZ and Norad, convenes practitioners and policymakers to advance evidence partnerships that can drive more coherent, cost‑effective, and localized action across the UN system. Against the backdrop of increasing global fragility, constrained resources, and calls for a humanitarian reset, the Forum emphasizes the need to bridge persistent gaps between evidence and action—particularly in humanitarian and crisis‑affected settings. The Forum aims to catalyze collective action to strengthen causal evidence generation and use across the UN system and its partners. 

This document synthesizes preliminary reflections from the EvalForEarth online discussion held in preparation for the Forum. Key themes explored by participants during the discussion include designing evaluations around decisions rather than compliance, embedding continuous learning mechanisms, strengthening institutional cultures that value evidence, localizing evaluation design and ownership, aligning evidence efforts across the humanitarian‑development‑peace (HDP) nexus, and improving communication and partnerships to accelerate uptake.