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Past webinars

Jun 05, 2025

Panel Discussion: Sustainability-inclusive evaluations in agriculture: Exploring opportunities for collaboration

This session will explore how EvalforEarth’s participating global agencies (CGIAR, WFP, GEF, IFAD and FAO), in collaboration with Footprint Evaluation...

Speakers: Svetlana I Negroustoueva, Fabrizio Felloni, Luisa Belli, Catrina Perch, E Jane Davidson, Juha I. Uitto, Paolo Silveri, Thomaz K. Chianca, PhD, Andy Rowe, PhD

Facilitators: Chamisa Innocent

Jun 04, 2025

Evaluation for a Better Future: Experiences from EvalforEarth Community of Practice on Sustainability, Efficiency, and Growth

The EvalforEarth Community of Practice (CoP) on evaluation for food security, environment, agriculture, and rural development was launched in March...

Speakers: Nelson Godfried Agyemang , Nayeli Almanza, Tala Khrais

Facilitators: Chamisa Innocent

May 27, 2025

Learning from what matters – Monitoring and Evaluation for resilience and sustainability in the tropical fruit sector

EvalforEarth CoP Webinar: Learning from What Matters – Monitoring and Evaluation for Resilience and Sustainability in the Tropical Fruit Sector Date...

Speakers: Michael Riggs, Maria Hernandez Lagana

Facilitators: Chamisa Innocent

May 06, 2025

Rethinking what works: Embedding systems thinking in evaluations of environment and climate crisis

In a time of escalating climate and environmental breakdown, evaluation was called to rise to the challenge—not by reinforcing the status quo, but by...

Facilitators: Chamisa Innocent, Hana Abul Husn

Feb 27, 2025

Sustainability-inclusive evaluation: Practical ways to address the environment alongside gender and equity in all evaluations.

Environmental sustainability is critically important, yet most evaluations do not include it unless it is a stated goal of the intervention.This...

Speakers: Dr. Andy Rowe, Dr. Jane Davidson, Dr. Thomaz Chianca

Facilitators: Chamisa Innocent

Dec 12, 2024

Gender and Disability Inclusion in Evaluation

Evaluation should be relevant for the Agenda 2030 and the principle of Leaving No One Behind (LNOB). This implies the integration of Gender Equality...

Speakers: Aditi Bhola, Sabas Monroy

Facilitators: Chamisa Innocent

Jul 04, 2024

Calibrer les intelligences artificielles, pour des évaluations efficientes et efficaces

Ce webinaire, organisé en collaboration avec le Réseau Francophone de l'Évaluation, presente une réflexion spécifique sur les interactions complexes...

Speakers: Nicolas Spatola , Rami Assaf

Facilitators: Abdoul Aziz Kane

Jun 11, 2024

Linking evaluation with the Voluntary National Reviews for SDG2: The case of Uganda

The upcoming Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) presentations at the next High Level Political Forum offer a valuable opportunity to showcase and...

Speakers: Sarah Longford, Pascal Byarugaba, Ms. Gertrude B. Namayanja, Sarina Abdysheva, Dirk Hoffmann, Fredrick Edward Walugembe

Facilitators: Sarah Farina

Jun 06, 2024

Evaluation and transformational change: driving sustainable change in agriculture

Implementation of agriculture research and adoption of sustainable agriculture practices are complex challenges which require new evaluation...

Speakers: Genowefa Blundo Canto, Anna Maria Augustyn, Monica Azzahra

Facilitators: Federica Bottamedi

Jun 05, 2024

Artificial Intelligence and evaluation: ethics, tips and practical usage

This gLOCAL2024 event explored the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in evaluation practices and its implications, drawing in...

Speakers: Neha Karkara , Federica Zelada, Rami Assaf

Facilitators: Emiel Buffel

Jun 04, 2024

How evaluations contribute to addressing transformational change towards gender equality: Focus on agricultural research

This gLOCAL session focused on different approaches that evaluation can use to help uncover changes in processes that influence gender performance and...

Speakers: Svetlana I Negroustoueva, Monica Lomena

Facilitators: Justine Vanrooyen

Mar 13, 2024

Exploring opportunities for applying AI in evaluation

This EvalForward Talks session delved in the topic of Artificial Intelligence in evaluation, with two presentations by Rami Assaf of FAO Office of...

Speakers: Rami Assaf, Aurelie Larmoyer

Nov 23, 2023

Tips and tricks to collect and monitor data: sharing lessons on KoBo Toolbox

In this EvalForward Talks knowledge sharing session on data collection and monitoring, Rami Assaf of FAO office of evaluation provided an overview on...

Speakers: Rami Assaf

Facilitators: Emiel Buffel

Jun 01, 2023

How and why do Communities of Practice for Evaluators deliver? The case of EvalForward

EvalForward is a Community of Practice on Evaluation for Food Security, Agriculture and Rural Development launched in 2018 by the evaluation offices...

Speakers: Carl Jackson

Facilitators: Renata Mirulla

May 31, 2023

Project cluster evaluations. Sharing lessons from AFDB, FAO, IFAD and UNODC

Project Cluster Evaluations (PCEs) are a type of evaluation product used by some evaluation offices, with different definitions and modalities. In...

Speakers: Mikal Khan, Seda Kojoyan, Joseph Mouanda, Carlos Asenjo Ruiz

May 30, 2023

Decline, Mutation Or Metamorphosis? Prospects For Indigenous Evaluation

The purpose of this gLOCAL2023 presentation, organized by EvalForward and EvalIndigenous, is to advocate the need for Indigenous Evaluation to be an...

Speakers: Njovu Tembo Njovu, Serge Eric Yakeu Djiam, Florence Etta

Facilitators: Daniel Ticehurst

Apr 19, 2023

Is your farmer field school intervention transforming livelihoods?

A Farmer Fields School is a group of up to 25 producers that meets regularly to identify common problems and develop collective solutions to local...

Speakers: Suzanne Phillips , Anne-Sophie Poisot, Samuel Kirichu , James Okoth, Olivier Cossée, Marion Le Pommellec, Pranati Mohanraj

Apr 06, 2023

Emerging Artificial Intelligence and its implications for Evaluation

Will ChatGPT replace the work of evaluators? Is there scope to use it as an opportunity to improve evaluation, and how? Evaluators, like other...

Speakers: Silva Ferretti

Facilitators: Rami Assaf

Mar 22, 2023

Evaluation through the lens of brain science: Building a humanized approach for better results

This event focused on how brain science can enhance the transformative potential of evaluations, and how this is impacting IFAD in particular. Dr...

Speakers: Indran Naidoo, Srini Pillay

Facilitators: Renata Mirulla

Oct 28, 2022

Innovations en suivi et évaluation dans les secteurs de l'agriculture et du développement rural

Cette session francophone de la Confèrence NEC organisée par EvalForward aborde les questions de comment renforcer les capacités nationales en suivi...

Speakers: Owoumbou Siangoye Rodrigue, Mor Seck, Youssuf N'DIA, KONATE Sekou Tidiani

Facilitators: Renata Mirulla, Monica Lomena