1. Capstone:
The Role of Evidence in Africa Agriculture Policy Making and Program Interventions
Dr. Marie Rarieya, Vice President,
Capacity Building and Professional Development
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E2A Conference, 25 May, 2017, Nairobi Kenya

2. E2A Conference, 25 May, 2017, Nairobi Kenya
The first ever Evidence to Action Conference, held in Nairobi-Kenya, from to May 2017, brought together over 220 participants drawn from Europe, United States of America, and Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Cameroon, and Mozambique)
Below are the general conclusions that can be drawn from the just concluded conference
Need to harness modern technological innovations, methodologies and approaches that provide the evidence needed to inform policy and drive Africa’s development agenda
Need to scale-up knowledge and information sharing to provide evidence that informs policy decision-making and spur growth in Africa’s sustainable development
Need to scale up documentation and convenings on best practices— identification of What works, Where, For whom, Where, How and at What cost
Development of strategic partnerships for generating, sharing, and utilizing high quality evidence to support policy decision making
Need for integration of youth & gender dimensions in all aspects of Evidence to Action –for informed decision making on sustainable development issue and policy
E2A Conference, 25 May, 2017, Nairobi Kenya
In Africa, the oldest evaluation association was established in 1997 in Ghana, while the African Evaluation association was itself established in 1999 with the heyday period of intense professional associations reported between 2000 and Within Africa, a second Abidjan conference was held in 1998 involving officials from 12 African countries and 21 international development assistance agencies to deliberate on M&E. In September 1999, the inaugural AfrEA Conference attended by over 300 evaluators from 35 countries was convened in Nairobi-Kenya under the auspices of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) with the assistance of the Kenya Evaluation Association, the Kenyan Graduate Mobilization Programme, African Development Bank, CARE, Catholic Relief Services, Family Health International, United Nations Development Programme and United Nations Habita

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