The National Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development Participates in the 2026 gLOCAL Evaluation Week with an International Webinar on Effective National Evaluation Systems
Within the framework of the 2026 international gLOCAL Evaluation Week, the National Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development, represented by the Economic, Financial, and Investment Studies Center (NIGSD-EFIC), the African Development Bank’s Independent Development Evaluation (AfDB-IDEV), and the Twende Mbele organization, held a virtual international webinar titled: “Effective and Adaptive National Evaluation Systems: Perspectives and Best Practices”. The event saw the participation of 80 evaluation experts, consultants, and representatives from governments, civil society, and international institutions.
During her participation, Dr. Doha Abdelhamid, General Coordinator of the Technical Office for Policies and Research at the Institute, reviewed the two stages of the evolution of the evaluation system in Egypt. She emphasized the importance of the current phase, which is anchored in the political leadership’s messages supporting the significance of monitoring and evaluation.
The session was moderated by Dr. Ian Goldman, President of the International Evaluation Academy, who opened the discussion with a comprehensive conceptual framework covering the supply and demand dimensions of national evaluation systems, triple-loop learning mechanisms, and the requirements for building sustainable evaluation systems amidst overlapping crises (Polycrisis).
Participants in the webinar included Thokozile Molaywa, Head of the Evaluation Unit at the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa; Jeff Vargas González, Head of the National Evaluation Agenda at the National Planning Department (DNP), Colombia; Alfaxard Omungo, Chief Economist at the National Treasury, Kenya; Jayne Musumba, Division Manager at IDEV, African Development Bank; Dr. Thina Nzo, Program Manager of the Twende Mbele African Collaboration; Anca Dumitrescu, Principal Evaluation Expert at the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation and Head of the West Africa Program (WACIE); and Dr. Edoé Agbodjan, Executive Director of the Center for Learning on Evaluation and Results for Francophone Africa.
The session brought together the countries of Egypt, South Africa, Colombia, and Kenya, alongside three supporting international organizations.
