Glocal Evaluation Week is a unique knowledge-sharing event convened and supported by the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI). Over the course of a week, participants from all over the world join events to learn from one another on a wide range of topics and themes. The theme for 2026 is ''Evaluation, Evidence, and Trust in the Age of AI''. By allowing participants insight into how their work fits within regional monitoring and evaluation (M&E) ecosystems and the larger international M&E community, Glocal helps inspire and energize a global movement of individuals and organizations who value the power of evidence to improve people’s lives. To learn more, visit the gLOCAL evaluation Week page.
AI for Impact Evaluation: Practical Applications and Lessons
This online interactive session, led by members of 3ie's Data Innovations Group, showcases practical AI applications across impact evaluations - from image classification of implementation sites to multilingual handwritten record digitization and qualitative transcript analysis. Targeting evaluators, researchers, and development practitioners, this program will teach participants how AI can unlock novel data sources, scale document analysis, and strengthen evaluation design. The session highlights both the gains and the rigorous quality safeguards essential to responsible AI use in international development contexts.
Date: June 3
Time: 8: 00 AM Pacific Time (PT)/ 5:00 PM Central European Time (CET)
Speakers:
- Geetika Pandya, Senior Research Associate ;
- Devika Lakhote, Data Scientist;
- Fiona Kastel, Senior Research Associate;
- Sanchi Lokhande, Research Associate
Click here for more details on this session.
Building Effective and Adaptive National Evaluation Systems: Best Practices and Perspectives
Date: 1 June
Time: 1:00 PM BST / 2:00 PM CET
What makes national evaluation systems truly resilient? Join this panel discussion, co-hosted by IDEV/African Development Bank, NIGSD-EFC, and Twende Mbele, as practitioners and policymakers from Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, and Colombia share hard-won lessons on building evaluation systems that deliver fast, policy-relevant evidence — even in times of crisis and political change. 3ie's Anca Dumitrescu joins as a panellist, drawing on insights from 3ie's work on evaluation capacity strengthening, including the West Africa Capacity Building and Impact Evaluation (WACIE) Programme.