Evaluation at FAO

Events

22/11

2026

30/11

2026

Hybrid Event, 22/11/2026 - 30/11/2026

The 12th AfrEA International Conference will be jointly convened with UNDP in Marrakech, Morocco, during the last week of November 2026. The conference is expected to bring together approximately 2,000 participants from Africa and beyond, providing a premier platform for knowledge exchange, policy dialogue, and global engagement on evaluation for development. The conference will be held...

6/11

2026

20/8

2026

Hybrid Event, 06/11/2026 - 20/08/2026

The 2026 UN Climate Change Conference will convene from 9-20 November in Antalya, Türkiye. The meeting will consist of the 31st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 31) to the UNFCCC, the 21st meeting of the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 21), and the eighth meeting of the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 8), as...

26/10

2026

31/10

2026

Hybrid Event, 26/10/2026 - 31/10/2026

The 2026 EES conference will bring together thought leaders, practitioners, commissioners and methodological innovators in an event that has inclusivity, participation and evidence for informed democratic governance at the core of its debates. 2026 theme is Evaluation for Vibrant Democracies: New Methods, Systemic ...

14/9

2026

18/9

2026

14/09/2026 - 18/09/2026

AES 2026's theme Making space, valuing place invites participants to engage with the diverse perspectives and contexts that shape how professionals approach and use evaluations. The conference will be a space for multiple disciplines, methodologies and worldviews to foster collaborative learning and shared und...

1/9

2026

3/9

2026

01/09/2026 - 03/09/2026

Launched by the Caribbean Development Bank’s Office of Independent Evaluation (OIE), the Caribbean Evaluation Space 2026 is the first conference to place Caribbean perspectives and socio-political realities at the center of shaping the future of evaluation. Held biennially and rotating across Caribbean countries, the event is envisioned as a flagship regional platform for learning, exchange, an...

1/9

2026

3/9

2025

Hybrid Event, 01/09/2026 - 03/09/2025

With the overarching theme, Put Your Money Where Your Evidence Is: Institutionalizing Evaluation for Stronger Development Impact, this year's topical areas include: (i) Evidence for smarter resource allocations; (ii) Evidence embedded in decision systems; (iii) Evidence in high-risk and vulnerable country cont...

1/6

2026

5/6

2026

Hybrid Event, 01/06/2026 - 05/06/2026

This year, Glocal Evaluation Week brought together 19,500 participants across 322 knowledge-sharing sessions worldwide. The week sparked meaningful conversations around the Glocal 2026 theme: Evaluation, Evidence, and Trust in the Age of AI. 

10/6

2025

12/5

2025

10/06/2025 - 12/05/2025

Dans un monde en rapide mutation, marqué par des transitions complexes, des transformations profondes et des contextes fragilisés, l’évaluation exige des approches novatrices et adaptées. Avec le thème « Naviguer dans la complexité des transitions : enjeux et méthodes d’évaluation », le RISE et le RFE nous invitent à examiner les défis et opportunités de l’évaluation sous l’angle de l’inte...

2/6

2025

6/5

2025

02/06/2025 - 06/05/2025

Glocal Evaluation Week is a unique knowledge-sharing event, connecting a global community of people across sectors and regions. Over the course of a week, participants from all over the world join events - in their neighborhood or across the ocean - to learn from each other on a vast number of topics and themes. Allowing participants insight into how their work fits in with regional monito...

27/5

2025

Hybrid Event, 27/05/2025

Tropical fruit value chains are important contributors to food and nutrition security and economic development. However, producers and the industry generally are facing growing requirements and expectations from customers, consumers and governments to effectively report and demonstrate their contributions to sustainability and how they are reducing the environmental and social impacts of the...

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EvalforEarth

Join EvalForEarth, a community of practice on evaluation for food security, environment, agriculture and rural 
development. Its founding and main sponsoring partners are the Evaluation Offices of FAO, WFP, CGIAR, and the GEF, with support from the Evaluation Offices of IFAD and the NDB.