Events

3ie events

3ie hosts seminars, workshops and conferences in multiple locations across the world. These events focus on sharing the latest evidence, innovations in evaluations, systematic reviews, gap maps, replications and evidence use. They are a platform for vibrant discussions and debates between researchers, policymakers and programme managers on priority topics.

Upcoming events

08 - 10
April 2024
Online

Future of evaluation: Charting a path in a changing development landscape

3ie@external 08 - 10 April 2024 Online
Hosted by the Independent Evaluation Group and the Global Evaluation Initiative as part of the IEG@50 anniversary celebrations, this series of virtual conversations from 8 April to 10 April, 2024 will focus on the future direction of the evaluation practice, the questions it will have to answer, and the impact of new technologies for ever greater data gathering and analysis.

Sexual and reproductive health and rights in L&MICs- an Evidence Gap Map

Webinar 17 April 2024 Online
The webinar will present the existing and non-existing evidence for persons in L&MICs to decide whether and when to have children, experience safe pregnancy and delivery, have healthy newborns, and have a safe and satisfying sexual life.

Why and how to create an evidence gap map using sexual and reproductive health and rights as an example

Workshop 23 April 2024 Online
Evidence on global development programs often remains fragmented either by thematic areas of study, or by regions and populations. Evidence gap maps (EGMs) visually highlight where evidence concentrations and gaps exist in a sector or topic area and, in doing so, consolidate knowledge of these programs to inform future investments in research and programming.

25
April 2024
Online

Teaching critical thinking about health: impacts and implications

Conference 25 April 2024 Online
In this 3ie Evidence Dialogues webinar, we will discuss the results of impact evaluations of an educational intervention to improve secondary students’ ability to think critically about health in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda.

Previous events

06 - 10
September 2021
Online

2021 Asian Evaluation Week

Conferences 06 - 10 September 2021 Online
The Asian Evaluation Week is a leading evaluation knowledge-sharing platform in the Asia and Pacific region, jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Finance, PRC through the Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Institute (AFDI) and the Asian Development Bank’s Independent Evaluation Department (IED). The 2021 AEW theme is: Transformational Evaluation: Moving from Uncertainties to Resilience.

06 - 07
September 2021
Online

Evidence for Development

Conferences 06 - 07 September 2021 Online
‘Evidence for development: South Asia’ seeks to bring together researchers, scholars, policymakers, civil society, and others from South Asia to discuss and debate ‘what works’, ‘why’, for ‘whom’ and at ‘what cost’ in the development sector.

22
July 2021
Online

Evidence Dialogues: Learnings from routine child vaccination coverage for Covid policy and practice

Webinar 22 July 2021 Online
The session opened with a brief presentation of findings from a new evidence gap map highlighting the volume and type of evidence available on effectiveness of interventions related to routine immunization of children and the major gaps in the evidence base. It was followed by a panel discussion on the role and use of evidence in this sector as well as opportunities and challenges associated with evidence-informed decision making, especially in the context of the global push for increasing COVID-19 vaccination coverage.

01 - 03
June 2021
Online

3ie at gLOCAL Evaluation Week 2021

Webinar 01 - 03 June 2021 Online
3ie participated in the gLOCAL Evaluation Week 2021 convened by the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI) together with local and global partners. In addition to traditional topics, this year’s theme – Building forward better – allowed organizers to highlight the role monitoring and evaluation can play in post-pandemic recovery.

02
June 2021
Online

3ie at CEDIL webinar: Measurement in Evaluation

CEDIL 02 June 2021 Online
This webinar discussed some conceptual issues linked to the construction and validation of appropriate measures that are useful for evaluation. The panel discussed issues around what to measure, how to measure, how to use existing measures, and how to construct new measures with specific examples concerning the measurement of child development in the early years.

27
May 2021
Online

Evidence dialogues: Using implementation research to strengthen nutrition interventions

Webinar 27 May 2021 Online
Despite best efforts, significant gaps persist between global nutrition targets and actual achievements. These gaps reflect the well-recognized implementation challenge in nutrition – the gap between knowledge of what works and the implementation of proven interventions to achieve coverage and impact at scale. Implementation science and research can help identify and address challenges to implementation. This session focused on the role of implementation research for strengthening the planning, delivery, or scale up of nutrition interventions.

24
May 2021
Online

3ie at CEDIL webinar: How to evaluate impact in intensely interdisciplinary research

CEDIL 24 May 2021 Online
This webinar brought together some Action Against Stunting Hub representatives and its research partners to look at how they tackle the question of evaluating the long-term impacts of their research.

19
March 2021

3ie at Niti Aayog Conference: Strengthening pathways from evidence to action

Conference 19 March 2021
The session was held as part of the National Conference on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning: Institutionalizing M&E Practices for Sustainable Impact organized by Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO), India’s apex monitoring and evaluation office, attached to the Niti Aayog.

17
March 2021
Online

Evidence Dialogues | Evidence-informed development – starting with the man in the mirror

Webinar 17 March 2021 Online
In this Evidence Dialogues webinar, we discussed how institutions can incentivize, put systems in place, and train people in using research and evidence to design the best possible interventions, policies and programs and to ensure continuous monitoring, evaluation, learning and adaptations so as always to strive to support the most cost-effective development programs.

03
March 2021
Online

Big data for development: bridging the gap between machine learning and human learning

CEDIL 03 March 2021 Online
Big data presents new opportunities for innovative research in international development. In this webinar, a panel of experts drew on real-world applications in this area to reflect on key questions for the field.