Our latest impact evaluation has new evidence on the effectiveness of peacebuilding projects supported by the UN Secretary General’s Peacebuilding Fund in Darfur, Sudan. In partnership with the International Security and Development Center, 3ie evaluated projects that focused on reducing land conflict and improving service delivery in the Assalaya-Sheiria-Yassin Triangle in East Darfur. Through rigorous data collection and analysis, our evaluation shows a reduced number of land conflicts in targeted areas, increased school enrolment, and improved perceptions of service provision.

We launched the report as part of the inaugural event hosted by the Peacebuilding Impact Hub housed at the UN Political and Peacebuilding Affairs. Richard Arbeiter, Deputy Permanent Representative of Canada, and Elizabeth Spehar, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support were key speakers.

Workshop: Following the launch, 3ie, ISDC, and the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) facilitated a one-and-a-half-day evaluation training for UN agencies, funds, programs, and member states. The team's virtual training for Sudan partners and in-person training in Guatemala City have provided practical, hands-on instruction on planning and conducting impact evaluations, drawing examples from the real ongoing impact evaluations in those contexts. 



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USAID signs the Global Evidence Commitment 



We are excited to share that USAID joined the 3ie-initiated Global Evidence Commitment (GEC) as its seventh signatory at the opening session of the annual Agency’s Learning and Evidence Month. 3ie Executive Director Marie Gaarder moderated a discussion with leaders from the signatory organizations on their efforts to improve the evidence culture and use of evidence in decision-making. Key takeaways from the panel:

• The need to see evidence as a “team sport” – it will not be useful until the people you are working with know and understand it as well
• The pledge goes a long way in helping those within institutions who are making efforts to show how important evidence and its use are
• The promise of transparency and accountability rooted in the pledge is key for public organizations and drives action within such organizations
• TRIPS offers a powerful framework and using its five levers gives organizations a lot of strength

The Global Evidence Commitment was launched in October 2023 as a collaborative effort to improve evidence culture across the sector and illustrate the importance of its far-reaching impacts.

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Featured | Leveraging 3ie’s Development Evidence Portal for regional and sectoral insights

3ie’s Development Evidence Portal (DEP) is home to effectiveness evidence that is spread across more than 13000 impact evaluations, more than 1100 systematic reviews and over 35 evidence gap maps. The repository is a rich source of insight on several key development challenges and interventions to address them. Here are a few ways in which we have gathered and shared learning around key regions and development sectors:

• Summarising the state of effectiveness evidence across the SDG agenda – in which we spotlight the need to prioritize evidence in neglected SDGs even after the 2030 agenda.
• Insights from the Middle East and North Africa – in which we emphasize the drop in local inputs in studies.
• Trends in impact evaluations across Sub-Saharan Africa – where we focus on country-wide distribution and dominant interventions.
• Unveiling trends in impact evaluations across Latin America and the Caribbean – underscoring the lagging biodiversity studies.

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