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WEBINAR RECORDING | Exploring our collective knowledge on citizen evidence

2023-11-29 news

 

If you are interested in this topic read more in the blog post, or review the webinar presentation.

The Africa Evidence Network hosted its fifth session of the Evidence 2023 capacities webinar series on 29 November 2023 entitled: "Exploring our collective knowledge on citizen evidence."

We had the pleasure of hosting our seasoned speakers who shared perspectives of what different practitioners are learning about citizen evidence within their respective ecosystems, and how differently actors will need to position themselves in advancing their uptake.

The speakers shared on:

  • The current state of producing, intermediating and use of citizen evidence within their immediate ecosystem.
  • The current state of play for citizen evidence.
  • Identifying strong actors promoting the state of citizen evidence within respective ecosystems.
  • Targeted outcomes for the production, intermediation, and use of citizen evidence.
  • The presence of particular infrastructure or information systems deployed in support of producing, intermediating or using citizen evidence.
  • Challenges experienced while promoting advocating for improved use of citizen evidence.
  • What can we further do differently considering the observed challenges and constraints (recommendations).
  • What this means for the AEN Manifesto on capacity development for EIDM in Africa, revising it, and keeping it useful for our EIDM work.

The session was moderated by Deo-Gracias Houndolo of 3ie, Benin and it was chaired by Siziwe Ngcwabe, the Director and co-chair of the Africa Evidence Network.

If you have any questions, reach out to us on info@africaevidencenetwork.org.

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Session 13: Beyond Evidence: Politically informed decision and policymaking for resilient African cities
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Session 13: Beyond Evidence: Politically informed decision and policymaking for resilient African cities
  ACRC's Theory of Change: African Cities Research Consortium African cities are experiencing rapid urbanization, with unprecedented investments in housing, infrastructure and basi...
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Session 13: Building capacities of VOPEs in East Africa through Peer-to-Peer learning: Lessons from Uganda Evaluation Association
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Session 13: Building capacities of VOPEs in East Africa through Peer-to-Peer learning: Lessons from Uganda Evaluation Association
To enhance their evaluation capacities, increasingly, evaluators have appreciated the need to belong and identify with professional organisations, commonly referred to as Voluntary Organizations for P...
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Session 14: Utafiti Sera: Influencing policy, practice and decision making through evidence in Africa
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Session 14: Utafiti Sera: Influencing policy, practice and decision making through evidence in Africa
  Institutionalisation of a culture of evidence-informed decision making (EIDM) has continued to dominate the policy debates and conversations across Africa in the recent past. Indeed, polic...
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Session 18: Building and cross-fertilizing evidence from National Evaluation Capacities Index
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Session 18: Building and cross-fertilizing evidence from National Evaluation Capacities Index
  Background Evaluation is one of the credible sources of evidence. In this vein, a National Evaluation Capacities Index (INCE), a multistakeholder initiative with origins in Latin Am...
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Session 18: Community-Generated Evidence in Africa: Best Practices and Lessons from the PAL Network and the Luminos Fund
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Session 18: Community-Generated Evidence in Africa: Best Practices and Lessons from the PAL Network and the Luminos Fund
  Background: Despite progress in access to education, a global learning crisis remains, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, where 90% of children lack reading comprehension skills by age 10...
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Session 1: Using Evidence Within Traditional African Storytelling (TAS) to Prevent and Mitigate Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in Cameroon
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Session 1: Using Evidence Within Traditional African Storytelling (TAS) to Prevent and Mitigate Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in Cameroon
TAS addresses issues around poor knowledge of what SGBV is, ignorance of existing medical policies and laws, ignorance of available services, and low uptake of medical and legal services. Stories o...
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Session 4: African community for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (ACSRM) needs assessment
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Session 4: African community for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (ACSRM) needs assessment
  Introduction  Systematic reviews and meta-analyses (SRM) can be very useful in the development of evidence-based practices and the formulation of policies. The aim of this stud...
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Session 4: Effectiveness and sustainability of politically responsive interventions for strengthening institutional capacity for EIDM
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Session 4: Effectiveness and sustainability of politically responsive interventions for strengthening institutional capacity for EIDM
  Background:   Weak capacities for evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM) have been identified as barriers to EIDM in many low- and middle-income countries. EIDM capacity...
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Session 4: How can we produce better evidence to inform better decisions for better outcomes?
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Session 4: How can we produce better evidence to inform better decisions for better outcomes?
"Embracing change and questioning established methods can be challenging." We know that better evidence has the potential to lead to better decisions and better outcomes. Over the las...
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Session 4: Introduction Of Evidence-Informed Decision Making (EIDM) Curriculum into Universities: A Strategy to Institutionalise the EIDM Culture
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Session 4: Introduction Of Evidence-Informed Decision Making (EIDM) Curriculum into Universities: A Strategy to Institutionalise the EIDM Culture
  Background  The use of evidence to inform decisions plays an important role in improving policy, programme, and practice. However, weak capacity for evidence use in policy and ...
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Session 4: Mechanisms to address weak capacities on the institutional use of evidence to inform decisions within the Ministry of Health
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Session 4: Mechanisms to address weak capacities on the institutional use of evidence to inform decisions within the Ministry of Health
  Evidence-Informed Decision Making (EIDM) is crucial to developing sustainable health policies in low-middle-income countries, whose health ministries are often underfunded and overburdened. ...
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Session 4: Setting Up An Academic Unit in Evidence Informed Decision Making in Malawi
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Session 4: Setting Up An Academic Unit in Evidence Informed Decision Making in Malawi
  Background  Currently evidence is not optimally used in decision-making in Malawi’s health sector due to barriers such as the ministry’s lack of capacity and mechan...
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Session 4: The evidence ecosystem of the Ethiopian health sector: Current Status and prospects of evidence-informed decision-making
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Session 4: The evidence ecosystem of the Ethiopian health sector: Current Status and prospects of evidence-informed decision-making
  Background: Evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM) is an approach that aims to ensure policy decision-making is informed by the best available evidence. It enables scarce resources to be u...
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Session 4: Trends, barriers and facilitators of evidence sharing among non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Session 4: Trends, barriers and facilitators of evidence sharing among non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Sub-Saharan Africa
  Background and rationale: Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have made significant contributions in the development sectors of low-and-middle-income countries for decades post-independenc...
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Session 4: What Does It Take to Introduce Evidence-Informed Decision-Making Training in Low- Middle- Income Countries Training Institutions?
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Session 4: What Does It Take to Introduce Evidence-Informed Decision-Making Training in Low- Middle- Income Countries Training Institutions?
  The use of evidence to inform decisions plays an important role in improving policy, programme, and practice. However, the weak capacity for evidence use in policy and programme decisions ...
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Street level bureaucrats, military culture and Quality Education in Kenya: The case of National Defence University-Kenya
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Street level bureaucrats, military culture and Quality Education in Kenya: The case of National Defence University-Kenya
  This article contributes to the ongoing debate on how to improve the quality of higher education. Of late, there has been an outcry from the industry players that most graduates need to be...
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Suivi et Evaluation des ODD au niveau des collectivités décentralisées (Communes) avec des solutions numériques : Cas de l’application Baromètre – ODD
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Suivi et Evaluation des ODD au niveau des collectivités décentralisées (Communes) avec des solutions numériques : Cas de l’application Baromètre – ODD
  Durant cet événement, nous présentons l’une des innovations digitales conçue pour assurer le suivi et l’évaluation de la dynamique des ODD dans...
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Evidence-based Practice Research Group, Ghana Physiotherapy Association: One Year on! Get-to-know the Team
2023-08-18 advocates informs learns news
Evidence-based Practice Research Group, Ghana Physiotherapy Association: One Year on! Get-to-know the Team
This blog is the first of a three-part series to celebrate the first anniversary of the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Research group of the Ghana Physiotherapy Association (GPA). The core mandate of t...
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Innovating Capacity Development for EIDM in Africa: Addressing Structural and Value Issues within ecosystems
2023-07-18 advocates informs learns news
Innovating Capacity Development for EIDM in Africa: Addressing Structural and Value Issues within ecosystems
  If you are interested in this topic, review the webinar presentation or watch the recorded webinar. This blog post is based on the third webinar of the Evidence 2023 c...
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Innovations in EIDM Capacity Development: Implications for various stakeholders in Africa
2023-06-09 advocates informs learns news
Innovations in EIDM Capacity Development: Implications for various stakeholders in Africa
  If you are interested in this topic, review the webinar presentation or watch the recorded webinar. This blog post is based on the second webinar of the Evidence 2023 ...
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Capacity development for evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM) in Africa: exploring innovative approaches
2023-05-04 advocates informs learns news
Capacity development for evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM) in Africa: exploring innovative approaches
  If you are interested in this topic, review the webinar presentation or watch the recorded webinar. This blog post is based on the first webinar of the Evidence 2023 capacities webinar se...
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What does legacy thinking within the African EIDM space look like? Views from a retired Young Executive Director
2023-04-20 advocates informs learns news
What does legacy thinking within the African EIDM space look like? Views from a retired Young Executive Director
  Masai herder Photo credit: Deloitte   If the elders leave you a legacy of dignified language, you do not abandon it and speak childish language. ~ Ghanaian Proverb Wh...
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NCDs a Priority In South Africa: Will Intention Translate Into Action??
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NCDs a Priority In South Africa: Will Intention Translate Into Action??
  The social, health and economic burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to the South African economy and social fabric has not gone unnoticed. South Africa has frequently updated its stra...
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“We are excited about the prospects that lie ahead for us” – 2023 CEL-MP Mentees
2023-03-29 advocates informs learns news
“We are excited about the prospects that lie ahead for us” – 2023 CEL-MP Mentees
  Photo credit: Healthy Daes It was quite riveting to read Talitha Mpando’s reflection of the Corporate Evidence Leader Mentorship Programme (CEL-MP). For the next twelve to twenty fo...
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African Rehabilitation Network For a Stronger Rehabilitation Effort And Impact In Africa: Developing Our Rehabilitation Evidence
2023-03-15 advocates informs learns news
African Rehabilitation Network For a Stronger Rehabilitation Effort And Impact In Africa: Developing Our Rehabilitation Evidence
Photo credit:  Physiopedia Rehabilitation is a universal and vital component of healthcare globally. This is of particular importance in low- and middle-income countries where disability ...
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User and producer of evidence: a unique story of Luvuyo Jalisa who is a policy-maker and also an evidence synthesis specialist
2023-02-14 advocates informs learns news
User and producer of evidence: a unique story of Luvuyo Jalisa who is a policy-maker and also an evidence synthesis specialist
  Photo Credit : University of South Australia Dr Luvuyo Jalisa is one of many Eastern Cape exports to the world. I am an Environmental Anthropologist by training and an astute policy-...
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A year on: taking stock of my time under PACKS Africa’s Mentorship Programme
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A year on: taking stock of my time under PACKS Africa’s Mentorship Programme
  Photo credit: Unsplash images How time flies – soon a year had passed. In October 2021, I was selected to take part in the Corporate Evidence Leadership Mentorship Programme (CEP-MP...
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Transformative Action Learning in Navigating the Evidence to Policy Landscape: Lessons from the Ten Years
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Transformative Action Learning in Navigating the Evidence to Policy Landscape: Lessons from the Ten Years
  If you are interested in this topic, review the webinar presentation or watch the recorded webinar.  Photo credit: World Bank / Sarah Farhat Background The growi...
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Using the Evidence EcoSpace to Position Ourselves and Build the Africa We Want
2022-09-20 advocates informs learns news
Using the Evidence EcoSpace to Position Ourselves and Build the Africa We Want
  If you are interested in this topic, review the webinar presentation or watch the recorded webinar.  Photo credit: Flickr/boomjack99 Background Over the last ten year...
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3R of Evidence-Informed Decision-Making: Reflection, Repurposing and Repositioning
2022-09-19 advocates informs learns news
3R of Evidence-Informed Decision-Making: Reflection, Repurposing and Repositioning
  Photo credit: World Bank Photo Collection/Flickr   If you are interested in this topic, review the webinar presentation or watch the recorded webinar.  Evidence-...
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Back to the Roots: Enhancing Mutual Learning and Innovation in Evidence-Informed Decision-Making Using Storytelling
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Back to the Roots: Enhancing Mutual Learning and Innovation in Evidence-Informed Decision-Making Using Storytelling
  If you are interested in this topic, review the webinar presentation or watch the recorded webinar. Photo: Worldbank Photo Collection/Flickr Background  While ev...
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Stepping down as Chair of the AEN and the dawn of a new era
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Stepping down as Chair of the AEN and the dawn of a new era
Photo credit: Africa Centre for Evidence & Africa Evidence Network  If I close my eyes, I transport myself back to 2012 and the first meeting of the Africa Evidence Network after dinner in...
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The 2018 Pretoria Conference, a replay experience
2022-09-08 advocates informs learns news
The 2018 Pretoria Conference, a replay experience
We still remember those three days in Pretoria for EVIDENCE 2018 as if it were yesterday.  160 people from 28 African countries and 6 Western countries from various sectors, including academic...
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Evidence 2016: Jump-off point for work on decolonising evidence-informed decision-making on climate change
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Evidence 2016: Jump-off point for work on decolonising evidence-informed decision-making on climate change
Photo credit: Eric Ngang   I joined the AEN in 2015. I got fully engaged in 2016 when I took part in the conference in Pretoria and presented my work on using local knowledge and practices ...
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EVIDENCE 2022 | #AENis10 Video Submission Guidelines
2022-08-02 advocates informs learns news
EVIDENCE 2022 | #AENis10 Video Submission Guidelines
Thank you for expressing your interest to participate at EVIDENCE 2022. Please read through the submission guidelines before making your content submission for EVIDENCE 2022.
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EVIDENCE 2022 | AFRICA Talks Video Submission Guidelines
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EVIDENCE 2022 | AFRICA Talks Video Submission Guidelines
Thank you for expressing your interest to participate at EVIDENCE 2022. Please read through the submission guidelines before making your content submission for EVIDENCE 2022.
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EVIDENCE 2022 | Exhibition Slots Application Guidelines
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EVIDENCE 2022 | Exhibition Slots Application Guidelines
Thank you for expressing your interest to participate at EVIDENCE 2022. Please read through the submission guidelines before making your application for an exhibition slot at EVIDENCE 2022. Please not...
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EVIDENCE 2022 | SoC Submission Guidelines
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EVIDENCE 2022 | SoC Submission Guidelines
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AEN June 2022 Newsletter
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Enjoy reading the June edition of the AEN newsletter. Our Africa Evidence feature shares highlights of the recent address by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first fema...
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AEN May 2022 Newsletter
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Happy Africa Month! In this month's AEN newsletter, read about expanding engaged research and evidence-use around the world, and receive lessons on how digital technologies can help rese...
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EVIDENCE 2022 is happening from 19-21 September!
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EVIDENCE 2022 is happening from 19-21 September!
The Africa Evidence Network is proud to announce that EVIDENCE 2022 is happening from 19-21 September 2022. This event is a working meeting on the use of evidence in decision-making in Africa. This ye...
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AEN February 2022 Newsletter
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AEN February 2022 Newsletter
We are delighted to share the February edition of the Africa Evidence Network (AEN) newsletter! Read the Africa evidence feature, which is a farewell blog authored by Norma Altshuler, in dedicatio...
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Exploring relationships and partnerships for enhancing capacities for EIDM in Africa
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Exploring relationships and partnerships for enhancing capacities for EIDM in Africa
Photo: Africa Evidence Network Evidence Capacities Webinar four participants This blog post is based on the fourth webinar of the Evidence Capacities webinar series, hosted by the Africa Evidence N...
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Africa Evidence Leadership Award 2022 - formulaire de confirmation
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Africa Evidence Leadership Award 2022 - formulaire de confirmation
Toute nomination soumise pour le prix Africa Evidence Leadership 2022 doit inclure un formulaire de nomination ET de confirmation.
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Africa Evidence Leadership Award 2022 - formulaire de nomination
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Africa Evidence Leadership Award 2022 - formulaire de nomination
Toute nomination soumise pour le prix Africa Evidence Leadership 2022 doit inclure un formulaire de nomination ET de confirmation.
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Africa Evidence Leadership Award 2022 - confirmation form
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Africa Evidence Leadership Award 2022 - confirmation form
Any nomination submitted for the Africa Evidence Leadership Award 2022 must include a nomination AND confirmation form.
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Africa Evidence Leadership Award 2022 - nomination form
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Africa Evidence Leadership Award 2022 - nomination form
Any nomination submitted for the Africa Evidence Leadership Award 2022 must include a nomination AND confirmation form.
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#EvidenceCapacities webinar #4: Exploring relationships and partnerships for enhancing capacities for EIDM in Africa
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#EvidenceCapacities webinar #4: Exploring relationships and partnerships for enhancing capacities for EIDM in Africa
  The fourth #EvidenceCapacitiesWebinar: Exploring relationships and partnerships for enhancing capacities for EIDM in Africa The Africa Evidence Network secretariat is hosting a series of ...
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AEN January 2022 newsletter
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AEN January 2022 newsletter
The Africa Evidence Network (AEN) is happy to share with you the first AEN newsletter in 2022! The AEN turns ten in 2022! The Africa evidence feature showcases the AEN's ten year celebration plans ...
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AEN December 2021 Newsletter
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AEN December 2021 Newsletter
The year 2021 is nearing its end, we are happy to share the December edition of the AEN newsletter with you! Sharing the latest evidence news, events, opportunities, and the latest academic publicatio...
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Capacity development aimed at system-level change in/for evidence use in Africa
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Capacity development aimed at system-level change in/for evidence use in Africa
From left to right: Kirchuffs Atengble (PACKS Africa), Emily Hayter (INASP) and Ruth Stewart (ACE)    This blog post is based on the third webinar of the Evidence Capacities webinar seri...
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#EvidenceCapacities webinar #3: Capacity development aimed at system-level change in/for evidence-use
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#EvidenceCapacities webinar #3: Capacity development aimed at system-level change in/for evidence-use
  At this webinar, the Evidence Capacities webinar series will share discussions on the topic: Capacity development aimed at system-level change in/for evidence use. Moderator:  ...
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AEN November 2021 Newsletter
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AEN November 2021 Newsletter
The November AEN newsletter brings to you the latest evidence news on the continent and from around the globe. The African feature explores the use of technology in public health emergencies in develo...
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Uganda@59: The evolution of a data ecosystem
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Uganda@59: The evolution of a data ecosystem
Training at APHRC closeup - Michelle Mbuthia Photo Credit: African Population and Health Research Center Monitoring progress and tracking performance for evidence-based decision making, at sub...
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Designing equity into evidence-informed decision-making capacity development in Africa: Experiences from Cameroon
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Designing equity into evidence-informed decision-making capacity development in Africa: Experiences from Cameroon
  This blog post is based on the second webinar of the new Evidence Capacities webinar series, hosted by the Africa Evidence Network (AEN). Th...
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AEN October 2021 Special Edition Newsletter
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AEN October 2021 Special Edition Newsletter
This month's AEN newsletter is a special edition all about #AfricaEvidenceWeek2021! Missed the engagements? This newsletter is for you to catch up on Africa’s most vibrant evidence event & continue en...
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Expanding EIDM support activities beyond boundaries what works and what doesn’t
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Expanding EIDM support activities beyond boundaries what works and what doesn’t
This video is a recording of the final session of the 3-series webinar held by PACKS Africa during #AfricaEvidenceWeek2021. It explored conditions for expanding #evidence-informed decision making (EID...
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: a personal reflection on the growth and potential of this regional event
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: a personal reflection on the growth and potential of this regional event
Charting a path through the unknown to an imagined destination (April 2021) So soon, the week-long celebration came to an end – in the midst of brilliant demonstration of evidence-informed de...
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader _ Akanyinene Obot: why I fell in love with EIDM
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader _ Akanyinene Obot: why I fell in love with EIDM
Mr Akanyinene Obot in conversation with the Africa Evidence Network secretariat on why he fell in love with evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM).
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_Caroline Dusabe: why I fell in love with EIDM
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_Caroline Dusabe: why I fell in love with EIDM
Ms Caroline Dusabe in conversation with the Africa Evidence Network secretariat on why she fell in love with evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM).
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_Charity Chisoro: why I fell in love with EIDM
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_Charity Chisoro: why I fell in love with EIDM
Ms Charity Chisoro in conversation with the Africa Evidence Network secretariat on why she fell in love with evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM).
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_Edward Kayongo: why I fell in love with EIDM
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_Edward Kayongo: why I fell in love with EIDM
Mr Edward Kayongo in conversation with the Africa Evidence Network secretariat on why he fell in love with evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM).
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_Eucharia Nwaichi: why I fell in love with EIDM
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_Eucharia Nwaichi: why I fell in love with EIDM
Ms Eucharia Nwaichi in conversation with the Africa Evidence Network secretariat on why she fell in love with evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM).
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_Gloria Anderson: why I fell in love with EIDM
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_Gloria Anderson: why I fell in love with EIDM
Ms Gloria Anderson in conversation with the Africa Evidence Network secretariat on why she fell in love with evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM).
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_ Gordon Wanzare: why I fell in love with EIDM
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_ Gordon Wanzare: why I fell in love with EIDM
Gordon Wanzare is in conversation with the Africa Evidence Network secretariat about why he fell in love with evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM).
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_Lesedi Matlala: why I fell in love with EIDM
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_Lesedi Matlala: why I fell in love with EIDM
Mr Lesedi Matlala in conversation with the Africa Evidence Network secretariat on why he fell in love with evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM).
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_ Likhwa Ncube: why I fell in love with EIDM
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_ Likhwa Ncube: why I fell in love with EIDM
Likhwa Ncube is in conversation with the Africa Evidence Network secretariat about why he fell in love with evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM).
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_Nain Mirabel Yuh: why I fell in love with EIDM
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_Nain Mirabel Yuh: why I fell in love with EIDM
Ms. Nain Mirabel Yuh in conversation with the Africa Evidence Network secretariat on why she fell in love with evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM).
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_Precious Motha: why I fell in love with EIDM
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_Precious Motha: why I fell in love with EIDM
Ms Precious Motha in conversation with the Africa Evidence Network secretariat on why she fell in love with evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM).
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_Ribgobert Pambe: why I fell in love with EIDM
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Emerging EIDM leader_Ribgobert Pambe: why I fell in love with EIDM
Mr Ribgobert Pambe in conversation with the Africa Evidence Network secretariat on why she fell in love with evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM).
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: How is #AfricaEvidenceWeek2021 going?
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: How is #AfricaEvidenceWeek2021 going?
The operations manager of the Africa Evidence Network, Siziwe Ngcwabe, shares her experience of #AfricaEvidenceWeek2021. Do you want to join the celebration of evidence-use in Africa? Jump onto Twitte...
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: How to participate in Africa Evidence Week 2021
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: How to participate in Africa Evidence Week 2021
Africa Evidence Leadership Award 2021 winner Diana Warira shares the best ways to join the celebration of #AfricaEvidenceWeek2021.
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#EvidenceCapacities webinar #2: Designing for equity in capacity development for EIDM in Africa: experience sharing from Cameroon
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#EvidenceCapacities webinar #2: Designing for equity in capacity development for EIDM in Africa: experience sharing from Cameroon
At this webinar, participants will share their knowledge and experiences in designing capacity development interventions in Cameroon that explicitly address unequal gendered power dynamics and use equ...
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Let the celebration begin!
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Africa Evidence Week 2021: Let the celebration begin!
The Africa Evidence Network (AEN) secretariat's manager of AEN operations, Siziwe Ngcwabe, welcomes participants to the second biennial Africa Evidence Week. Catch all the Week's happenings on...
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Closing Africa Evidence Week 2021: a thank you from Ruth Stewart
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Closing Africa Evidence Week 2021: a thank you from Ruth Stewart
In this short video, Professor Ruth Stewart - chairperson of the Africa Evidence Network (AEN) - shares her experience of Africa Evidence Week 2021, her hopes for collaborations to continue beyond the...
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#EvidenceCapacities webinar #1: Capacity development for evidence use in Africa: An orientation
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#EvidenceCapacities webinar #1: Capacity development for evidence use in Africa: An orientation
This recording shows the launch webinar of the new webinar series: Evidence Capacities. In this inaugural webinar, the speakers explored and elaborated on the meanings and broad orientation of capacit...
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Insights into parameters for an Africa-led capacity development for EIDM
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Insights into parameters for an Africa-led capacity development for EIDM
This blog post is based on the first webinar of the new Evidence Capacities webinar series, hosted by the Africa Evidence Network (AEN). The AEN Evidence Capacities webinar series aims to create a pla...
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Matters Evaluation and why Evaluation Matters
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Matters Evaluation and why Evaluation Matters
  Imagine this: you have come into some cash and you want to go on a road trip with some friends. You decide on your desired destination (which in evaluation terms, we shall refer to as the ul...
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What’s the fuss? A glance at Measurement and Impact Evaluation
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What’s the fuss? A glance at Measurement and Impact Evaluation
  In January 2020, the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), for the first time in its history, delved into the world of Measurement and Impact Evaluation (M&IE). Through ...
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AEN September 2021 newsletter
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AEN September 2021 newsletter
In this month's AEN newsletter, you'll enjoy reading the write-up of the week as our African evidence feature this month. More insightful Africa evidence stories include news from the virtual African ...
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Community, passion and leadership: standing in awe of what Africa Evidence Week 2021 was
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Community, passion and leadership: standing in awe of what Africa Evidence Week 2021 was
  Last-minute additions. Constant telephone conversations with colleagues are miles away. Twitter-fatigue (if that’s a thing). It’s difficult to capture what pulling of an Africa E...
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Summary Baseline Report: Status of Sanitation in Ghana and the Role of CSOs in Policy Processes
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Summary Baseline Report: Status of Sanitation in Ghana and the Role of CSOs in Policy Processes
In June 2019, CLEAR AA and Twende Mbele worked with Ghana Monitoring and Evaluation Forum to commission a baseline study on collaboration between Civil Society and Government for improved accountabili...
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Designing a low-tech digital education RCT during a pandemic: tools, tips and tricks
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Designing a low-tech digital education RCT during a pandemic: tools, tips and tricks
Blog originally published on the Young 1ove website In March 2020, the onset of COVID-19 and school closures in Botswana presented an opportunity to pivot our education programs to remote inst...
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The Africa Evidence Week: our truly regional platform to showcase evidence use
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The Africa Evidence Week: our truly regional platform to showcase evidence use
Kirchuffs meets colleagues from Cameroon's eBASE Africa (December 2020) The policy challenges on the continent of Africa are enormous, and as development practitioners aiming to enhan...
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AfrED: Ground-breaking Evidence-base for Decision-making in Africa
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AfrED: Ground-breaking Evidence-base for Decision-making in Africa
The blog article was first published by the University of the Witwatersrand's Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results, Anglophone Africa (CLEAR-AA).  How we curate and use infor...
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Connecting evidence to policy and practice in Benin: lessons and perspectives
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Connecting evidence to policy and practice in Benin: lessons and perspectives
  Over the past few years, ACED has been very active in making Benin’s ecosystem of  evidence use work better. We have implemented several activities and improved our  understa...
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Fast-tracking Evidence-Informed Decision-Making in Resource Poor Settings: The need for a Transferability Tool
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Fast-tracking Evidence-Informed Decision-Making in Resource Poor Settings: The need for a Transferability Tool
  Over the last two decades, Africa’s research output has grown eight folds. Between the years, 2000 and 2020, African research output as a percentage to world research output grew by al...
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Promoting evidence use: Why and how did we flip from 60-40 to 40-60?
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Promoting evidence use: Why and how did we flip from 60-40 to 40-60?
  When we started working with policymakers in Benin to improve evidence use in decision making, one of our main hypotheses was that evidence use was low because decision makers did not h...
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The Utility of Cross-Sector Gender Data Linkages for Inclusive Development Outcomes in Africa
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The Utility of Cross-Sector Gender Data Linkages for Inclusive Development Outcomes in Africa
This blog was first published on the Local Development Research Institute website    Over the years, Africa has adopted a raft of development frameworks that have highly influenced its...
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Using Formative Research and Social Marketing to Decrypt and Fix a Wicked Problem in Conflict Affected Cameroon: A case study
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Using Formative Research and Social Marketing to Decrypt and Fix a Wicked Problem in Conflict Affected Cameroon: A case study
  With funding from the French Embassy in Yaoundé, Cameroon, eBASE Africa is Using Formative Research and Social Marketing to Decrypt and Fix a Wicked Problem in Conflict Affected Camer...
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Walking Together to Improve Livelihoods through Innovation and Best Practices for Underserved Populations in Africa
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Walking Together to Improve Livelihoods through Innovation and Best Practices for Underserved Populations in Africa
  “If you want to go fast, go alone; but if you want to go far, go together” – African proverb Imagine a future where leaders, policy makers, practitioners, citizen and ot...
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What do African NGOs need to effectively use evidence in Food and Nutrition Security interventions?
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What do African NGOs need to effectively use evidence in Food and Nutrition Security interventions?
  Policymakers, experts (researchers, key informants) and implementers (NGOs, private sector,  development partners, etc.) are essential actors in the evidence use ecosystem. However,&nbs...
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School closures and learning loss in West Africa
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School closures and learning loss in West Africa
Findings from IDinsight's assessment show children spent less time learning, had difficulty using the internet for remote learning, and girls faced unique challenges. The full report can be read h...
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Evidence-Based First Aid Education in Africa
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Evidence-Based First Aid Education in Africa
Teaching the general public first aid as a means to increase communities’ resilience is one of the main goals of the International Red Cross/Red Crescent movement. Research has shown that this...
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AEN August 2021 newsletter
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AEN August 2021 newsletter
The August newsletter is brimming with #EIDM opportunities, events & the latest study publications! In our Africa evidence feature, you'll be happy to read the latest insert to the AEN Gallery of EIDM...
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eBASE Africa receives funding support from the IDRC
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eBASE Africa receives funding support from the IDRC
Image source: eBASE Africa IDRC Supports eBASE Africa Assess the Impact of Mis/Disinformaion on use of Research Evidence in Public Policy Decision Making in West and Central Africa in a Season of C...
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Brazilian Coalition for Evidence brings organizations together to build a network for sharing knowledge in Brazil
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Brazilian Coalition for Evidence brings organizations together to build a network for sharing knowledge in Brazil
About 50 Brazilian institutions that work in the field of evidence-informed policymaking (EIP) have been engaged since April in the Brazilian Coalition of Evidence. Articulated by Instituto Vered...
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Job Opportunity: Research Advisor, PMI VectorLink
2021-08-02 informs news
Population Services International  (PSI) seeks to appoint a Research Advisor who will report to VectorLink Research Manager. The position location is flexible across countries...
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AEN July 2021 newsletter
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AEN July 2021 newsletter
The July edition of the AEN newsletter highlights the Africa Evidence Week (AfEW) 2021, happening from 13-17 September! Look out for information on how to sign-up to be a part of the second virtual A...
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Celebrating the use of evidence for knowledge translation (KT)
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Celebrating the use of evidence for knowledge translation (KT)
Veredas is a Brazilian non-governmental organisation (NGO) that was created in 2016 to build bridges between public management, universities, and civil society, fostering greater access to technical a...
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Christian Aid seeks seeks a Research and Evidence Animator
2021-07-05 eidm-jobs informs news opportunities
Do you hold a post-graduate qualification in social research methods and have an excellent understanding of learning design including knowledge of online pedagogy? Are you familiar with applied resear...
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Africa Evidence Week 2021 concept note
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Africa Evidence Week 2021 concept note
The first Africa Evidence Week (AfEW) took place in 2019 and saw over 202 AEN members and their organisations participating through the hosting of events, webinars, Twitter chats, writing of blogs, an...
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AEN June 2021 Newsletter
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AEN June 2021 Newsletter
This June, expect to read about Kenyan policy-makers' leading strides in using evidence to reform education policies for the benefit of girls in the public school system. Fitting for youth month celeb...
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AEN May 2021 newsletter
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AEN May 2021 newsletter
May is Africa month! Enjoy this month's edition of the AEN newsletter as we kick off with celebrating the successful launch of the Academy of Sciences in Malawi, read on one more story of change from ...
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Reflections of an information/search specialist
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Reflections of an information/search specialist
Evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM) uses a variety of tools to support the policy-making process including evidence maps and systematic reviews. These tools allow researchers to synthesise resear...
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AEN Newsletter - April 2021
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AEN Newsletter - April 2021
Look forward to the April 2021 AEN newsletter, as we continue to celebrate the 2021 Africa Evidence Leadership Award (AELA) winner. Further afield we share the Centres for Disease Control and Preventi...
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AELA 2021: The Culmination of a Passion that Became a Career
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AELA 2021: The Culmination of a Passion that Became a Career
Diana Warira makes a presentation on the role of communication in enhancing the use of demographic dividend research in Africa at The Wilson Center in April 2018. Photo copyright: The Wilson Center ...
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AEN March 2021 Newsletter
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AEN March 2021 Newsletter
In this month's issue, we headline the launch of the AEN Manifesto on Capacity Development for Evidence-Informed Decision-Making (EIDM) in Africa and remind you of the ongoing Manifesto series of brai...
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Reflections on three years of informing decisions with data and evidence
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Reflections on three years of informing decisions with data and evidence
This blog post first appeared on the IDInsight website; click here to view the original post. As Chris Chibwana, IDinsight’s Africa Lead and Partner, departs IDinsight, he shares five valuabl...
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AEN February 2021 newsletter
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AEN February 2021 newsletter
In February, our newsletter features stories about the Africa National Academies of Science and what their role has been in responding to C19. You'll also read about how the White House in the United ...
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AEN January 2021 newsletter
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AEN January 2021 newsletter
The first newsletter of 2021 features many stories about misinformation, specifically as we see C19 vaccine rollout across the globe. One report offers nine strategies to mitigate C19-related health m...
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How a global pandemic catalyses partnerships and collaborations
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How a global pandemic catalyses partnerships and collaborations
As of 18 May 2020, Africa has over 60 000 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The spread of the virus has not only affected people’s everyday lives but has put a toll on the health, economy, and p...
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Why citizens’ experiences matter in crisis response
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Why citizens’ experiences matter in crisis response
Even though COVID-19 is a crisis everyone around the world experiences, every region is different with varying needs and associated measures to fight the pandemic. One way to enhance understanding of ...
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EVIDENCE 2020 est en ligne
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EVIDENCE 2020 est en ligne
Le monde fait face à un nouveau défi avec #COVID-19, et en tant qu'Africains, nous sommes appelés à répondre avec solidarité, espoir et une capacité...
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EVIDENCE 2020 is going online
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EVIDENCE 2020 is going online
The world is facing a new challenge with COVID-19, and as Africans, we are being called to respond by having solidarity, hope, and the ability to adapt. The biennial EVIDENCE events hosted by the AEN ...
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EIDM in Africa: innovative at its core
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EIDM in Africa: innovative at its core
One of the things the Africa Evidence Network (AEN) secretariat this year has focused on showcasing innovative evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM) in Africa. Some of the highlights from 2019...
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Call for a PhD candidate
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Call for a PhD candidate
Decision making in public health including health care and control of diseases is increasingly dependent on synthesised and summarised evidence from primary studies. Policymakers require a mix of evid...
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Vacancy: Assistant Research Officer
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Vacancy: Assistant Research Officer
The Kenya Medical Research Institute/Centre for Global Health Research (KEMRI/CGHR), the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) are co...
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CLEAR-AA Wits Vacancies
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CLEAR-AA Wits Vacancies
The Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results for Anglophone Africa (CLEAR-AA) at University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) has the following vacancies: 1)  “Young and Emerging Eva...
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Call for Applications - The CODATA-RDA Research Data Science School, Pretoria 13- 24 January 2020
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Call for Applications - The CODATA-RDA Research Data Science School, Pretoria 13- 24 January 2020
In response to a number of requests, we have agreed to extend the deadline for applications for The CODATA-RDA Research Data Science School, Pretoria 13-  24 January 2020 to 31 October 2019. U...
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Call for Applications - 4th BRICS Young Scientist Forum
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Call for Applications - 4th BRICS Young Scientist Forum
Announcement for inviting applications for participation in the 4th BRICs Young Scientist Conclave. Date: 6 - 8 November, 2019 - Themes: Cybersecurity and Bioeconomy - Venue: Campinas, ...
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Highlights from Africa Evidence Week
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Highlights from Africa Evidence Week
My colleagues and I on the secretariat of the AEN are overwhelmed by the festivities from all across Africa during Africa Evidence Week. We are proud of (but not surprised by!) the wealth of evidence-...
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What happened on day 4 of Africa Evidence Week?
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What happened on day 4 of Africa Evidence Week?
Africa Evidence Week is exceeding all of our expectations, and this is because of the incredible participation by organisations from across Africa and the globe celebrating Africa's EIDM. On day 4...
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What happened on day 3 of Africa Evidence Week?
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What happened on day 3 of Africa Evidence Week?
The third day of Africa Evidence Week has continued to be a celebration: from the @Africa_evidence account we've had 12700 impressions, 70 retweets, 84 likes, and 32 clicks per link...
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What happened on day 2 of Africa Evidence Week?
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What happened on day 2 of Africa Evidence Week?
The buzz of Africa Evidence Week has continued into day 2, with 13000 (yes - thousand) impressions, 72 retweets, 80 likes, and 34 clicks per link on day two alone. Some of the high...
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What happened on day 1 of Africa Evidence Week?
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What happened on day 1 of Africa Evidence Week?
The first day of Africa Evidence Week was an amazing start to the celebration of Africa's EIDM. We reached 1300 impressions, 58 retweets, 53 likes, and 30 clicks per link, just on day one! Some of...
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New EIDM hub launched in time for Africa Evidence Week
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New EIDM hub launched in time for Africa Evidence Week
The Africa Evidence Network (AEN) secretariat has been working on rebuilding the AEN's website over the last five months, launching the first phase of the new evidence-informed decision-making (EI...
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Evidence & Policy in Africa: Welcome to the AEN!
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Evidence & Policy in Africa: Welcome to the AEN!
  As an African traveling overseas one is bound to encounter some of the many misconceptions the rest of the world seems to have developed about Africa. Africa might be a country, or it might ...
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