Theme
Evaluation in the Age of Polycrisis: The Role of Evaluation in Supporting Africa’s Sovereignty and Resilience in the Face of Global Disruptions.
The 12th AfrEA Conference is a collaborative initiative between the African Evaluation Association and the Moroccan Evaluation Association.The conference will be held in Marrakech, Morocco, from November 23 to 27, 2026.
Evaluation in the Age of Polycrisis: The Role of Evaluation in Supporting Africa’s Sovereignty and Resilience in the Face of Global Disruptions.
- VOPEs
- AfrEA individual members
- Development partners
- Government representatives
- Parliaments
- Civil society
- Researchers & academics
- Private sector
- Emerging Evaluators
- AfrEA institutional members
1
Rethinking development paradigms in the era of polycrisis: what is the transformative role of evaluation in strengthening resilience in Africa?
2
Decolonizing evaluation practices: toward African approaches rooted in indigenous knowledge and community participation in a changing global context
3
Information technology and artificial intelligence: what levers can drive adaptive and innovative evaluation in the face of the dynamics of the polycrisis?
4
“Leaving no one behind” in the era of the polycrisis: promoting evaluation that is sensitive to the challenges of youth inclusion, gender, and climate change adaptation in Africa
Days 1-2
Pre-conference workshops
Two days of intensive workshops to deepen understanding of key themes and lay the groundwork for the conference discussions.
Days 3-5
Plenary & parallel sessions
Keynote speakers drawn from leading evaluation experts, government officials, and funding partners. Parallel sessions, panel discussions, roundtables, thematic workshops, and poster sessions.
Scientific Committee
Independent review of all submissions
All submissions are reviewed by a scientific committee, under the direction of the Editor-in-Chief of the African Evaluation Journal. Tracks are organized around the conference sub-themes.
