Using Evidence and Evaluation to Strengthen Parliaments
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À propos de l'événement
Across Africa, citizens expect parliaments to do more than pass laws: they want real oversight, better services, and value for every public resource spent. Yet many parliamentary debates, committee meetings, hearings, and budget decisions still do not fully draw on the rich evidence generated by evaluations, audits, analytical work, and research. This webinar, “Using Evidence and Evaluation to Strengthen Parliaments’ Functioning: Lessons and Insights from the APNODE Network”, highlights how parliaments are addressing this gap. Through concrete examples from African parliaments, speakers will show how Members of parliaments and staff are finding, interpreting and using evidence in their daily work, from questioning the Executive to shaping budgets and tracking results.
The session targets Member of parliaments, parliamentary staff, researchers, evaluators and partners seeking practical ideas, tools and inspiration to make evidence a routine part of parliamentary practice and to reinforce parliaments’ role in accountable, results driven governance. It will begin with an introductory presentation of a guideline on using evidence in parliamentary work, followed by case studies from African parliaments and a Q&A with panelists.
The session targets Member of parliaments, parliamentary staff, researchers, evaluators and partners seeking practical ideas, tools and inspiration to make evidence a routine part of parliamentary practice and to reinforce parliaments’ role in accountable, results driven governance. It will begin with an introductory presentation of a guideline on using evidence in parliamentary work, followed by case studies from African parliaments and a Q&A with panelists.
Conférenciers
| Nom | Titre | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Hon. Abdeliha Hifdi | Chairperson, APNODE Executive Committee | Member of Parliament, House of Councillors, Kingdom of Morocco | Chairperson of APNODE, the African Parliamentarians' Network on Development Evaluation and member of the Parliament of Morocco's House of Councillors since 2015, Hon. Hifdi is also the President of the African Union of Transport and Logistics. He holds a State Doctorate in Administrative Sciences and sits on Morocco's Economic, Social and Environmental Council |
| Mr. ASSI KOUASSI Jean Claude | Deputy Director of Public Policy Evaluation, National Assemby, côte d'Ivoire | Senior Administrator at the National Assembly of Côte d’Ivoire, he serves as Deputy Director of Public Policy Evaluation. Assi has been a parliamentary official for over 23 years and has extensive experience in the areas of parliamentary oversight, public policy evaluation, monitoring and evaluation, and public governance. He holds a Master’s degree in Economic Policy Modeling and Analysis and has also completed specialized training in parliamentary work organization and public policy evaluation. |
| Edoé Djimitri Agbodjan | Director, CLEAR Francophone Africa | Associate Professor, CESAG Business School, Dakar, Senegal | Director of CLEAR Francophone Africa and Associate Professor of Economics at CESAG Business School in Dakar, Edoé brings 20 years of expertise in evaluation capacity development. He has advised governments, parliaments, and civil society across Francophone Africa on M&E systems and policy reform. He holds a PhD in Development Studies from IHEID Geneva. |
| Germain Mbav Yav | Director and Senior Adviser, Research Bureau of the Senate of the Democratic Republic of Congo | Evaluation Capacity Focal Point | Director and Senior Adviser at the Research Bureau of the DRC Senate, Germain Mbav Yav is a leading specialist in legislative evaluation and public policy assessment with over 20 years of experience. He pioneered evaluation practice at the DRC Senate, now embedded as a permanent commission, and is an active member of APNODE and RFE. |
| Hon. Gizella Tetteh-Agbotui | Deputy Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources and Member of Parliament, Ghana | Hon. (Mrs) Gizella Tetteh-Agbotui is the Deputy Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources and a two (2)- term Member of Parliament for the Awutu Senya West constituency in the Central region of Ghana. She is also a former Executive member of the African Parliamentary Network on Development Evaluation (APNODE). An Architect by profession, she is passionate about sustainability, good infrastructure and built environments that positively influence compliance, corporate governance, women in politics, and local leadership. |
Moderators
| Nom | Titre | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Damase Eric Sossou | Principal Evaluation Capacity Development Officer, IDEV 3, African Development Bank Group | Damase Eric Sossou is Principal Evaluation Capacity Development Officer at AfDB‑IDEV since 2024 and coordinates the APNODE secretariat. An economist‑statistician with over 15 years’ experience in economic analysis, impact evaluation and promoting evaluation culture in Africa, he has held roles at the Presidency of Benin, CLEAR FA and other development organizations. He holds an MSc in Economics of Public Policy from the Barcelona School of Economics. |