Using Evidence and Evaluation to Strengthen Parliaments’ Functioning: Lessons and Insights from the APNODE Network

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.