Artificial Intelligence and Evidence Use in Caribbean Development Policy
Mesa Redonda | Online
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Organized by:
Caribbean Evaluators International
About the Event
Artificial intelligence is beginning to influence how governments and development organisations generate, analyse, and use evidence for decision-making. In the Caribbean, regional organisations and development partners are exploring how emerging technologies may strengthen monitoring systems, policy analysis, and evidence-informed decision-making.
This roundtable will bring together representatives from regional institutions, development agencies, and government agencies to discuss how AI is shaping the production and use of evidence in development policy and programming.
This roundtable will bring together representatives from regional institutions, development agencies, and government agencies to discuss how AI is shaping the production and use of evidence in development policy and programming.
Speakers
| Nome | Título | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Armstrong Alexis | Deputy Secretary General, CARICOM | DSG Alexis is an experienced international public servant with a demonstrated history of working in the international affairs industry. Skilled in Sustainable Development, Governance, Resource Mobilizationn, Program Evaluation, International Relations, and Proposal Writing. Strong community and social services professional with a Doctorate in Business Administration from Walden University, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Durham Business School, and MSc and BSc degrees from the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica. |
| Roberto La Rovere | Head, Office of Independent Evaluation, Caribbean Development Bank | Roberto is a believer of evaluation as catalyzer of improvement, change and greater development effectiveness: over the last two decades fostered evaluation culture across various agencies to support organizational learning and effectiveness of programs, projects and initiatives, in: agriculture, natural resources; human rights, equity and gender; governance; poverty reduction; climate change/ climate finance, environment, sustainability and greater corporate responsibility; emergency and humanitarian; water and sanitation; and public health and policy; therefore across most of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). |
| Stephen Johnson PhD | University of the West Indies | r. Stephen Johnson is an accomplished researcher with extensive experience in research methods and monitoring and evaluation methodologies. With a vast portfolio of projects and research publications focused on confronting developmental issues in Jamaica, the wider Caribbean, and the developing world, Dr. Johnson is committed to taking a pragmatic approach to development challenges. His expertise lies in advanced research methods, monitoring and evaluation, voting behaviour, user experience analysis, predictive analytics, harm reduction and behaviour modification campaigns. |
Moderators
| Nome | Título | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Valerie Gordon | President ,Caribbean Evaluators International | Valerie Gordon is an international development professional with over 17 years experience in Monitoring & Evaluation. She has undertaken results-based monitoring, and evaluations in the ACP region and Asia, in environmental management, climate change, disaster risk management and social inclusion. She has led or contributed to evaluations, results-oriented monitoring (ROM), and learning systems for several UN agencies CIDA (now Global Affairs Canada), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, New Zealand. Valerie is a founding member of the CEI and has been President since 2019. |