UNICEF, UNDP, WFP, UN Women, UNESCO and the Wellcome Trust are pleased to invite you to a virtual Solutions Session at the Second World Summit for Social Development to explore how AI-enabled evidence and evaluation synthesis can drive social development progress.
Register for the event on Thursday, 6 November, 9:00 AM EST (New York) / 17.00 AST (Doha) to:
- Learn how gender-, age-, and disability-responsive social assistance programmes are best designed and implemented to reach those furthest behind;
- Get insights into the Global SDG Synthesis Coalition’s and the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative’s (ESIC) work on living evidence syntheses—making evidence timely, accessible, and actionable for governments and civil society; and
- Explore how sectoral hubs and AI-enabled tools are transforming evidence into policy action around the world, built on principles of equity and inclusion.
Speakers:
- Kerry Albright, Co-Lead, Global SDG Synthesis Coalition, and Deputy Director / Principal Adviser – Evaluation, UNICEF Evaluation Office
- John Lavis, Co-Lead, Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges
- Shivit Bakrania, Evaluation Specialist (Synthesis), UNDP Independent Evaluation Office
- Atika Pasha, Research Director, Center for Evaluation and Development (C4ED)
- Judith Friedman, Head of Country Strategic Plan Evaluation Unit, WFP
Moderator: Thomas Rossmueller, Evaluation Specialist – Partnerships, UNICEF Evaluation Office