USAID Agency Learning and Evidence Month 2024

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USAID’s second-annual Agency Learning and Evidence Month reached over 1,800 attendees, averaging 175 attendees per session! 30 virtual sessions focused on ‘What Works and Where to Find It’ throughout May 2024 provided a forum for the USAID workforce, expert practitioners, and leading researchers to discuss how high quality evidence can drive development and humanitarian impact on key policy priorities. Attendees joined from over 224 organizations and 106 countries to exchange evidence-driven approaches and resources related to global priorities in development and humanitarian assistance. 

Looking for Session Materials? 

All session materials, including recordings, have been added to the 2024 Event Program, which will remain available here on USAID Learning Lab. Questions? Email us at [email protected]. 

2024 Overview

Agency Learning and Evidence Month is a celebration of research, evaluation, and learning that brings together diverse development actors to exchange with one another and hear the latest evidence on global priorities. In 2024, over the course of 20 USAID-hosted sessions and 10 externally-hosted guest sessions held throughout the month of May, Agency Learning and Evidence Month provided a forum for USAID and our partners, global thought leaders, and leading researchers to discuss how high quality evidence can drive development and humanitarian impact. All sessions were open to the USAID workforce, with select sessions open to the public by registration.

Through the theme of ‘What Works and Where to Find It’, sessions highlighted evidence-driven approaches and resources to further global priorities, including climate change, migration, locally led development, resilience, affirmative development, anti-corruption, and inclusive development. Sessions also explored how development and humanitarian assistance organizations can strengthen operational effectiveness and sustainability of impact.

Agency Learning and Evidence Month is part of the broader USAID Agency Learning Agenda cadence of activities to strengthen evidence building, sharing, and use in decision making. This year’s Agency Learning and Evidence Month builds on the success of the first-ever agency-wide Agency Learning and Evidence Month in 2023, where featured sessions reached 2,459 attendees from over 115 countries and more than 150 organizations. 

Questions about Agency Learning and Evidence Month 2024? Reach us at [email protected].