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CLEAR-AA Brings Regional Partners Together to Strengthen Evaluation Across Africa
- CLEAR-AA
From 15 to 17 September 2026, CLEAR-AA hosted a partner visit and regional convening at the 91心頭利 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The three-day convening examined how regional and country experience can help strengthen national evaluation systems and the use of evidence in decision-making.
Participants included representatives of the (BMZ), the (GIZ), , , the (DBSA), and the governments of Tanzania and Uganda. Discussions focused on CLEAR-AA’s strategic direction, results, and systems approach, including how institutions can coordinate their contributions to evaluation capacity development rather than work in isolation.
Country sessions examined progress in Tanzania and Uganda and CLEAR-AA’s contribution to national evaluation systems. Participants also considered how contribution analysis can support accountability, adaptive management, and learning within countries.
A visit to South Africa’s explored the National Evaluation Policy Framework 2025 and the evolution of the country’s National Evaluation System. Thoko Molaiwa, Chief Director of Evaluation, outlined changes introduced through the framework and South Africa’s work on transformative equity, climate change, and ecosystem health.
Rohan Stadler, Deputy Director of Frontline Monitoring and Support, presented tools that use citizen feedback to inform government responsiveness and accountability. These included the Presidential Hotline, an agile complaints management system, and the Presidential Imbizo Programme, a platform for dialogue between government and communities.
Blessings Muchemwa, Head of the Programme Management Support Unit at UNDP Zimbabwe, said, “We walk away clearer on what CLEAR-AA does beyond the work we do with the centre.” Muchemwa added that CLEAR-AA’s systems approach “doesn’t allow us to be fragmented” and encourages consideration of the roles different partners can play.