Inclusive peace in a new world: how can MEL evolve to enable lasting change?
On 4th June, Agulhas hosted an online learning event on ‘Inclusive peace in a new world: how can monitoring, evaluation and learning evolve to enable lasting change?’
On 4th June, Agulhas hosted an online learning event on ‘Inclusive peace in a new world: how can monitoring, evaluation and learning evolve to enable lasting change?’
The 2025 Glocal theme was “Evaluation for a Better Future: Environmental Sustainability, Inclusion, and Peace.” In a time of growing inequality and political polarization, Glocal 2025 will spotlight the role of evaluation in bridging divides and fostering evidence-based discourse and decision-making.
Agulhas therefore hosted a discussion between diverse members of the global peacebuilding ecosystem, addressing key issues including;
- To enable a more inclusive and peaceful future, must MEL challenge the status quo and consider more radical recommendations, encouraging institutional reform?
- In a world where funding is being stretched to the limit or cut, how can innovative approaches support lasting, inclusive peace?
- How can MEL support accelerated change to achieve the 2030 agenda?
- How can we innovate MEL approaches to stay relevant, given the changed and changing context (e.g., protracted crises and declining aid)?
Attendees were encouraged to put questions to the panel, enabling an open discussion, knowledge sharing, and empowered learning.
Our panellists, including evaluators, implementors and experts on donor policy from across the conflict, fragility and peacebuilding sector, ensured a range of experiences were included in the discussion. Panellists from Cabal Group, Conciliation Resources and Itad joined Agulhas for this discussion and represented a diversity of perspectives from across the sector.
