Lessons shared included the importance of quality evaluation design which is fit for purpose and based on the project. Click through to presentations from speakers at Zenex session 

Strengthening Quality: Reflection on Design - Zenex Foundation 

Quasi-experimental Evaluation Design for the NECT Learning Programme - DNA Economics

Assessing the impact of the RCUP - Brahm Fleisch

The Foundation also hosted a session, at SAMEA on strengthening M&E capacity and the transformation needed in M&E to become more inclusive of blacks (African, Coloured, and Indian), women and emerging evaluators. In this session, the Foundation shared its plan of action in this regard. What was of key interest to attendees were recommendations on how to move from a mainly monitoring and compliance culture to an evaluation and learning culture, and how to ensure better utilisation of evaluation results for learning and future planning at the level of government, donors & NGOs.

Click through to Zenex Foundation's presenation on Strengthening Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity from SAMEA.