About AfrEA

HISTORY
AfrEA was founded in 1999 in response to a growing demand for information sharing, advocacy and advanced capacity building in evaluation in Africa. It is an umbrella organisation for more than 20 national M&E associations and networks in Africa, and a resource for individuals in countries where national bodies do not exist.

AfrEA works with the national networks and interested partners on the continent and worldwide to develop a strong African evaluation community and practice. It has held five continent-wide conferences, the sixth is the one taking place in Accra, Ghana and has facilitated the development of African Evaluation Guidelines to enhance the quality and unity of evaluation on the continent.

GOAL
To promote and strengthen evaluation in Africa.

OBJECTIVES
•To promote evaluations that contribute to development in Africa that is real and sustained.

•To promote Africa rooted and Africa led evaluation.

•To encourage the development and documentation of high quality evaluation theory and practice.

•To establish and support national African evaluation associations and special evaluation interest groups.

• To facilitate capacity building, networking and information sharing on evaluation among evaluators, policy makers, researchers and development specialists.

•To share African evaluation perspectives and expertise at relevant forums.