Global Evidence Commitment 2025 – Evidence and the Evolving Development Landscape

Time: Tuesday November 11, 2025 - 10.00 - 11.45
Location: Norad (Bygdøy Allé 2)

Norad and the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) are pleased to invite colleagues, partners and civil society organisations to the open session of the Global Evidence Commitment (GEC) convening in Oslo.

🔗 Click here to register for the event

 

The GEC, hosted by Norad and convened by 3ie, gathers leading development institutions and evidence champions to reflect on recent global shifts and explore how evidence can guide more effective and equitable development. The programme includes opening remarks, the signing of new signatories, and a high-level panel discussion on the future of evidence-informed decision-making.

 

Join us for this session to:

  • Explore how organisations are reforming systems, investing in evidence generation, and fostering cultures of learning and cost‑effectiveness.
  • Engage with peers and senior leaders in interactive discussions about the future direction of evidence use in development.
  • Learn about the GEC’s institutional reform agenda and how the TRIPS framework (Training, Resources, Incentives, Processes, Signals) is being applied across signatories.

Programme:

10:00

Public Opening Session: Today/tomorrow, and the future.

  • Gunn Jorid Roset, Director General, Norad: Opening remarks / welcome
  • Marie Gaarder, Executive Director, 3ie: Opening remarks and agenda. Reflections on last year’s event, changes to the development landscape, thoughts on where we are today, where we might be headed.
  • Ilan Goldfajn, President, Inter-American Development Bank: Recorded video remarks
10:30

Signing by New Signatories:

  • GIZ. Deval will participate as GEC Observer.
  • Brief remarks by Martha Guitierrez, Jorg Faust.
11:00

Session One - Public Panel: Dramatic changes in the development landscape have occurred in the last year.

How is this affecting evidence use?

What is the Future?

 

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