In 2024, Eval4Action’s flagship initiative, Youth in Evaluation, marked a year of significant milestones, empowering young people to take centre stage in the evaluation field. From passing the 1000 signatures milestone for the Youth in Evaluation manifesto to the very first Youth in Evaluation Champions awards at the Youth in Evaluation week 2024, the momentum to meaningfully engage young people showed no signs of slowing down.
To celebrate this successful year, Eval4Action curated an online toolbox to support organizations at all levels to meaningfully involve young people in evaluation. Whether your organization is just starting out or looking to deepen existing youth engagement approaches in evaluation, this toolbox offers a wealth of resources to support your efforts.
Watch the unboxing of the toolbox
Youth in Evaluation manifesto
First out of the toolbox is the Youth in Evaluation manifesto with nearly 1200 signatures echoing a powerful call to action to meaningfully engage youth and young evaluators in evaluation. Find out which organizations and individuals are already on the list and add your name to the list of changemakers. Make a powerful public declaration of your commitment to youth in evaluation!
Youth in Evaluation standards
The next tool is the standards for enhancing meaningful engagement of youth in evaluation, a roadmap and self-accountability guide tailored for six stakeholder groups: academia, governments, international organizations, the private sector, VOPEs/EvalYouth chapters and youth organizations. Updated for 2025, the standards come with handy assessment sheets and guidelines for easy adoption for returning organizations and first-time reporters.
Youth in Evaluation champions
The highlight of 2024 are the Youth in Evaluation champions, organizations that demonstrated exceptional efforts to advance youth engagement in evaluation through self-reporting on the Youth in Evaluation standards. The champions were announced at the Youth in Evaluation week 2024 and they have been sharing good practices to inspire the evaluation community ever since. From detailing their experiences by writing blogs to sharing their engagement strategies on an X Space, the champions show how to practically support and meaningfully engage youth people in evaluation processes across sectors.
What’s next?
To take this momentum forward and to celebrate the 5-year anniversary of Eval4Action, and the 10-year anniversary of EvalYouth Global Network and the Global Parliamentarian Forum for Evaluation, the Summit for the Future of Evaluation will take place on 29-30 May 2025 in Bhutan. The Summit will set a forward-looking vision for the evaluation field with a focus on youth engagement and the ethical integration of AI, with a spotlight on the 2025 Youth in Evaluation champion awards. Self-report on the Youth in Evaluation standards to see if you can be a champion, and stay tuned for more details!
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