West and Central Africa

Évaluations des Programmes sur l'Assainissement Total Piloté par la Communauté : Leçons apprises et bonnes pratiques en matière de Durabilité

Ce webinaire sera l’occasion de discuter les expériences et bonnes pratiques soulignées par les évaluations de plusieurs programmes portant sur l'Assainissement Total Piloté par la Communauté (ATPC) soutenues par l'UNICEF en partenariat avec les partenaires nationaux de l’Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre. De manièr...

From Open Defecation Free to sustainable sanitation

Across West and Central Africa, where fragile systems and rapid demographic growth intersect with poverty, climate risks, and conflict, the story of sanitation is both one of progress and unfinished business. Earlier this year, during gLOCAL Evaluation Week 2025, the UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office ...

Côte d’Ivoire’s Parliament and partners explore AI for public policy evaluation

In a forward-looking initiative, UNICEF WCARO has partnered with the Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) function of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the National Assembly of Côte d’Ivoire to explore the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital innovation in enhancing public policy evalua...

Catalyzing Sustainable Growth Through Evaluative Evidence: Lessons from Liberia and Sierra Leone

In early June 2025, evaluators, development professionals, and policymakers around the world convened for, gLocal Evaluation Week, —a global movement championing the use of evaluation as a driver of learning, accountability, and positive change. As part of this weeklong series of events,, UNICEF’s West and Central...

Fragility to resilience: Evaluation as a catalyst for Africa’s transitions

At the Fifth International Forum on Evaluation and Fragility (FIFE2025), from 10 to 12 June 2025, UNICEF WCARO joined the African Development Bank’s Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV), governments, and development partners to spotlight how evaluation can drive resilience, recovery, and lasting impact in fra...

UNICEF West and Central Africa Child-Focused Evaluation Webinar Series | October 2022

Webinars with UNICEF WCARO/AfrEA Child-Focused Evaluation competition winners on 4 and 6 October 2022. The winners of the UNICEF WCARO/AfrEA Child-Focused Evaluation competition launched in 2021 will participate in two webinars on 4 th and 6 th October, to share some unique experiences developed within and outsi...

How to make your evaluations more child-focused: A critical review of 3 innovative methods

6 October 2022 | 8:30-10:00am EDT | 12:30-2:00pm GMT Join the event online: Link to Access the Webinar Most evaluations have been conducted “ON” children for decades, meaning that children have been treated as “evaluation objects” and therefore assessed through a desk review or secondary data analysis. Similarly, ...

Engaging with children in evaluation: A critical review of transformative methodological approaches

4 October 2022 | 9:00-10:30am EDT | 1:00-2:30pm GMT Join the event online: Link to Access the Webinar With the realisation of children's and young people's rights at the heart of UNICEF’s mandate, it is essential to engage with them and let their views inform our evaluation work, as also called for in internationa...

Engaging with children in humanitarian evaluations: Lessons learned on the use of photovoice in WCAR

Engaging with Children in Humanitarian Evaluations: Lessons Learned on the Use of Photovoice in West and Central Africa, Watch the evaluation webinar recording:, Photovoice, is a powerful method that allows children to actively contribute to the planning, data collection, analysis and dissemination phases of the e...

WCARO Technical Note # 3: The COVID-19 Evaluability Assessment Checklist

Since the onset of COVID-19, countries in the West and Central Africa region have been confronted with an unprecedented health and socio-economic crisis. As UNICEF has been supporting governments across the region in both the formulation and implementation of numerous national COVID-19 response plans, there is a p...

Seconde phase de l'analyse qualitative des effets de la COVID-19 sur les ménages vulnérables et les services sociaus de base en Côte d'Ivoire

RESUME EXECUTIF CONTEXTE ET OBJECTIF GENERAL DE L’ETUDE A la suite de la première phase de Recherche-Action qui a mis l’accent sur les conséquences de la COVID- 19 au niveau des ménages vulnérables et des services sociaux de base sous l’angle d’une crise sanitaire conjoncturelle, la seconde part du fait que ladite...

WCARO Technical Note # 2: The COVID-19 Response Theory of Change

Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, the number of infections continues to soar and an increasing number of countries, including in the West and Central African region, are facing an unprecedented set of health and socio-economic challenges. Given the complexity and magnitude of the crisis, UNICEF’s West and Ce...