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Dr. Patrick Mbah Okwen is a renowned leader in evidence-informed decision-making, with expertise spanning health, education, and climate health research. He has championed the promotion of Made-in-Africa innovations, fostering homegrown solutions and enhancing research evidence mobilization to address local and global challenges. Among approaches for knowledge mobilization he has promoted from the African continent are policy events, audits and feedback, and storytelling. With the team at eBASE, Dr. Okwen is developing a mathematical model that predicts the transferability of research evidence across contexts, thus increasing the use of research evidence and reducing waste. Dr. Okwen’s impactful work, particularly in the Lake Chad Basin and French-speaking Africa, has earned him prestigious awards, including the Cochrane Aubrey Sheiham Award, the World Bank AVPU Award, the Campbell Robert Boruch Award, and the African Evidence Network Leadership Award. He is an active member of influential networks, including the Guidelines International Network, the JBI Collaboration, the Evidence in Education Network, the Africa Evidence Network, and the Sigma Xi Research Honor Society. His commitment to advancing evidence-based policies and African-led innovations is driving sustainable development, including outside Africa. Dr. Okwen’s diverse and ambitious team of young researchers is based in 5 countries in Africa. He is fluent in French and English.
Eleanor Williams is the Managing Director of the Australian Centre for Evaluation in the Department of Treasury, and the current Chair of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Evaluation Experts Group. With over 20 years’ experience working with the Australian public sector, Eleanor has held senior executive roles in strategic policy, evaluation and research and holds Masters level qualifications in Public Policy and Evaluation. She was a key contributor to the recently launched Global Evidence Report: A Blueprint for Better International Collaboration on Evidence led by the UK’s Behavioural Insights Team in Nesta. |
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During this meeting participants were separated into breakout sessions to identify the purpose and 5 key priorities for the group. Meeting details, including the recording and slides can be found here.
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Clarice Panyin Nyan, International Centre for Evaluation and Development (ICED-Ghana)ED, Ghana, International development Harsha Dayal, Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, South Africa, My work is not sector specific Kwame Akyeampong , The Open University, UK; Akyeampong Research and Development (ARD) Consult, United Kingdom , Education Ndi Euphrasia Ebai-Atuh, Cameroon Consumer Service Organisation; Cochrane; Africa Evidence Network(AEN) and INHE Africa(The International Network of the Human Economy), Cameroon, Education, General public services (e.g. consumer protection, food safety & security, energy supply, natural resources) Kehu Yang, Center for evidence-based social science of Lanzhou University, China, Health, International development, General public services (e.g. consumer protection, food safety & security, energy supply, natural resources) Peter Bragge, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Australia, My work is not sector specific Barbara Nussbaumer-Streit, Cochrane Austria, Department for Evidence-based Medicine and Evaluation, University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria, Austria, Health Kathryn Monk, Collaboration for Environmental Evidence, I am based in England. international charity with Centres in the UK, France, Canada, US, Sweden, South Africa, plus affiliated members across globe, Climate (and environmental protection more generally) Nicola Randall , Centre for Evidence-Based Agriculture Harper Adams University (also a member of CEE), UK, Climate (and environmental protection more generally), General public services (e.g. consumer protection, food safety & security, energy supply, natural resources) Per Olav Vandvik, MAGIC Evidence Ecosystem Foundation, Norway, Health Shelly-Ann Hunte, Caribbean Centre for Health Systems Research and Development, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago, Health, Social protection (e.g. financial protection, children & social services) Bhumika T V, Campbell South Asia, India, Climate (and environmental protection more generally), Health, International development, Social protection (e.g. financial protection, children & social services) Sirimali Fernando, INGSA - Asia, Sri Lanka, Climate (and environmental protection more generally), Education, Health Kerry Waddell, McMaster Health Forum, Canada, Health Michelle Hamilton-Page, community-based researcher, Canadian Medical Association Patient Voice advisory committee, post doctoral fellow at Royal Roads University in Climate Action Leadership, Canada, Climate (and environmental protection more generally), Education, Health, Recreation, culture and religion Erica Mattellone, Senior Evaluation Specialist, UNICEF Katharina Kayser, Director of Evaluation, UNODC Ex-Officio |