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International Center
for Evaluation & Development

About Us

The International Centre for Evaluation and Development (ICED) is an independent, Africa-based and African-led not-for-profit think-tank that applies innovative research, monitoring, and evaluation (M&E) in the development sector. ICED uses the outputs of research and evaluation to contribute to and enhance development outcomes and impacts, concentrating on Africa, where the need for its expertise is greatest.

our value proposition

How We Stand Out

ICED brings in a number of strengths to the Innovative Research, Monitoring and Evaluation ecosystem of the Global South.

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Diverse intellectual resources

The ICED team brings in experience from across the world and a variety of sectors, thereby enabling the team to become a Centre of excellence in the Global South

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Context and culture-sensitive

As the first Africa-based and African-led think-tank, ICED has the advantage of understanding the local context and being sensitive to the cultural aspects while engaging on a project

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Catalyze and inspire innovation

ICED promotes collaboration in order to avoid duplicity and overlap in the actions, thus focusing more on catalysing and inspiring innovation

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Agility and strong professional networks

ICED is open to changing with the new realities of the modern world and has developed a strong professional network across the globe to learn from and adapt

Our Mission, Vision, and Values

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Mission

To enhance the generation, synthesis and uptake of evidence for better policy and action through Innovative Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation.

Generation

Enhancing the generation of evidence refers to the innovative research, monitoring, and evaluation methods & tools used by ICED to generate evidence

Synthesis

Enhancing the synthesis of evidence refers to ICED’s initiatives to synthesize existing evidence for collaborative learning of the development ecosystem.

Uptake

Enhancing the uptake of evidence refers to the ICED’s interventions to nudge the uptake of evidence based approaches through publications, trainings etc.

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Vision

A Global South where evidence drives policies and actions for transformation of lives and livelihoods.

Global South

Refers to the group of 134 developing and underdeveloped countries as listed by Finance Centre for South-South Cooperation

Lives

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livelihoods

Refer to an integrated approach human, animal and plant lives through physical, social, economic and cultural lens.

Our Values

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Acting with integrity in in day to day conduct, communication and actions

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Maintaining accountability at all levels for our work, decisions and outcomes

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Collaboration with like-minded individuals and organisations for accelerating impact

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Perseverance mindset for success in our work and impact

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Maintaining high quality in our work and outputs

Our Story

ICED was created in 2016 to fill an important gap in the evaluation of development initiatives focusing on the Global South, that is to say the group of 133 developing and underdeveloped countries as listed by the Finance Centre for South-South Cooperation (except China).

At the implementation level, ICED works with local governments and related entities, policy makers, decision makers, managers and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) funders and commissioners to test M&E innovations in the field, including in cross-cultural contexts and paradigms.

Our Journey

2016

Left: Dr. David Ameyaw (co-founder);
Right: Annesofie Misiani (first ICED Staff member)

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Year of Conceptualization, Design, & Birth

January: Draft of the first concept note by David and Zenda
March: The name International Center for Evaluation and Development (ICED) was agreed by the co-founders
April: ICED is registered as Non-Stock Corporation in Delaware (USA)
May: Registration in Kenya was initiated
July-August: The first brochure was published and website content developed
September: the first ICED staff member, Annesofie, was hired. The first list of potential board members was also developed
October: Co-founders approve ICED logo, colors, and name
November: Board members approved, first ICED contract with TNC Bridge Collaborative signed
December: First partnership with Tegemeo Institute held.

2017

Left: the Late Kofi Annan congratulating Dr. Ameyaw on the reation of ICED; Right: the First Evidence to Action (E2A) Conference in Nairobi, Kenya

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Year of Several Firsts in ICED's Journey

February: First contact with donor - Hewlett Foundation
March: First regional conference - AFDB in Dakar, Senegal and agreement with ATAI and UC Davis on Evidence to Action (E2A) Conference
April: First institutional MOU, baseline contract, E2A concept note, ICED newsletter, and official registration in Kenya
May: First E2A conference held in Nairobi, strategic partnership agreement with Campbell Corporation
July: Systematic review training in ISSER, Ghana, 2nd E2A conference held in Ghana
August: MOU with Ghana Ministry for Monitoring and Evaluation signed
September: Global Evidence Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, and move to the first office space
October: Systematic Review Training in Sokoine University of Agriculture
November: First ICED Board meeting held

2018

Left: USADF training in Rwanda; Right: a session during E2A at the USIU, Nairobi

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Year of First Major Contract (USADF)

01: Baseline Survey for World Vision Mozambique
02: Contract with United States Africa Development Fund (USADF) to provide technical support to its grantees in 21 African countries. Trainings conducted include:
1. Organisational Capacity Building
2. Poverty Probability Index
3. Digital data collection and Processing
03: E2A conference held at the United States International University (USIU), Nairobi‍

2019

Left: the Vice President of Ghana at the E2A Conference; Right: Executive Leadership Course in M&E at ISSER, Ghana

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Year of Expansion to Multiple Countries

The Final Evaluation of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) support to the Africa Peer-Review Mechanism in multiple African countries
Executive Monitoring and Evaluation training for Public officials of the Government of Kenya
End of Project Evaluation for the Mozambique Local and Regional Procurement (LRP) Project, a project that was Implemented by World Vision International
Final Evaluation for the Joint Financing Agreement (JFA III) on behalf of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
E2A Conference held at the University of Ghana, Accra
Trained USADF partners in Mali and Liberia on how to conduct Organisational Capacity Assessment and Poverty Probability Index

2020

Even during the pandemic, ICED was privileged to accomplish four major fetes

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Year of Start of Grant Management (ALL-IN) as a Focus Area

01: Training of the KiandaFoundation staff on key aspects of Monitoring and Evaluation and proposal development
02: Training of USADF partners in Malawi, Burundi, DRC, and Niger, Mauritania, Zimbabwe and Zambia on how to conduct OrganisationalCapacity Assessment and Poverty Probability Index
03: Coordination of the Ghana Results Fair on behalf of the Ministry of M&E, Ghana
04: Received the Advancing Local Leadership, Innovation and Network (ALL-IN) Research Grant for Markets, Risk & Resilience at the UC Davis. Covers Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Ghana and Nigeria.

2021

Technical partner process and level of effort survey

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Year of Setting up Ghana Office

01: Baseline Survey for Ghana Tourism Site and Destinations on behalf of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture – Ghana
02: Conducted the Listening to Ghana Survey – A National Perception Survey of Ghana Government Flagship Programs.
03: Conducted Technical partner process & level of effort survey and comparative market landscape analysis for the USADF grantees in all the 21 African countries.
04: Retrospective Policy Evaluation of Micro Reforms for African Agribusiness (MIRA) Micro Reforms for African Agribusiness and Monitoring and Analyzing Food and Agriculture Policies (MAFAP). Covering; Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique.
05: Infrastructure's Impact on Nutritious Diets and Women's Economic Empowerment funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)

Our Global Presence

With its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, an office in Ghana, and other dedicated staff members around sub-Saharan Africa, ICED is also able to partner with other international development organizations. These partnerships are realized in the form of institutional collaborations, project managements, and joint event coordination and participation. Through these partnerships, ICED is able to enhance its contributions to the M&E sector, build a stronger global network and make a greater impact across the Global South.

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Sustainable development programs

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Training workshops conducted

150

Research projects completed

Our Approach

ICED advances the use of M&E to support sustained and resilient development in Africa by advancing thought and practice leadership in the M&E profession. To achieve this, it combines high level research and evaluation knowledge and skills with extensive practical experience that is sensitive and responsive to culture, value systems and local context. The activities carried out by ICED through research, monitoring and evaluation are aimed at ensuring Africa’s development. This includes supporting local governments and related entities in developing evidence-based policies and implementing sustainable programs. The projects generally extend throughout the African continent to ensure that the continent, and eventually, the Global south, benefit as a whole.

Our Team

ICED has its head office in Nairobi, Kenya; an office in Accra, Ghana, that supports activities in West Africa; and a satellite office in Maputo, Mozambique. In addition, ICED has a presence of staff in Kampala, Uganda. Besides its in-house full-time consultants, ICED has a pool of African experts in various fields based in different African countries who it can call upon within a short notice when their expertise is required. This affords ICED the flexibility to handle multiple assignments concurrently.

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