We are pleased to announce that Deo-Gracias Houndolo, a PhD candidate at the International Institute of Social Studies, has been awarded the Africa Evidence Leadership Award.
Deo-Gracias' contributions
Deo-Gracias Houndolo was awarded for his significant contribution to enhancing evaluation capacity development in Africa. He has worked for over 12 years on issues related to evidence production, accessibility and use in the design and management of development interventions and humanitarian causes. He has also trained more than 1,000 individuals through evaluation boot camps, workshops and courses aimed at young professionals and secondary school students.
Deo-Gracias is an evaluation and public policy analysis expert and is pursuing his PhD in Development Economics at ISS. He works at the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) as a Senior Evaluation Specialist and as a Regional Coordinator of the West Africa Capacity Building and Impact Evaluation Programme (WACIE). He is founder of the African Institute for Monitoring and Impact Evaluation of Development Policies Programmes and Projects (Le Barometre), which specializes in policy impact evaluation and digital solutions for monitoring and evaluation.
What is the Africa Evidence Leadership Award 2023?
The Africa Evidence Leadership Award (AELA) is an initiative of the Africa Evidence Network (AEN) and is awarded annually through a nomination process. The award, established in 2018, aims to increase awareness and raise the status of evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM) in Africa. AELA recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding and enduring leadership in promoting EIDM on the African continent.
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