The 17 Sustainable Development Goals draw significant attention to evaluation and youth. The future of evaluation depends on the critical role that young people play especially in the production & use of high-quality evidence through evaluations, monitoring, learning & research, especially in Africa where over 60% of the population is below 25 years.

Despite the progress since the Eval Year 2015, Young and Emerging Evaluators (YEEs) are under-represented in evaluation associations and are frequently absent from evaluations of policies and programs that impact them. Lida Africa in a bid to contribute to the achievement of SDGs designed the Global School of Experience (GSE) to substantively engage youth in evaluations as critical thinkers, change-makers, innovators, communicators, and leaders.

Through the Global School of Experience, Fresh Graduates (and Final Year students) are matched with Evaluators at Lida Africa for mentorship and empowerment. Our model includescareer guida