Analysis & Evidence Week 2021 – Data, data, data… but then what?

Date
29th of November - 3rd of December, 2021
Time
08:00 - 18:00, GMT +1
Link
https://www.icrc.org/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/Activities/ae_week_agenda_exten…

Analysis & Evidence (A&E) was introduced by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 2018 as a result of the increasing interest by the organization - and in particular by its Economic Security Unit - to design and build its programmes based on the best available evidence. Since then, the A&E team has been expanding its support to other departments. It has provided both economic security and vulnerability analysis, influencing ICRC programmes and policies, while establishing the ICRC as a technical and agile partner of choice for analytical services in the humanitarian sector. A&E supports delegations by strengthening evidence-based decision-making through assessments, targeting, thematic and multidisciplinary analysis, digitalization and innovation, data and information management, reporting, monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning practices.

The Analysis & Evidence Week 2021 - Data, data, data... but then what? provides a unique forum to engage in the common topics facing evidence-based decision-making in humanitarian action. Bringing together humanitarian actors, the private sector, academia and beyond to discuss opportunities and challenges of data policies, methodologies and usage, while ensuring the analytical work is actionable and practices remain people centered.

Due to the ongoing restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic, the A&E Week 2021 will be held entirely remotely through online conferencing. It will take place from 29 November until 3 December 2021, between 08:00 and 18:00 (CET).

The event consists of 60+ sessions, delivered by multiple organizations and institutions. Topics of the sessions include multi-disciplinary analysis, data protection, climate risks, cash and markets, digitalization and community engagement, monitoring and evaluation, accountability, new technologies. Participants have the chance to register to individual sessions, based on their interest and expertise.

 

There are three type of sessions:

  • Panel Session, where several speakers engage in a discussion around a specific topic and the audience can interact with them through Q&A;
  • Technical sessions, mainly targeting experts on a given topic who can interact with the presenter(s) during the session;
  • Briefing Session, which are mainly aimed at launching an initiative or describe a product/service. These sessions don’t foresee an interaction with the audience.

Some session are replicated at different times and/or in different languages, offering the opportunity for people in different time zones and with different language skills to attend. A limited number of session is market as internal, as it will only accept participation from ICRC staff members.