Glocal Evaluation Week is a unique knowledge-sharing event, connecting a global community of people across sectors and regions. Over the course of a week, participants from all over the world join events – in their neighborhood or across the ocean – to learn from each other on a vast number of topics and themes. Allowing participants insight into how their work fits in with regional monitoring and evaluation (M&E) ecosystems and the larger international M&E community, Glocal helps to inspire and energize a global movement – individuals and organizations who value the power of evidence to improve people’s lives.  

The 2026 theme, “Evaluation, Evidence, and Trust in the Age of AI,” highlights the growing importance of ensuring that emerging technologies strengthen—rather than undermine—the credibility, rigor, and use of evidence in decision-making.

Our team at The MERL Tech Initiative is participating!

Our core collaborator Cathy Richards is participating of Global Evaluation Week as a guest during a technical panel, entitled: AI and Evaluation in Complex Contexts: Climate Resilience, Disaster Response and Humanitarian Action, taking place on June 4. This session will explore how artificial intelligence tools can support the evaluation of complex systems, particularly in areas such as climate resilience, biodiversity, and disaster risk management—priority domains for Caribbean Small Island Developing States.