On March 3rd, as part of the implementation of its program of activities for the year 2017, with the support of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Rebuse (Network of Burkinabe Monitoring and Evaluation workers), IPA Burkina Faso participated in a promotional day for Emerging Evaluators in Burkina Faso.

IPA Philippines held a two-day event on March 1-2, 2017 with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the implementing partner for an impact evaluation of the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES).On the first day, IPA provided a capacity-building workshop on Introduction to Impact Evaluation to program-concerned staff at the local, regional, and national levels.

On February 22, 2017, IPA Philippines presented to Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno potential evaluation options for priority reform projects of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.These options focused on reducing case congestion, speeding up case processing, and improving case management systems in courts.The Chief Justice expressed her willingness to partner with IPA on more evaluations in the future.