On March 15, 2017, IPA Zambia co-hosted a policy event with the International Growth Centre (IGC) to disseminate evidence on challenges of water provision in Zambia.The event was attended by 45 stakeholders including representatives from the Ministry of Mines, Energy, and Water Development; Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA); Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company; and NGOs such as GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR), and NGO WASH Forum, amongst other organizations. Professor Nava Ashraf of the London School of Economics presented findings from two studies.

Workshop on Phase One Implementation of Financial Education through SACCOs Program: Overview, Lessons Learned, and Impact EvaluationOn March 8, 2017, IPA Rwanda—in partnership with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN), the World Bank, and the Rwanda Institute for Cooperatives, Entrepreneurship and Microfinance (RICEM)—organized a workshop to share achievements and lessons learned in implementing Phase One of the Financial Education through Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) Program.Participants also discussed IPA’s ongoing impact evaluation of the same program.

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.