The purpose of the DRG Learning Forum was to provide a structured opportunity for USAID staff to learn about and reflect on current evidence and learning on democracy, human rights, and governance (DRG) programming, as well as consider methods and tools to improve the use of evidence and learning in future DRG programming. Among other sessions, the 2021 forum discussed findings and implications from previous DRG learning agendas and an Impact Evaluation (IE) Retrospective.
The forum followed two closely related tracks. The Findings track focused on what we have learned from the DRG Learning Agenda with panels on evidence and learning that can inform program design and implementation. The Process track focused on how we learn, including planning for, implementing, and using learning agendas, and DRG’s experience conducting impact evaluations.