Capacity Building at EIL
The EIL supports the government in becoming a more substantial producer and user of evidence to inform policy and improve lives. Through tailored capacity-building programs, we work with policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) professionals to strengthen their ability to engage with and apply rigorous evidence, particularly from randomized evaluations.
EIL draws on J-PAL’s global expertise to deliver a range of training programs designed for different levels of experience, technical backgrounds, and institutional roles. These programs are led by J-PAL-affiliated professors and senior staff and are adopted yearly to align with Egypt’s national priorities.
EIL’s capacity-building offerings are organized into four thematic tracks:
Track 1: Strategic partnerships
Objective: Build institutional partnerships and deliver customized workshops that strengthen stakeholder capacities and promote collaboration on evidence-based policymaking.
Programs include: Leading with Evidence-Informed Decision-Making (LEID), Evaluating Social Programs (ESP)
Track 2: Administrative Data for Decision Making
Objective: Enhance government capacity to use administrative data—from collection to advanced analysis—for efficient, data-driven decision-making.
Programs include: Building Evidence Ecosystems Training (BEET), where two versions have been conducted. The first one is about Education and Active Labor Market Policies (ALMPs) with the European Training Foundation (ETF), and the second one is about urban planning with UN-HABITAT. Building Rigorous Impact for Data-driven Governance through Evidence-based insights (BRIDGE).
Track 3: Fieldwork for impact
Objective: Equip NGOs and civil society organizations with skills to collect and use high-quality data in support of scaling effective programs.
Programs include: Foundations of Randomized Evaluation (FRE), Data Collection Firms Training (DCFT).
Track 4: Individual Diploma
Objective: Develop a new generation of researchers and policy professionals through in-depth training, mentorship, and field experience in randomized evaluations.
Programs include: Mena Scholar Fellowship program (MSF) and Alliance for Data, Evaluation, and Policy Training (ADEPT)