Decisions made by policymakers on a gamut of issues in the area of economics, environment, agriculture, health, education, infrastructure and a host of other fields impact greatly on the lives of people. It is therefore imperative that these decisions made are backed with evidence. ACEPA’ work with parliamentarians and policy makers aims to ensure that policy decisions are made based on data that is credible, relevant, timely and sustainable.
Our Evidence-informed Policy Making and Sustainable Development work covers the following:
- Providing technical support to parliamentarians to track the progress of the Sustainable Development Goals
- Promoting the use of evidence in practice by engaging with decision makers, especially Members of Parliament
- Supporting parliamentary staff to generate as well as supply evidence and information products to and for use by members of parliament
- Conducting research to generate empirical data that feeds into the work of parliament
Current Projects

Data for Accountability Project
Comprehensive data for monitoring the progress of the Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) implementation is crucial to enable parliaments to perform their oversight and accountability role effective...
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Building Capacity of Parliaments for Evidence Informed Policy Making
The project is an extension on work done by the VakaYiko Consortium (2013-2017). The DFID funded Building Capacities to Use Research Evidence (BCURE) project which was implemented by the Vaka Yiko co...
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Strengthening Systems of Oversight in East African Parliaments
The project aimed at strengthening systems of oversight within East African parliaments, particularly at the level of the portfolio committees....
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