The Max Bell School of Public Policy hosted the fourth edition of the Evaluation Capacity Case Challenge (EC鲁) May聽1 and 2, 2026.聽Spearheaded by Leslie Fierro, this competition brings together four teams of聽evaluation capacity building (ECB)聽experts, who work collaboratively in developing a strategic solution to a complex ECB case question in under 24 hours.
This year, the聽EC鲁 Case Site selected was聽,聽represented by聽Genevi猫ve Delisle.聽After a thorough overview of the organization鈥檚 dynamics and existing frameworks, they聽tasked our four competing teams with the following question:聽聽
What鈥痵teps can M茅decins du Monde take to ensure its National Operations Directorate聽leverages聽its current strengths (e.g., evaluative thinking and inclusive organizational practices) to further build its capacity to evaluate initiatives and use evaluation findings to learn and improve its activities, amid a resource constrained environment?聽
Congratulations to the Alpine Insights team on winning the 2026 case challenge!聽
From left to right:聽脡lyse McCall-Thomas, Nyal Mirza, Piper Oren,聽Genevi猫ve Delisle,聽Melissa Tremblay, Alondra Felix Silvestre, Aimee聽Yurris.聽
