{"id":15469,"date":"2025-12-19T09:42:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/12\/19\/driving-evidence-based-policy-children\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T09:42:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:42:32","slug":"driving-evidence-based-policy-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/12\/19\/driving-evidence-based-policy-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving Evidence Based Policy for Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UNICEF<\/strong> and the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics PIDE convened policymakers, researchers, academia and development partners in Islamabad to share evaluation and research findings commissioned by UNICEF and partners to strengthen capacity for evidence based decision-making for children.<\/p>\n<p>The gathering prioritized dialogue, learning and collaboration, showing how rigorous research and evaluation can inform more effective policies and programmes. Participants explored how evaluation findings can be translated into practical steps that support policy design and implementation across sectors serving children in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers highlighted the importance of building systems that promote regular use of evidence in planning and review, and the role of academic institutions and development partners in producing timely, policy-relevant research. Strengthening links between researchers and policymakers was presented as essential to shape responsive and accountable programmes for children.<\/p>\n<p>Through continued cooperation between PIDE, UNICEF, government actors and development partners, the event reinforced a shared commitment to strengthen systems and shape policies that deliver better outcomes. This collective effort aims to advance evidence based policy that benefits children across Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNICEF and PIDE convened policymakers in Islamabad to use research and evaluation to build evidence based policy for children through dialogue and collaboration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}