This 2-day conference will provide an opportunity for civil society, including donors, religious actors, faith-based organizations (FBOs), practitioners, and policymakers alike to explore evidence on strategically partnering with local religious actors and FBOs to support more effective whole-of-society programming and policies..

The 2022 Evidence Summit will be hosted by the Alliance for Peacebuilding and USAID’s Local Faith and Transformative Partnerships Hub.

Building on USAID’s 2020 Evidence Summit on Strategic Religious Engagement, this event will:

• Build Bridges: Convene religious actors, FBOs, implementing organizations, researchers, academics, and donors to explore shared priorities and develop relationships to broaden networks

• Foster Better Design & Evidence-based Evaluation: Gather and learn about emerging research and perspectives on the impact of interreligious/multireligious action across the humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding sectors to improve the practice and evaluation of inter-religious action

• Advance Policy, Practice, and Partnership: Promote policies and practices that are inclusive of religious actors and partnerships opportunities that support religious actors