First geographic evaluation in Madagascar — A public roundtable
On 13 January 2026, L’Initiative — Expertise France will host the event “Learnings from the Field – Madagascar”. The half-day session will present and discuss the results of L’Initiative’s first geographic evaluation conducted in Madagascar: lessons learned, operational recommendations, video testimonies and perspectives from Malagasy civil society to turn learning into concrete action.
Learning from the field to strengthen health action
Faced with a fragile health system, a worrying rise in HIV prevalence, persistent tuberculosis and a high burden of malaria — particularly among young children — L’Initiative — Expertise France supports health in Madagascar through a growing portfolio of actions over recent years.
Rather than assessing projects one by one, the geographic approach reconstructs chains of change to read overall coherence: what collective effects emerge from a portfolio made up of projects, technical assistance and expert missions? Where has support been catalytic? Where are the blind spots? How do actor networks function? To answer these questions, the evaluation combined multiple methods and produced a comprehensive assessment enriched with co-constructed recommendations.
A public roundtable with health actors
The evaluation opened an operational agenda shared with partners to further strengthen the response to the three pandemics and improve health access for all.
We are organising an online half-day on Tuesday 13 January 2026 from 09:00 to 12:30 (UTC+1) dedicated to lessons from the field and to the actors implementing projects and technical assistance missions.
This session will draw on the geographic evaluation results and will include: a concise presentation of the evaluation’s lessons and recommendations; reflections and feedback from partners and L’Initiative — Expertise France in a roundtable with members of Malagasy civil society on NGO permanence, coordination work and sustainability of momentum; and field testimonies so that local experience, nuance and constraints remain the starting point and backbone of the debate.
Registration is required:
Agenda and speakers
Welcome and introduction: Charlotte Binet — Country Director, Expertise France in Madagascar
Opening remarks: Rébecca Gillard — Head, East Africa & 3 Oceans unit, L’Initiative — Expertise France; Adeline Battier — Madagascar Project Lead, L’Initiative — Expertise France
Presentation of objectives and format of the field learnings: Laetitia Drean — Head, Monitoring-Evaluation-Accountability-Learning (SERA) unit, L’Initiative — Expertise France
Reportage on the Madagascar evaluation
Presentation of the evaluation’s lessons and recommendations: consultancy COTA
Partners’ feedback on the evaluation: stakeholders from Madagascar
L’Initiative — Expertise France responses to the evaluation: Rébecca Gillard — Head, East Africa & 3 Oceans unit; Adeline Battier — Madagascar Project Lead
Reportage on the PluriElles project
Roundtable discussion with participants
Conclusion: Eric Fleutelot — Technical Director, Major Pandemics Unit, L’Initiative — Expertise France
Closing remarks: Laetitia Drean — Head, Monitoring-Evaluation-Accountability-Learning (SERA) unit; Elsa Goujon — Evaluation Coordinator, L’Initiative — Expertise France
Practical information
• Date: Tuesday 13 January 2026
• Time: 09:00 – 12:30 (UTC+1)
• Venue: in person at Le Mistral and online via Livestorm
• Language: French
• Registration required
