September 1, 9am – September 5 2025, 5PM GMT

Location: Monrovia, Liberia

Strengthening data systems for better education planning is at the heart of the upcoming Liberia National EMIS Peer Review and Policy Dialogue. As part of the KIX Africa 19 Hub, the African Union Commission, through its Pan African Institute for Education for Development (AU-IPED), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education of Liberia, is convening this important event in Monrovia, Liberia from 1st to 5th September 2025, under the Global Partnership for Education’s Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (GPE KIX), a joint endeavour with Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

EMIS Peer Review 1st–2nd September 2025

The Peer Review will bring together EMIS experts from the Ministries of Education in Nigeria, The Gambia, and Sierra Leone, alongside the KIX Africa 19 Hub team from AU-IPED, to assess the current state of EMIS in Liberia.

The review will involve meetings with key offices within the Ministry and other stakeholders to discuss information needs, data challenges, and opportunities in planning, monitoring, and evaluation. Peer reviewers will also share their countries’ experiences and innovations, engage in one-on-one consultations, and contribute to a joint analysis of Liberia’s EMIS strengths and gaps.

The process is expected to strengthen Liberia’s EMIS benchmarking against the revised AU norms and standards, foster cross-country learning, and produce an internationally supported set of recommendations to guide Liberia’s EMIS strategy and its engagement in the KIX Africa 19 Hub.

National EMIS Policy Dialogue 3rd–5th September 2025

Building on the peer review findings, the National EMIS Policy Dialogue will bring togetherLiberia’s Ministry of Education, the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), development partners, the Local Education Group, civil society, and the KIX Africa 19 Hub team. Together, they will validate the review outcomes, share good practices, and codevelop a costed National EMIS Action Plan to strengthen data governance and evidence use in education planning.

The EMIS Dialogue aims to:

• Validate and refine Liberia’s EMIS self-assessment,
• Identify critical gaps and generate context-specific strategies,
• Develop a realistic and costed National EMIS Action Plan,
• Strengthen policy frameworks, data governance, and institutional coordination,

This knowledge-exchange activity, organized under the KIX Data Challenge, will strengthen the use of evidence in education policy and planning, improve data governance, and promote peer learning across GPE partner countries.