{"id":1009,"date":"2026-07-22T10:49:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2026-07-22T10:49:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:49:04","slug":"zambia-officials-strengthen-evidence-based-policy-skills-at-regional-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/?p=1009","title":{"rendered":"ZAMBIA OFFICIALS STRENGTHEN EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY SKILLS AT REGIONAL TRAINING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JOHANNESBURG, South Africa &#8211; Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary for Policy Analysis and Coordination, Mr. Bernard Kamphasa, and Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry Permanent Secretary for Investment and Industrialisation, Mr. Crusivia Hichikumba, participated in a regional training programme on Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) held in Johannesburg..<br \/>\nThe three-day programme, organised by the Copenhagen Consensus Center, brought together more than 140 senior government officials, policy advisers and analysts from across the Southern African Development Community (SADC).<br \/>\nThe training focused on strengthening evidence-based policymaking by equipping participants with practical skills in cost-benefit analysis.<br \/>\nThrough case studies, policy exercises and AI-supported learning, officials explored approaches to evaluating public investments and setting policy priorities.<br \/>\nThe programme also provided an opportunity for participants to exchange experiences and discuss ways of improving public sector decision-making to ensure limited resources are directed towards programmes that deliver the greatest benefit to citizens.<br \/>\nZambia High Commission, Pretoria.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1010\" src=\"http:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/751135320_1466427418849889_390950659424510838_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/751135320_1466427418849889_390950659424510838_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/751135320_1466427418849889_390950659424510838_n-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/751135320_1466427418849889_390950659424510838_n-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/751135320_1466427418849889_390950659424510838_n-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/751135320_1466427418849889_390950659424510838_n.jpg 2040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHANNESBURG, South Africa &#8211; Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary for Policy Analysis and Coordination, Mr. Bernard Kamphasa, and Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry Permanent Secretary for Investment and Industrialisation, Mr. Crusivia Hichikumba, participated in a regional training programme on Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) held in Johannesburg.. The three-day programme, organised by the Copenhagen Consensus Center, brought [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1009"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1012,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions\/1012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/pretoria\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}