Jenna SMITH-KOUASSI has worked with the Development Co-operation Directorate of the OECD since 2021. She leads on the COVID-19 Global Evaluation Coalition, an independent project of the OECD DAC Network on Development Evaluation. Her work is focused on evaluation of the COVID-19 response and recovery efforts of bilateral organisations (OECD and non-OECD countries), multilateral institutions and UN agencies. Notably, Jenna is the project lead for the Strategic Joint Evaluation of the Collective International Development and Humanitarian Assistance Response to COVID-19, which is being conducted under the auspices of the COVID-19 Global Evaluation Coalition. Prior to joining the OECD, Jenna worked in program evaluation and strategic planning with two Government of Canada departments: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and Global Affairs Canada.