Provable Competence
Recognize the ability to turn data, research, and evaluation into clear evidence for action.
Turn Data into Action. Research into Insight. Evaluation into Impact
The Center for Advancing Data, Research, and Evaluation (CADRE) advances evidence work in Afghanistan through professional credentialing, practical frameworks, knowledge sharing, and direct institutional support.
Why CADRE
A Professional Home for Evidence Work
CADRE connects standards, credentialing, institutional support, and knowledge sharing so evidence work can be recognized, improved, and verified.
Tool-Neutral Standards
Focus on methods, reasoning, documentation, and interpretation rather than one platform.
Professional Standing
Support open access, renewable credentials, and continuing growth for people who work with evidence.
Institutional Trust
Standards You Can Inspect
CADRE is being organized as a standards-based credentialing institution with public policies, candidate rules, renewal expectations, and credential verification.
Governance
Institutional oversight, advisory roles, standards ownership, and accountability records.
View governanceCandidate Handbook
Eligibility, exam integrity, professional conduct, appeals, and candidate expectations.
Open handbookRenewal
Continuing education expectations for maintaining professional standing.
Read renewal policyMember Records
Credential status, renewal standing, and public listing consent are managed through the member portal.
Open portalEvidence-to-Action
A Practical System for Better Decisions
CADRE connects people, systems, and decisions so evidence is not only produced, but used. This is where data, research, and evaluation become institutional capacity.
People
Build professional competence through credentials, learning, ethical standards, and practical evidence skills.
Systems
Support the structures institutions need: data systems, research units, M&E frameworks, and learning routines.
Decisions
Help leaders and practitioners convert credible evidence into action, adaptation, accountability, and impact.
Audience
Who is CADRE for?
If you work with evidence and want a credential that proves it, CADRE meets you where you are.
Nonprofit & grant writers
Government analysts
Educators & researchers
Development practitioners
Students & career-changers
Consultants & freelancers
Values & Ethics
The CADRE Compass
Five values that define ethical practice in our field.
Collaboration
Work across disciplines and with affected communities to build better evidence.
Accountability
Own decisions, methods, and outcomes with transparent evidence and documentation.
Diligence
Apply rigor and care so evidence remains credible and decision-ready.
Responsiveness
Adapt to new evidence and context changes throughout implementation.
Equity
Examine who defines problems, who benefits, and whose voice is missing.
Your Journey
Your Path to Certification
Three simple steps to earn the CADRE credential.
Download Syllabus
Free exam blueprint with domain weightings, topic areas, and exam structure.
Prepare for the Exam
Hybrid and online courses designed to prepare you for the certification exam.
Get Certified
Sit the two-session exam: 100 multiple-choice questions, case studies, and a hands-on data task.