STUDY ON THE USE OF EVALUATION RESULTS IN THE COMMISSION. Final report. Dossier n°1: Synthesis report and Annexes
| Alternative title: | Studie zur Verwendung von Evaluierungsergebnissen in der Europäischen Kommission. Abschlußbericht. Synthesebericht und Anhänge |
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| Year of publication: |
2005-05-31
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| Institutions: | European Policy Evaluation Consortium ; EPEC ; Technopolis France ; Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Haushalt (contributor) |
| Subject: | Bewertung | evaluation | EG-Kommission | European Commission | EU | Europapolitik | European Policy |
- Executive Summary
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Rationale, scope and questions of this study
- 1.1 Rationale and aims of the study
- 1.2 Scope of the study
- 1.3 Questions to be resolved
- 2 Methodology
- 2.1 Overview
- 2.2 The unit of analysis (the ABB Activity) and the choice for cases
- 3 Results
- 3.1 Survey
- 3.1.1 Implementation of the questionnaire and response
- 3.1.2 Analysis of statistical results
- 3.1.3 Other types of uses, not pre-identified by the questionnaire
- 3.1.4 Specific analysis of “free text” comments
- 3.2 Evaluation use as indicated in the Council, Parliament and Commission legislative proposals
- 3.3 Results from interviews
- 3.4 Overall case study results
- 4 Analysis
- 4.1 The users and the uses of the Commission’s evaluations
- 4.2 Contribution of evaluation to given objectives
- 4.2.1 Providing input for setting political priorities and choosing between different policy options
- 4.2.2 Support to the design of interventions
- 4.2.3 Support to the efficient allocation of resources
- 4.2.4 Support to implementation of interventions
- 4.2.5 Support of evaluation to increasing awareness and accountability on achievements
- 4.2.6 Conclusion
- 4.3 Factors that foster or discourage the use of evaluations at the level of individual evaluations
- 4.3.1 Evaluation planning and timing; purpose of the evaluation
- 4.3.2 Support of the senior management
- 4.3.3 Quality of the evaluation
- 4.3.4 Monitoring the follow-up of evaluation recommendations
- 4.3.5 Involvement of potential users
- 4.3.6 Human resources
- 4.3.7 Dissemination of evaluation results
- 4.3.8 Less important and “commonplace” factors
- 4.3.9 Relevance of different factors in the different stages of the evaluation project
- 4.4 Factors that foster or discourage the use of evaluations at the level of the organisation
- 4.4.1 Planning / Timing
- 4.4.2 Human and financial resources
- 4.4.3 Relationship with stakeholders
- 4.4.4 Evaluation Function<
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