Objective

The objective of the supported initiatives is to facilitate collaboration in the area of publicly funded programmes evaluation. This is mainly being achieved through regular and systematic exchange of information and good practice within widely recognised international, national or regional fora and other collaboration platforms.

Events

"Evaluation - Connecting Research and Innovation"
17-18 November 2005, Manchester, United Kingdom

The European Research Evaluation Network Conference will be held on 17th November 2005. The conference seeks to address the evaluation of research and technology institutes and programmes. The conference is open to business, research and government communities in the UK and the rest of Europe. All conference participants are invited to the Welcome Reception at Manchester Museum on 16th November. As part of the UK Presidency of European Union, we are hosting the European RTD Evaluation Network (RTDN) Meeting at Manchester on 18th November. more

“National Models for Public R&D Evaluation: In Search of Best Practices and Collaborative Opportunities”
30-31 May 2005, Seoul, Korea

The European Commission will actively participate in this workshop, which will focus on evaluation of publicly funded R&D at a systems level.
The workshop is organized and hosted by the Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP) in cooperation with the Washington Research Evaluation Network (WREN).

“Performance Assessment of Public RTD Programmes”
17-18 June 2004, Brussels, Belgium

The European Commission organised this workshop in collaboration with the Washington Research Evaluation Network (WREN), and its aim was to compare experiences, present new ideas and explore ways to allow for sharing and exchange of research evaluation data. The workshop addressed the following major topics:

1. The importance of a proper linking between the technical, socio-economic, and investment objectives (and reflecting this in performance measurement and evaluation) in order to appropriately account for the effects of research on productivity, competitiveness, and growth;

2. The value creation process of world-wide research and technology development networking, collaboration platforms and partnerships which are developed to promote the exchange of new ideas, techniques and methodologies;

3. The standardization of performance and evaluation data among nations that would enable comparisons to be made:

a. The refinement of existing evaluation techniques used to make comparisons (bibliometrics, patent analysis, human resource trends, funding trends, etc.); and

b. The development of promising new evaluation methods that could greatly enhance comparisons (network analysis, systems dynamics, data mining & visualization, real options, etc.)

Evaluation fora and other collaboration platforms

Washington Research Evaluation Network (WREN): It is a forum for the US R&D evaluation community to explore new approaches that will improve the management of publicly funded science and technology organisations, and which brings together leading experts from academia, practitioners from the private sector and the US Federal government, and other individuals and groups to develop these new approaches and theories. more

American Evaluation Society (AEA): The American Evaluation Association is an international professional association of evaluators devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and many other forms of evaluation. Evaluation involves assessing the strengths and weaknesses of programs, policies, personnel, products, and organizations to improve their effectiveness. AEA has approximately 4000 members representing all 50 states in the US as well as over 60 foreign countries. more

Contacts

For more information on this matter, please contact:

Anna KRZYZANOWSKA
Directorate General Information Society and Media
Lisbon Strategy and Policies for the Information Society
Evaluation and Monitoring
Fax: +32 2 296 66 13
email: Infso-c3 in the domain cec.europa.eu