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C reating a Culture of Evaluation – Getting from Rhetoric to Possibility

C reating a Culture of Evaluation – Getting from Rhetoric to Possibility. F rances Ruane. FOCUS Questions we need to answer to achieve “evaluation” rather than “validation”. Outline. Recent history and current context Why the concern with evaluation now?

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C reating a Culture of Evaluation – Getting from Rhetoric to Possibility

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  1. Creating a Culture of Evaluation – Getting from Rhetoric to Possibility Frances Ruane

  2. FOCUSQuestions we need to answer to achieve “evaluation” rather than “validation”

  3. Outline • Recent history and current context • Why the concern with evaluation now? • What questions need to be addressed if evaluation is to make a positive contribution to policy?

  4. Irish Growth Rates 1970-2000

  5. Comparison of Irish and EU (15) Growth Rates 1970-2000

  6. Current context • weak history of planning => system-wide benchmark problems • budgetary constraints => poor evaluation tradition • inclusive, negotiated agreements => compromise solutions • clientelist political tradition => bias against economic rationality

  7. Who really wants evaluation? Seen as “Raining on the parade”? Recall the musical Evita “When the money keeps rolling out you don't keep booksYou can tell you've done well by the happy grateful looksAccountants only slow things down, figures get in the way”

  8. Why the new Concern with Evaluation?

  9. Accountability (C&AG, PAC, IA) International Norms (EC) Why the new Concern with Evaluation? New Rhetoric (EBPM) Transparency (FOI) Efficiency Governance

  10. Three key questions • Who decides on the “evaluation context”? • Who should undertake evaluations? • Who should evaluate the evaluators?

  11. Who decides on the “evaluation context”? • Evaluation of what? • Evaluation for what purpose? • Evaluation with which tools? • Evaluation to what standards? • Evaluation over what timeframe? • Evaluation for whose eyes? • Implications of outturn for funding?

  12. Who should undertake evaluations? • Progamme promoters • Evaluation units within departments • Centralised evaluation units • Outside (national) evaluators • Outside (international) evaluators and to what template?

  13. Who should evaluate the evaluators? • Issue of standards/methodologies • Issue of professionalism/governance • Problem of small country … • Role of the network … • Need for a positive approach to evaluation • More than economics! • Reflect on insights of Charles M. Schultz

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