Presentation of Center for Program and Policy Evaluation ( CPPE) Moscow 200 8

1. Presentation of Center for Program and Policy Evaluation (CPPE) Moscow 2008

2. About the Center of Program and Policy Evaluation • The Center of Program and Policy Evaluation was created in 2004 by the team of experts’ in order to promote and apply in Russia the advanced methods of performance evaluation, performance measurement and evaluation of political outcomes of state policies, state programs and public activities implementation, as well as regulatory impact assessment. • Today in CPPE there are 7 employees working on a regular basis and more then 20 freelancers involved in ongoing projects and grants.

3. Higher education in Sociology (St. Petersburg State University, 1993) PhD in sociology (St. Petersburg State University, 1997) Teaching in the area of program and policy evaluation / regulatory impact assessment in SU-HSE (since 2002) Head of Moscow colloquium on program and policy evaluation (since 2004) Study and scientific research in Bielefeld University (1996-1999), Berlin University (2000-2003), Saarbrucken University (2006-2007 ) and Bern University (2007-2008) Member of European Evaluation Society, Member of DeGEval-Evaluation Soceity , Member of International Sociological Association Daniel Tsygankov Head of CPPE

4. СPPE participation in scientific research projects • «Economic costs analysis of regulatory requirements and technical regulations realization in electric power industry» on commission fromEnergy Concern “RAO UES” (2005-2008) • «Development of methodological recommendations on evaluation of scientific organizations in Russian Federation» (together with the SU-HSE Institute of Statistical Research and Economy of Knowledge)on commission from Federal Agency of Science and Innovationof Russia (2006) • «Monitoring of Russian legislative execution practice in order to evaluate the influence of measures on reduction of administrative interference into business activities on the entrepreneurship development, including small business» (together with SU-HSE Center for Sociological Studies) on commission from Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Russia (2005)

5. Qualification of CPPE employees– I • Alumniof leading Russian universities – Moscow State University (Economics), State University – Higher School of Economics (Economics, Sociology, Applied Political Science, Public Administration); St. Petersburg State University (Sociology, Law); • Two PhDs, nine MAs, eleven BAs, the majority continues education – postgraduate studies, master studies,extended education courses (MSU, SU-HSE, Sciences Po, University of Bern); • Numerous foreign traineeships (USA, Germany, France, UK, Switzerland, etc.); • Fluent foreign languages – at least two of three key working languages of world evaluation community(English, French, German).

6. Qualification of CPPE employees – II(working experience in other research scientific projects) • On commission fromthe Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Russia : • Deregulation of economics and elimination of administrative barriers. Russian Federation - Project of «EuropeAid Programme» (2004-2005) • Administration ReformI (2004-2005) • Analysis of budgetary expenditures efficiency for informatization in the frames of federal, departmental and regional programs(2003) • Outcomes analysis and work-out of proposalson creation of support mechanisms for ICT-implementation projects in economics, social sphere, public administration on regional and municipal levels of power (2003) • Analysis of budgetary expenditures efficiency for ICT-implementation (2002)

7. Qualification of CPPE employees – III(working experience in other research scientific projects) • On commission fromthe Ministry of Education and Science of RF andthe Federal Agency of Science and Innovationof RF: • «Development of regulatory framework for efficiency evaluation of state scientific organizations performance conducting scientific research of commercial value, work-out and practical appraisal of expert evaluation procedures»(2007) • «Methodology development and best-practices analysis of realization of the Bologna Declaration principles by universities – participants of TEMPUS-project» (2007) • On commission fromthe Moscow Government: • «Analysis of conditions of Moscow innovation infrastructure anddevelopment of proposals on it’s improvement, including the preparation of regulatory framework in the area of support of small innovative enterprises» (2005) • On commission fromthe Ministry of Regional Development of RF: • «Selection of optimal criteria for large-scale development projects as the basis for their successful realization» (2007)

8. Main methodological principles of СPPУ evaluation approach • Adaptation of best foreign practices to Russian reality; • Fact-oriented evaluation; • Use of mixed methods (statistics, peer review, in-depth interviews, etc.); • Research team consisting of different sectors representatives (economists, sociologists, political scientists, industry experts).

9. СPPУ International Contacts–I • Center for Evaluation at the University of Saar (Saarbridge, Germany); Cooperation Agreement – 2007 • “Univation- Institut für Evaluation Dr. Beywl & Associates GmbH” (Cologne, Germany) • Centre for Continuing Education / in the area of evaluation (Bern University, Switzerland) • Netzwerk Evaluation in der Bundesverwaltung(Switzerland) • Unit B-2 “Impact assessment,Evaluation andEconomic Analysis,Directorate-General “Internal Market and Services”, European Commission • European Evaluation Society • National evaluation associations(Germany, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, USA, Canada)

10. CPPE International Contacts –II • Prof. Lucius Mader–vice-director of Federal Agency of Justice, Switzerland, president of European Association of Legislation • Dr.Andreas Balthasar–director of Institute of Political Research “Interface” (Lucerne, Switzerland), president of Swiss Evaluation Society (SEVAL) • Prof. Christiane Spiel–University of Vienna (Austria), president of DeGEval - Evaluation Society • Prof. Jean-Claude Barbier–University of Sorbonne (Paris, France), member of directorate of French Evaluation Society (SFE) • Prof. Frans Leeuw–University of Maastricht (The Netherlands), Head of Evaluation department of Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands • Prof. Hellmut Wollmann–Humboldt University (Berlin, Germany), past president of European Evaluation Society (EES) • Dr.Hellmut Eggers–international consultant (Brussels), ex-head of Evaluation Department of European Commission Directorate on development projects, author of Project Cycle Management (PCM) methodology • Dr. Jean Quesnel–Head of UNICEF Evaluation department • Prof. Ross Conner–president of International Organization on cooperation in evaluation (IOCE), past president of American Evaluation Association (AEA)

11. Regular reports at conferences and colloquiums in Russia, including: Moscow State University (2006, 2007) Center for Strategic Research (2005, 2007) State University - Higher School of Economics (2004-2007) Institute for Scientific Information on Social Sciences (2004-2007) St. Petersburg State University (2004, 2007) Reports at conferences and colloquiums abroad, including: Essen and Saarbrucken, Germany (2005, 2007) Almaty, Kazakhstan (2005) London, UK (2006) Bern, Switzerland (2007, 2008) CPPE Scientific activities –I

12. CPPE Scientific activities–II • 2006-2007 –publication of three source books of Moscow colloquium on evaluation (more then 600 pages); • 2006– joint digest with CEMI RAS «Policy Evaluation and New Political Economy: Analysis Instruments of Economic Reforms» (joint with Central economical-mathematical institute of Russian Academy of Sciences); • 2005 –preprint «Performance Measurement and Evaluation in Public Administration: International Experience»(joint with Higher School of Economics); • Since 2004 –dozensof articles and comments in Russian magazines, conference digests, newspapers and online-media; • The collection of translations of main national associations evaluation standards (USA, UK, Germany, France, Switzerland) is being prepared for publication –beginning of 2008; • Articles sent to American and German professional journals, publication – 2008.

13. Contact information • Address in Russia:125493, Moscow, Smolnaya street, 10 • Tel.: +7 495 621-7500 • Fax: +7 495 621-7500 • E-mail: mail@iopp.ru • Web: www.iopp.ru, www.cppe.info • European office (Paris) –Maria Smirnova • E-mail:smirnova@iopp.ru