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> Governments today face pressure to improve their systems of governance, but limited numbers of the public supported programmes and agencies are subject to adequate monitoring and evaluation practices.

> The Union’s heterogeneity may be capitalised through the sharing of Member States’ experiences.

> Programmes should only be a framework for achieving a given effect and evaluation is a tool to help policy makers improve the measures employed.

> There is a need to move away from ‘traditional evaluation based on control and audit concepts, towards a situation where evaluations are integrated in the planning of a policy measure.

> Europe needs further co-ordinated work on both policy learning and policy development.

Against this background, the Pilot inititiave will help to implement the shift from today’s focus on the innovation support programme evaluation concept to a focus on innovation policy impact analysis.

The ultimate objective is to design and provide recommendations for the implementation of guiding principles, methods and operational tools for enhanced evaluation practices as a step towards a sound governance of innovation in Europe.

This will include the implementation of a “handbook on evaluation practice” published as a separate toolbox.


 

A working paper has been prepared by the Study Team which was distributed to the International Workshop participants on July 5 2005.

It is now on-line for downloading.

It has been asked to the workshop participants to make comments and suggestions.

Other inputs from stakeholders of the innovation policy community are very welcomed.

Please send your comments to the Study Team before September 1st 2005.

Download the Working Paper:

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Study launched by Innovation Policy Unit of DG Enterprise of the European Commission