Conference Description and Programme
Presentations:
Part 1: REINFORCING QUALITY AND USEFULNESS OF EVALUATIONS
Evaluation System and Evaluation Capacity in Lithuania
Dr. Ana Stankaitienė, Director of EU Cohesion Policy and Structural Assistance Coordination Department, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania
Session 1: Building an Effective Capacity for Evaluation on the Demand Side
Evaluation Capacity Building Activities in the EU Member States: a Cross-National Overview
Dr. Martin Ferry, European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, UK
Evaluation Capacity Building in the EU Member States: Exchange of Experience
Evaluation of Structural Instruments in Poland. Experience in Evaluation Capacity Building
Stanisław Bienias, Head of Evaluation Unit, Department of Structural Policy Coordination, Ministry of Regional Development, Poland
Developing Evaluation Capacity in Romania: from Theory to Practice, Present and Future
Aneta Stoica and Anton Enachescu, Evaluation Central Unit, Ministry of Public Finance, Romania
Building an Effective Evaluation System – the Hungarian Approach
Dr. Tamás Tétényi, Head of Department for Strategy and Evaluation, National Development Agency, Hungary
Multilevel On-going Evaluation Approach: Experiences from the Swedish Approach
Göran Brulin, NUTEK analyst, Sweden
Session 2: Producing Credible Evaluations: Methodological Considerations
Do Economic Models Tell us Anything Useful about Cohesion Policy Impacts?
John Bradley, Principal of EMDS Consulting, Ireland
Methods for Assessing Impacts of Structural Interventions: Lessons From Ex Post Evaluations
Veronica Gaffey, Head of DG REGIO Evaluation Unit, European Commission
Ex post evaluation of the ESF (2000-2006)
Anna Galazka, Evaluation Officer, Evaluation and Impact Assessment Unit of DG EMPL, European Commission
Methods for Evaluating Structural Fund Employment Effects
Mark Whittle, CSES
Methods for Evaluating Structural Fund Employment Effects: Methodological Alternatives and the Empirical Case of Lithuania
Dr. Virmantas Kvedaras, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Part 2: STRENGTHENING UTILISATION OF STRUCTURAL FUND EVALUATION RESULTS
What is “Utilisation” and How Can It be Measured?
Dr. Karol Olejniczak, Warsaw University, Poland
Use of Evaluation Results in the European Commission
Veronica Gaffey, Head of DG REGIO Evaluation Unit, European Commission
Strengthening Utilisation of Evaluation Results in Lithuania
Danutė Burakienė, Head of Evaluation Unit, EU Cohesion Policy and Structural Assistance Coordination Department, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania
ESF Evaluation Partnership as an Arrangement for Mutual Learning and Supporting Quality and Usefulness of Evaluations
Anna Galazka, Evaluation Officer, Evaluation and Impact Assessment Unit of DG EMPL, European Commission
Using the Results of Evaluation to Inform ESF Programming: ESF in England - a Case Study
Duncan Carnie, Policy Manager, European Social Fund Division, Department for Work and Pensions, UK
Community of Practice on Results Based Management (additional presentation)
Benedict Wauters, Deputy Director Flemish ESF Agency, Belgium
Part 3: EMBEDDING EVALUATION IN WIDER GOVERNMENT
Role of Evaluation in Public Policy
Elliot Stern, Professor of Evaluation Research (Lancaster University), editor of International Journal “Evaluation”, UK
Integrated Approach to Evaluation of Structural Fund and National Expenditure: Lessons from the Irish Experience
David Hegarty, Indecon International Economic Consultants, Ireland
Role of Evaluation in the Programme of 15th Government of the Republic of Lithuania
Rimantas Večkys, Director of the Strategic Planning and Public Administration Department, Office of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania
Assessing Public Expenditure: Evaluation of EU Structural Funds and Budget Programmes
Dr. Vitalis Nakrošis, Public Policy and Management Institute, Lithuania
More information: Neringa Jarmalaviciute, Evaluation Unit, EU Cohesion Policy and Structural Assistance Coordination Department, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania (tel. +370 5 2199 363, e-mail: n.jarmalaviciute@finmin.lt).
Finansų ministerija. Updated on 3 April 2009