EU links
- European evaluation society - The goal of the European Evaluation Society is thus to stimulate and promote theory, practice, and utilization of high quality evaluation especially, but not exclusively, within Europe.
- Enterprise Europe Network (the Network helps small business to make the most of the European marketplace)
- ERAWATCH (ERAWATCH is the European Commission's information platform on European, national and regional research systems and policies. Its main objectives are to support policy-making in science and research in Europe and to contribute to the fulfilment of the European Research Area (ERA). It is a tool for comparing the performance of EU-27 and other countries)
- INNO-APPRAISAL (the EC platform for assessing appraisals (evaluations, peer review, benchmarking) and drawing lessons on innovation policy across Europe)
- FOR LEARN - JRC Online Foresight Guide (a 6th Framework Programme project of the European Commission, currently further updated by JRC-IPTS. It is aimed at consolidating and improving accessibility to Foresight knowledge and know-how, advancing Foresight knowledge and promoting Foresight throughout Europe)
- DG Regional Policy - Theory-based impact evaluation
- INTERVALUE project (SEE programme) (project building self-sustained R&D valorisation network)
- SEE-ERA.NET Plus (platform for further integrating the Western Balkan Countries (WBC) and its key research communities into the European Research Area)
- Slovenian Evaluation society - member of European evaluation society
- Task Force Fostering & Building Human Capital (launched by the Regional Cooperation Council in June 2008 and entrusted with the promotion of coherency between education, higher education and research cooperation in South Eastern Europe)
- WBC-INCO.NET (a portal that acts as a source of high quality targeted information on research in the Western Balkan countries (WBCs) by supporting the Steering Platform through a regular eJournal, analytical studies and reports and directories)
EU National and Regional links
- National German evaluation platform: DeGEval (aims to promote binding quality criteria for evaluation, which is reflected in the "Standards for Evaluation", to support high quality education and training opportunities, to promote the the importance of quality evaluations, and to provide information about evaluation available to the public)
- National Austrian evaluation platform: FTEVAL (The mission of the Platform Research & Technology Policy Evaluation is to encourage more, better and more transparent evaluations for an optimal strategic planning of RTD-policy in Austria and to develop a culture of evaluation together with decision-makers in the field of Austrian technology and research policy)
- Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) (officially launched at the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) in Sofia, on 27 February 2008, as the successor of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe. The main tasks of the RCC are to represent the region, assist the SEECP, monitor regional activities, exert leadership in regional cooperation, provide a regional perspective in donor assistance and support increased involvement of civil society in regional activities)
- Regional Innovation Monitor (the project provides a unique platform for sharing knowledge and know-how on major innovation policy trends in European Union regions)
- REGPOT EVOLUNIMONT project (a project of the University of Montenegro on Evaluation of Research Activities and Strategic Planning of Research)
Other links
- American Evaluation Association (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 6800 members representing all 50 states in the US as well as over 60 foreign countries)
- Australasian Evaluation Society (AES) (the primary Australasian professional organisation for people involved in evaluation including evaluation practitioners, managers, teachers and students of evaluation, and other interested individuals. It has over 1000 members)
- Canadian Evaluation Society (Dedicated to the advancement of evaluation theory and practice)
- Evaluation – Sage Journals Online (Evaluation is interdisciplinary, international peer reviewed journal)
- Evaluation – VirginiaTech Learning Technologies (information on specific evaluation methods)
- Introduction to Evaluation at the Web Center for Social Research Methods (published in the Research Methods Knowledge Base - a comprehensive web-based textbook that addresses all of the topics in a typical introductory undergraduate or graduate course in social research methods)
- World Bank Monitoring & Evaluation Tools, Methods and Approaches (This booklet therefore presents a sample of M&E tools, methods and approaches, including several data collection methods, analytical frameworks, and types of evaluation and review)
