Evaluation Culture and Capacity in Romanian Public Institutions

Abstract

Program evaluation, strongly related with European programs but having to be extended to all administration, is seen as being more and more important in the Public Administration Reform process. This paper is trying to take a look on the development of program evaluation in the Romanian public institutions. Two dimensions are analysed: evaluation culture and evaluation capacity, the first one being at the core of the second. Based on our own observations and on some other assessments the existing evaluation capacity can not be improved without real commitment towards learning from evaluation.