This book examines the progress of institutionalisation of evaluation in European countries from various perspectives. . It describes both prior developments and current states of evaluation in 16 European countries and across the European Union (EU), focussing on three dimensions, namely the political, social and professional systems. These detailed country reports, which have been written by selected researchers and authors from each of the respective countries, lead to a concluding comparison and synthesis. This is the first of four volumes of the compendium The Institutionalisation of Evaluation to be followed by volumes on the Americas, Africa and Australasia. The overall aim is to provide an interdisciplinary audience with cross-country learning to enable them to better understand the institutionalisation of evaluation in different nations, world regions and different sectors. Reinhard Stockmann is Professor for Sociology at Saarland University, Germany.He is Founder and Director of the Center for Evaluation (CEval), Managing Director of two Master of Evaluation programs, Executive Editor of the German Journal of Evaluation (ZfEv) and Founding member of the German Society for Evaluation (DeGEval). He is an evaluation specialist in the field of development cooperation, education, vocational training, environmental policy and foreign cultural policy. Wolfgang Meyer is Assistant Professor at Saarland University, Germany and Adjunct Professor at Uganda Technology and Management University, Kampala, Uganda. He is Vice-Director of the Centre for Evaluation (CEval), Founding Member of the German Evaluation Society (DeGEval), Sociologist with a Focus on Empirical Methodology and Evaluation Specialist in the Field of Environment, Labour Market and Regional Development. Lena Taube was previously a research associate at the Center for Evaluation (CEval) at Saarland University, Germany, where she focused on research regarding the institutionalisation of evaluation as a means to good governance. She is currently working at the German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) engaged with evaluating human rights in German development aid.

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Reinhard Stockmann is Professor for Sociology at Saarland University, Germany. He is Founder and Director of the Center for Evaluation (CEval), Managing Director of two Master of Evaluation programs, Executive Editor of the German Journal of Evaluation (ZfEv) and Founding member of the German Society for Evaluation (DeGEval). He is an evaluation specialist in the field of development cooperation, education, vocational training, environmental policy and foreign cultural policy.
Wolfgang Meyer is Assistant Professor at Saarland University, Germany and Adjunct Professor at Uganda Technology and Management University, Kampala, Uganda. He is Vice-Director of the Centre for Evaluation (CEval), Founding Member of the German Evaluation Society (DeGEval), Sociologist with a Focus on Empirical Methodology and Evaluation Specialist in the Field of Environment, Labour Market and Regional Development.
Lena Taube was previously a research associate at the Center for Evaluation (CEval) at Saarland University, Germany, where she focused on research regarding the institutionalisation of evaluation as a means to good governance. She is currently working at the German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) engaged with evaluating human rights in German development aid.

Inhalt
List of Figures and Captions, Tables and BoxesForeword and Acknowledgements
Part I1. The institutionalisation of evaluation - Theoretical background, analytical concept and methods Reinhard Stockmann and Wolfgang Meyer
Part IINorthern Europe2.DenmarkPeter Dahler-Larsen and Hanne F. Hansen3.Finland Petri Uusikylä, Pertti Ahonen, Nina K. Hietakangas and Johanna NurmiWestern Europe
4.The NetherlandsCarolien Klein Haarhuis 5.Belgium
Valérie Pattyn and Bart De Peuter6.France
Benoit Simon and Clément Lacouette-Fougère 7.Germany
Reinhard Stockmann and Wolfgang Meyer8.Switzerland
Thomas Widmer 9.Ireland
Richard Boyle, Joe O'Hara, Gerry McNamara and Martin Brown10.United Kingdom
Tracey Wond Southern Europe
11.ItalyErica Melloni12.Spain
María Bustelo13.Portugal
Ana DiogoCentral Eastern Europe
14.CzechiaOto Potluka and Jiri Remr15.Latvia
Krisjanis Veitners16.Poland
Weronika Felcis, Monika Bartosiewicz-Nizioek, Piotr Strzboszewski, Agnieszka Szczurek, Katarzyna Hermann-Pawowska, Seweryn Krupnik and Beata Cika 17.RomaniaDiana Jacob and Nicolae ToderasTransnational Organisations18.EURoland Blomeyer and Ansgar Eussner
Part III19.The institutionalisation of evaluation in Europe: a synthesis Reinhard Stockmann, Wolfgang Meyer and Lena Taube20.Appendix