Paper/Speech Details of Conference Program for the 19th NISPAcee Annual Conference Program Overview Public Policy Analysis Development Issues Author(s) Iryna Kravchuk Ukrainian Evaluation Association Kyiv Ukraine Title Challenges of development of evaluation capacities in Slovak republic, Poland and Ukraine File Paper files are available only for conference participants, please login first. Presenter Abstract This paper aims to elaborate recommendations for Ukraine on development of capacities to evaluate public policy on the basis of analysis of practical experience of selected CEE countries. Development of legal and institutional framework to evaluate public policy is a good signal of sound transparency and accountability of the government. Formation of evaluation capacities in CEE countries was strongly influenced by accession process to the EU, requirement to monitor and evaluation pre-accession assistance, then – EU Structural Funds. But the level of maturity of evaluation systems strongly differs. Some countries learned lessons and exported evaluation practices outside structural funds (at least Slovenia). Others perceive evaluation as external formal obligation (Slovak Republic). Ukraine doesn’t have such external pressure to develop evaluation capacities. But Ukraine also suffers from the fact that every new government starts from new page and doesn’t learn lessons and doesn’t make conclusions on the experience of predecessors. Some mistakes are often repeated be new teams in the power. To my opinion Ukraine requires clear legal and institutional setup for evaluation of public policy. It would increase learning capability of the government and guarantee better transparency and accountability. Paper will address the following issues:  general context of the development evaluation capacities in CEE countries;  linkages of evaluation with strategic planning, law-making, budgeting, monitoring and audit;  institutional structures to monitor EU pre-accession assistance and structural funds;  lessons and challenges of development evaluation capacities in CEE countries;  analysis of options for development evaluation capacities in Ukraine. Paper will contain clear recommendations for development of evaluation capacities in Ukraine, institutional setup, better incorporation of evaluation into policy circle.
