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The RTDI evaluation standards have been developed within the EVAL-INNO project and are available in pdf version as well as in printed form. They are provided in 6 different languages: English, Bulgarian, Greek, Hungarian, Montenegrin and Serbian.
The EVAL-INNO project invites distinguished readers and stakeholders to provide feedback and comments to RTDI Evaluation Standards in order to publish a new and improved issue of these evaluation standards, based on a larger consultative process, at the end of the project. You can download the RTDI Evaluation Standards in 6 languages (English, Bulgarian, Greek, Hungarian, Montenegrin, Serbian) from here.
Since the RTDI Evaluation Standards correspond also with key issues of the WBC-INCO.NET project, the content is of high interest too!
Why RTDI evaluation? Why RTDI evaluation standards?
Research and technology policy comprises all public initiatives which involve the organization of research and innovation systems — i.e. not only public programmes, policies, strategies and regulations but also the "landscape" of institutions which carry out research and develop technology. What is special about research and technology policy in comparison with other policy areas is that programmes, policies and institutions legitimize their existence on the basis of certain market and system failure phenomena inherent in research, technological development and innovative dynamics. Research and technology policy should be in a position to show that investments in this field are worthwhile, particularly within a European context. RTDI decision-makers require instruments and techniques appropriate to the growing need for information, for example about the functioning of RTDI systems, the quality of research and technology vis-a-vis international standards, and the effectiveness of research and technology funding.
Since it is essential to prove that RTDI investments are worthwhile, it is necessary to provide a basis for continuing assessment in RTDI policies. "Evaluation", an umbrella term covering a range of different techniques, methods and measures, has become internationally established as a tool for this purpose. As such, it provides information for politicians, programme managers and the interested general public on the suitability of specific initiatives for achieving objectives in the public interest and for overcoming market and system failures. Consequently, a developed culture of evaluation is an integral part of strategically oriented research and technology policy that is continuing to grow. A good culture of evaluation is both a pre-requisite for and a consequence of good policy: in other words, the process must be efficient, transparent and fair.
You find the RTDI Evaluation Standards provided in six different languages here:
http://www.eval-inno.eu/index.php/publications/guidelines-and-standards
- SEE
- Western Balkans
- Cross-thematic/Interdisciplinary
Entry created by Philipp Brugner on February 17, 2014
Modified on February 17, 2014
