Driving and hindering forces of the institutionalisation of evaluation in a global perspective

Abstract Information: In 2016, the Center for Evaluation at Saarland University (Germany) began a research project that will be completed during the current year. The aim of the project is to record and analyse the institutionalization of evaluation in the political, social and professional system in all countries worldwide where evaluation is, at least, of some relevance. Based on this, the driving and hindering forces of these institutionalization processes will be analysed in a comparative perspective. The results of these studies are not only of academic interest, but are also of high practical relevance, as they document best practice examples and successful development paths and show which state and civil society actors should develop which activities if the institutionalization of evaluation is to be strengthened. In addition, the individual case studies can serve as a benchmark to show where a country currently ranks and where there is a need to go and improve. The research project is based on a theoretical and methodological concept, which was used for the implementation of country case studies, which were conducted by national experts. The concept made it possible to provide a uniform analytical framework which, supplemented by feedback loops, led to a high degree of comparability of the country case studies. These were assessed continent by continent and then comparatively from a global perspective across all continents. The results of these studies are now available in full. Three volumes have now been published by palgrave/macmillan (Europe 2020, North and South America 2022, Asia- Pacific 2023). The results for the African countries will be available soon and the volume will be published towards the end of 2024. A total of 159 authors are involved in the 52 case studies. An unparalleled undertaking worldwide. The purpose of the panel is to present the results of this research project and, in particular, to identify and discuss the driving and hindering forces underlying the institutionalization of evaluation in individual countries. There will be a longer panel contribution (25 minutes), followed by short presentations held by case study experts from America, Africa, Asia, and Europe, who will comment on the overall results from their regional perspective and discuss the following questions: (1) How can the considerable differences between the individual countries and continents be explained? (2) What are the driving and hindering forces of the institutionalization of evaluation within the political, social and professional system? (3) How are these three social subsystems interrelated and how do they interact with each other? (4) What can be done to foster the institutionalization of evaluation in individual countries to strengthen the use of evaluation? Evaluation Globe - Compendium on the Institutionalisation of Evaluation: Stockmann, Reinhard; Meyer, Wolfgang; Stockmann, Tanja. The Institutionalisation of Evaluation in Africa (forthcoming). Stockmann, Reinhard; Meyer, Wolfgang; Zierke, Niklas The Institutionalisation of Evaluation in Asia-Pacific, 2023. Stockmann, Reinhard; Meyer, Wolfgang; Szentmarjay, Laszlo. The Institutionalisation of Evaluation in the Americas, 2022. Stockmann, Reinhard; Meyer, Wolfgang; Taube, Lena. The Institutionalisation of Evaluation in Europe, 2020.