On the evaluation of European Union research: The 2004 five-year assessment

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 335-338

  Reeve, Neville ^a  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

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EID: 30144442151     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/147154305781779317     Document Type: Editorial

References (27)

1. A useful summary of key developments is provided by K Guy in P Shapira and S Kuhlmann (editors) (2003), Learning from Science and Technology Policy Evaluation: Experiences from the United States and Europe (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham).
2. This publication represents the views of the authors only and does not necessarily represent the position of the European Commission. The European Commission cannot be held liable for any use of the information contained in this document.
3. The report together with the Commission's replies to its conclusions and recommendations are available at , last accessed 15 September 2005.
4. The studies and analyses can be found at , last accessed 15 September 2005.
5. Communication to the Spring European Council (2005), "Working together for growth and jobs - a new start for the Lisbon strategy", October.
6. Communication from the Commission (2003), "Investing in research: an action plan for Europe", COM(2003) 226 final/2, Brussels, 4 June;
7. Communication from the Commission (2005), "More research and innovation - investing for growth and employment. A common approach", COM(2005)488 final, Brussels, 12 October.
8. Initiated by the Communication from the Commission (2000), "Towards a European Research Area", COM(2000) 6 final, Brussels, 18 January and pursued throughout FP6.
9. "Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013), Building the Europe of Knowledge", COM(2005)119 final, available at , last accessed 15 September 2005.
10. Details of all FPs, particularly FP6 are available on CORDIS at , last accessed 15 September 2005.
11. The key items include articles 27, 28 and 33 of the Financial Regulation, Council Regulation (CE, Euratom) no 1605/2002 25.06.2002; articles 21 and 22 of the Implementing Rules, Commission Regulation (CE, Euratom) no 1261/2005, 20.07.2005;
12. and Commission Communications: "Focus on results: strengthening of evaluation activities", SEC 2000 (1051);
13. "Evaluation standards and good practice", C(2002) 5267COM.
14. The Framework Programme Decision of the Council and Parliament provides a legal base for evaluation of the FPs, specifying the need for continuous and systematic monitoring of implementation and the Five-Year Assessment.
15. "Independent external monitoring and evaluation of community activities in the area of research and technological development", COM(96) 220 final.
16. DG Research, DG Energy and Transport, DG Fishes and Maritime Affairs, DG Enterprise, DG Information Society and Media, Joint Research Centre.
17. See the DG Research entry in the European Commission's 2004 Evaluation Review, available at , last accessed 15 September 2005.
18. EUR 18884.
19. Other European Commission methodological studies on research evaluation carried out around the same time also had an influence: these were: the "Assessment of the socioeconomic impact of the Framework Programme" (ASIF);
20. and the "Socio-economic evaluation of public RTD policies" (EPUB).
21. Entirely separate Five-Year Assessment exercises were organised for information and communication technology and the work of the Joint Research Centre.
22. The mandate addressed issues on 'implementation', 'achievement' and 'evolution and future perspectives'.
23. Planning, programming and evaluation unit, DG Research, Birgit de Boissezon (Head of Unit), Fabienne Stillemans (coordination of the Five Year Assessment), Neville Reeve.
24. See, for example, from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), "Evaluation of publicly funded research", report on the Berlin Workshop, 25-26 September 2005', DSTI/STP(2005)26.
25. See, for example, the "Study on the use of evaluation results in the Commission (2005)", available at , last accessed 15 September 2005.
26. Further information on the evaluation proposals is contained in Commission Staff Working Paper, "Impact assessment and ex ante evaluation", SEC(2005)430.
27. Details of the Washington Research Evaluation Network (WREN), one of the founding partners of the world network, are available at , last accessed 15 September 2005.