Governance by Evaluation for Sustainable Development
Institutional Capacities and Learning
Published on 29. February 2012
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-1-84980-157-7 (ISBN)
Description
This path-breaking book provides a balanced and comprehensive coverage of current research and practice on the role of evaluation in supporting governance for sustainable development and learning.
This accessible study draws lessons from how evaluation studies and evaluation systems forward the agendas of sustainable development and good governance, by opening up decision-making processes to stakeholders, supporting evidence-based, coherent and transparent decision making, integrating concerns of the three domains of sustainable development into decision making and supporting learning and capacity building. It assesses how political-administrative realities affect the design and use of evaluation studies as well as the institutionalization of monitoring and evaluation systems.
The contributors expertly review recent European experience with evaluation at the EU, national, regional and local levels which will appeal to researchers specializing in regional, political and sustainability sciences and practitioners in the area of policy/program evaluation and sustainable development.
Contributors: U. Bechtold, I. Celebicic, S. Deprez, J. Franz, S. Grafakos, K. Hogl, K. Hollaender, R. Hummelbrunner, C. Kirkpatrick, I. Leal Riesco, A. Martinuzzi, J. Molander, S. Nicholson, M. Nilsson, R. Nordbeck, V. Oikonomou, A.J. Olearius, G. Ozerol, S. Powell, M. Pregernig, M. Sedlacko, F. Stokman, E. Stormer, M. Strele, B. Truffer, H. Wilfing, D. Zevgolis
This accessible study draws lessons from how evaluation studies and evaluation systems forward the agendas of sustainable development and good governance, by opening up decision-making processes to stakeholders, supporting evidence-based, coherent and transparent decision making, integrating concerns of the three domains of sustainable development into decision making and supporting learning and capacity building. It assesses how political-administrative realities affect the design and use of evaluation studies as well as the institutionalization of monitoring and evaluation systems.
The contributors expertly review recent European experience with evaluation at the EU, national, regional and local levels which will appeal to researchers specializing in regional, political and sustainability sciences and practitioners in the area of policy/program evaluation and sustainable development.
Contributors: U. Bechtold, I. Celebicic, S. Deprez, J. Franz, S. Grafakos, K. Hogl, K. Hollaender, R. Hummelbrunner, C. Kirkpatrick, I. Leal Riesco, A. Martinuzzi, J. Molander, S. Nicholson, M. Nilsson, R. Nordbeck, V. Oikonomou, A.J. Olearius, G. Ozerol, S. Powell, M. Pregernig, M. Sedlacko, F. Stokman, E. Stormer, M. Strele, B. Truffer, H. Wilfing, D. Zevgolis
Reviews / Votes
'. . . the book is well edited and contains an instructive collection of cases on organizational learning. . . it is recommended reading for researchers interested in the sometimes arduous task of institutionalizing organizational learning.' -- Martin Petrick, Quarterly Journal of International AgricultureMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84980-157-7 (9781849801577)
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Persons
Edited by Michal Sedlacko, FH Campus Wien and Andre Martinuzzi, Director, Research Institute for Managing Sustainability, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien), Vienna, Austria
Content
Contents:
Preface
1. Governance for Sustainable Development, Evaluation and Learning: An Introduction
Michal Sedlacko and Andre Martinuzzi
PART I: LEARNING THROUGH EVALUATION
2. The Politics of Sustainability Evaluation: Analysis of Three Austrian Strategies for Sustainable Development
Michael Pregernig, Karl Hogl and Ralf Nordbeck
3. Tools for Learning-oriented Environmental Appraisal
Mans Nilsson
PART II: INSTITUTIONALISING SD CONCERNS IN EUROPEAN POLICY MAKING
4. Integrating Sustainable Development into Impact Assessment: How Effective is the European Commission?
Jennifer Franz and Colin Kirkpatrick
5. Monitoring the Expected Impacts of the 7th EU Framework Programme on Sustainable Development - a Case Study on Governance by Evaluation
Andre Martinuzzi
6. From a European Court of Auditors' Report to a Learning Process? The Challenge to Integrate the Environment into the European Community's Development Assistance
Axel Johannes Olearius, Iola Leal Riesco and Sally Nicholson
PART III: DEALING WITH MULTI-STAKEHOLDER CONTEXTS
7. Evaluation of Public Participation Towards Sustainable Water Management: An Institutional Perspective
Guel OEzerol
8. Dynamic Decision Analysis for Monitoring and Facilitating the Dutch Costa Due Stakeholder Dialogue on Sustainable Energy
Kirsten Hollaender and Frans Stokman
9. Participatory Livelihoods System Appraisal: A Learning-oriented Methodology for Impact Assessment
Martin Strele
10. Towards a Process for Eliciting Criteria Weights and Enhancing Capacity of Stakeholders in Ex Ante Evaluation of Climate Policies
Stelios Grafakos, Dimitrios Zevgolis and Vlasis Oikonomou
PART IV: DEVELOPING LEARNING CAPACITY IN ORGANISATIONS
11. Assessment of Outcome Mapping as a Tool for Evaluating and Monitoring Support to Civil Society Organisations
Steve Powell, Joakim Molander and Ivona Celebicic
12. Development of a Learning-oriented Monitoring System for Sustainable Agriculture Chain Development in Eastern Indonesia
Steff Deprez
13. Process Monitoring of Impacts and its Application in Structural Fund Programmes
Richard Hummelbrunner
14. Participatory Ex Ante Evaluation of Long-term Infrastructure Plans as a Policy-learning Process
Eckhard Stoermer and Bernhard Truffer
PART V: REFLECTING EVALUATION TOOLS: PERSPECTIVES AND PITFALLS
15. The Role of Visualisation Within Sustainability Evaluation Processes
Harald Wilfing and Ulrike Bechtold
Index
Preface
1. Governance for Sustainable Development, Evaluation and Learning: An Introduction
Michal Sedlacko and Andre Martinuzzi
PART I: LEARNING THROUGH EVALUATION
2. The Politics of Sustainability Evaluation: Analysis of Three Austrian Strategies for Sustainable Development
Michael Pregernig, Karl Hogl and Ralf Nordbeck
3. Tools for Learning-oriented Environmental Appraisal
Mans Nilsson
PART II: INSTITUTIONALISING SD CONCERNS IN EUROPEAN POLICY MAKING
4. Integrating Sustainable Development into Impact Assessment: How Effective is the European Commission?
Jennifer Franz and Colin Kirkpatrick
5. Monitoring the Expected Impacts of the 7th EU Framework Programme on Sustainable Development - a Case Study on Governance by Evaluation
Andre Martinuzzi
6. From a European Court of Auditors' Report to a Learning Process? The Challenge to Integrate the Environment into the European Community's Development Assistance
Axel Johannes Olearius, Iola Leal Riesco and Sally Nicholson
PART III: DEALING WITH MULTI-STAKEHOLDER CONTEXTS
7. Evaluation of Public Participation Towards Sustainable Water Management: An Institutional Perspective
Guel OEzerol
8. Dynamic Decision Analysis for Monitoring and Facilitating the Dutch Costa Due Stakeholder Dialogue on Sustainable Energy
Kirsten Hollaender and Frans Stokman
9. Participatory Livelihoods System Appraisal: A Learning-oriented Methodology for Impact Assessment
Martin Strele
10. Towards a Process for Eliciting Criteria Weights and Enhancing Capacity of Stakeholders in Ex Ante Evaluation of Climate Policies
Stelios Grafakos, Dimitrios Zevgolis and Vlasis Oikonomou
PART IV: DEVELOPING LEARNING CAPACITY IN ORGANISATIONS
11. Assessment of Outcome Mapping as a Tool for Evaluating and Monitoring Support to Civil Society Organisations
Steve Powell, Joakim Molander and Ivona Celebicic
12. Development of a Learning-oriented Monitoring System for Sustainable Agriculture Chain Development in Eastern Indonesia
Steff Deprez
13. Process Monitoring of Impacts and its Application in Structural Fund Programmes
Richard Hummelbrunner
14. Participatory Ex Ante Evaluation of Long-term Infrastructure Plans as a Policy-learning Process
Eckhard Stoermer and Bernhard Truffer
PART V: REFLECTING EVALUATION TOOLS: PERSPECTIVES AND PITFALLS
15. The Role of Visualisation Within Sustainability Evaluation Processes
Harald Wilfing and Ulrike Bechtold
Index