The Future of Evaluation: Global Trends, New Challenges, Shared Perspectives

01 02 Evaluation has become an important instrument for rational governance and is used in an increasing number of countries and policy fields. Recent developments at the global, national and local level are changing the conditions and functions of evaluation worldwide. This book examines current global development trends and changing demands for evaluation, and the rise of threshold countries like Brazil, China, India and South Africa. It addresses issues surrounding globalisation and localisation, examining the need to strengthen accountability for social development on the local level to inform social development , governance and accountability. It also considers issues of quality, utility and further education and the upgrading of evaluation in a broad variety of different organisations, such as multilateral donor organisations, national public administrations, private consultancies, civil-society organisations, universities, and research institutes. With contributions from 30 different countries, this book combines a broad variety of viewpoints to examine the global future of evaluation. 04 02 Acknowledgements Note on Contributors PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Foreword; Marco Segone and Asela Kalugampitiya 2. Ten years of the Center for Evaluation: Review, Purview, Preview; Dieter Filsinger 3. The Future of Evaluation: Global Trends, New Challenges and Shared Perspectives; Reinhard Stockmann and Wolfgang Meyer PART II: ROLE OF EVALUATION IN SOCIETY 4. The Role of Evaluation in Society; Reinhard Stockmann 5. The Changing Role of Evaluation in a Changing Society; Peter Dahler-Larsen 6. The Future of Evaluation in Modern Societies; Reinhard Stockmann 7. The Future of Evaluation: Perspectives from Developing Countries; Susan D. Tamondong 8. Evaluation as a Global Phenomenon: The Development of Transnational Networks; Pablo Rodriguez-Bilella and María Alejandra Lucero 9. Evaluating Sustainable Development in a Global Society; André Martinuzzi and Wolfgang Meyer PART III: EVALUATION AS A PROFESSION: GLOBAL TRENDS 10. Does Evaluation become a Global Profession?; Wolfgang Meyer 11. Towards Professionalization? The Contribution of University-based Training Programs in Pioneer Countries; Wolfgang Meyer 12. European University-based Study Programs in Evaluation: Characteristics and Future Challenges; Verena Friedrich 13. Evaluators´ Capacity Formation in a Context of Changes in Latin America; Sergio Martinic V. & Pablo Rodríguez-Bilella 14. Patterns and Influences in