INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON PROGRAM AND
POLICY EVALUATION

Organized by
EBAPE – Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV)
in cooperation with the
Inter-American Network for Public Administration Education (INPAE)
and the
National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA)

EBAPE – FGV
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
11-12 February 2003

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON PROGRAM AND
POLICY EVALUATION

OPENING SESSION 2:00 – 2:15 pm

1st PANEL 2:15 – 3:45 pm
EVALUATION IN A NEW AGE: GLOBALIZATION, DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE, AND POLICY ANALYSIS
The objective of this panel is to raise questions about the relationships between evaluation and democracy, particularly focusing upon whether there must be a theoretical change in evaluation in the face of the new requirements imposed on states by a globalized economy, on one hand, and by the needs of democratic governance, on the other. Many of the themes discussed by political philosophers and political scientists often have not found a place in evaluation research: social justice, collective identities, right to difference, multiculturalism, etc. How can they be included in meaningful ways?

Panel Presenters:
Wanderley Guilherme dos Santos – IUPERJ – Rio de Janeiro - BRASIL
José Sulbrandt - Universidad de Santiago de Chile - CHILE
Claudio Aponte - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - MEXICO

COFFEE 3:45 – 4:15 pm

ADDRESS 4:15 – 4:45 pm
Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira - Getulio Vargas Foundation, Sao Paulo -BRASIL

2nd PANEL 4:4 5 – 5:45 pm
MAKING SENSE OF EVALUATION: BEYOND EFFICIENCY AND EFFICACY
TO ETHICS
This panel seeks to raise the implications for evaluation research and policy analysis of present-day developments in which ethics concerns have been reintroduced into public administration practices. It is possible for government-focused evaluation research to address ethics without losing its concern with efficiency in the use of public resources and with efficacy (producing real change in people’s lives) in service delivery?

Panel Presenters:
Maria Victoria Rojas - Centro de Adiestramiento en Servicio – Universidad Nacional de Asunción - PARAGUAY
Cristina Bottinelli - Universidad de Buenos Aires – ARGENTINA

DINNER 8:00 – 10:00 pm

Wednesday, 12 February 2003
 

COFFEE 8:00 – 8:30 am

3rd PANEL 8:30 – 10:00 am
MEETING THE NEEDS OF REAL PEOPLE:
THE EVALUATION OF THE SOCIAL IMPACTS OF PUBLIC POLICIES
This panel will discuss the importance of developing a methodology that can assess policy impacts in a broader sense. It will examine the need to go beyond assessments of goals and results to raise the question of whether those programs or policies under analysis really respond to people’s needs.

Panel Presenters:
Geraldo Monteiro - State University of Rio de Janeiro - BRASIL
Federico Lustosa - Getulio Vargas Foundation – Rio de Janeiro - BRASIL
Rafael Tamayo - CIDE - MEXICO
George Julnes - Utah State University - U.S.A.

COFFEE 10:00 – 10:30 am

4th PANEL 10:30 am – 12:00 noon
EVALUATION IN PRACTICE: INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE (CASE STUDIES)
This panel will provide an opportunity to describe and analyze the present-day practices of evaluation in different countries and regions.

Panel Presenters:
Gloria Merola - Accounting Court - FGV - BRASIL
Nuria Cunill - CLAD - VENEZUELA
Margaret Gordon - University of Washington, Seattle - U.S.A.
Bernardo Kliksberg – Inter-American Development Bank - U.S.A


LUNCH 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm

[Note: INPAE Organizational Meeting starts at 1:30 pm in same room.]

INPAE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

Organized by the
Inter-American Network for Public Administration Education (INPAE) Steering Committee and the
National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA)

EBAPE – FGV
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
12 February 2003