PROFEEDBACK

PlatfoRm OF policy Evaluation community for improvED EU policies and Better ACKnowledgement

Ref./Contract no CA20112
Funding programme COST
Duration 48 months
Start year-end year 2021-2025
Website Profeedback.eu

Summary

The The Action PROFEEDBACK aims to foster the networking of the policy evaluation community at EU-level, raise awareness on the importance of evaluation policy research and improve its impact on policy-making. The Platform, following a bottom-up and open approach, will gather researchers and professionals from various scientific fields and sectors to present and evaluate theories, topics, tools and methods of policy evaluation. Results of the Europe-wide assessment of good practices will provide direct and high-quality inputs for national and EU bodies responsible for policy evaluation.

Policy evaluation is a key tool in understanding, developing and modernising EU policies, thus there is a growing demand for EU-wide and high quality evaluation services. The main challenge is that currently there is no bottom-up platform for European researchers and professionals working in policy evaluation. They have limited possibilities to discuss common problems, assess country specific practices and share their knowledge in a mutually beneficial and effective way.

PROFEEDBACK aims to tackle this challenge with an innovative, complex, cross-sectoral and multidisciplinary approach by:

  • analysing the theoretical and methodological questions of evaluation policy research putting special focus on Cohesion Policy,
  • enriching scientific research of policy evaluation and addressing new challenges,
  • harmonizing fragmented approaches to set the research agenda and to get a common understanding,
  • contributing to the capacity building of the policy evaluation community,
  • involving national and EU policy-makers and the civil society to contribute to evidence-based policy-making,
  • framing a Code of Conduct for the policy evaluation community.

Activities and outputs

We organise conferences, training schools, mobility grants.

The Action has three Working Groups:

WG1 Theoretical concept of policy evaluation

WG2 Quantitative methods and data collection

WG3 Qualitative and participatory methods

Numerous deliverables are produced and made publicly available. They bring together both horizontal topics formulated at the half-yearly conferences and methodological issues analysed within the Working Groups of the Action.

Highlighted deliverables are the followings:

  • PROFEEDbooks
  • PROFEEDcourses
  • PROFEEDbase
  • Policy briefs

Contact & more info

For more information about the project, please contact:

profeedback@hetfa.hu

internationaloffice@hetfa.hu

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Colleagues of HÉTFA Research Institute participated in the PROFEEDBACK international conference in Tirana

Colleagues of HÉTFA Research Institute participated in the PROFEEDBACK international conference in Tirana

On the 1st of October, 2024, the PROFEEDBACK International Conference on "Participation in Evaluation - Participatory Evaluation" was held at the University of New York Tirana. The conference, organised in the framework of the PROFEEDBACK project led by HÉTFA, focused...

The colleagues of HÉTFA Research Institute participated in the 6th PROFEEDBACK International Conference in Athens

The colleagues of HÉTFA Research Institute participated in the 6th PROFEEDBACK International Conference in Athens

On 19 September 2024, the 6th Profeedback Evaluation Conference took place in Athens, organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The theme of the event was “Business Development, SMEs, Entrepreneurship, and Competitiveness.” The aim of the...

First PROFEEDBACK Training School in Istanbul with a focus on theory-based evaluation of Public Policies and Programmes

First PROFEEDBACK Training School in Istanbul with a focus on theory-based evaluation of Public Policies and Programmes

HÉTFA, as the Grant Holder Institution, is the leader of the PROFEEDBACK (Platform of Policy Evaluation Community for Improved EU Policies and Better Acknowledgment) Action supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). The objective of the Action...

HÉTFA’s colleague explores cooperation opportunities in Jordan in the field of youth policy and evaluation

HÉTFA’s colleague explores cooperation opportunities in Jordan in the field of youth policy and evaluation

HÉTFA’s colleague, Eszter Szőnyi, recently travelled to Jordan for a scientific mission to represent HÉTFA. The aim of the mission was to engage in mutual learning in the field of youth research, youth policy and evaluation, as well as to build connections. Throughout...

PROFEEDBACK conference – Evaluation of Public Policy Responses to ‘Black Swans‘

PROFEEDBACK conference – Evaluation of Public Policy Responses to ‘Black Swans‘

HETFA – as the Grant holder institution- participates in a COST-Action called PROFEEDBACK (PlatfoRm OF policy Evaluation community for improvED EU policies and Better ACKnowledgement). PROFEEDBACK aims to foster the networking of the policy evaluation community at...