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International Program Evaluation
Program evaluation allows the lessons learned from one innovative program to be assessed then applied broadly to other initiatives. There are a growing number of regional and national organizations that are devoted to international evaluation. This discipline is evolving in the United States at federal, state, tribal, and local levels of government, as well as in non-governmental organizations and academia. As the practices of environmental evaluation are drawn from the principles and approaches of traditional program evaluation, and are largely similar no matter the country of practice, this page provides evaluation resources based both in the U.S. and abroad.Tools and Guidelines
Newsletters, Publication Collections and Reports of Interest
International Organization and Government Web sites
Tools and Guidelines
American Evaluation Association's Links to Evaluation Handbooks 
The American Evaluation Association provides links to texts and handbooks on the "how to's" of evaluation.
Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research
This page lists free resources for methods in evaluation and social research. The focus is on "how-to" do evaluation research and the methods used: surveys, focus groups, sampling, interviews, and other methods. Most of these links are to resources that can be read over the web.
U.S. EPA Evaluation of Environmental Programs
This Web site serves as a gateway to environmental program evaluation information within EPA and information resources beyond the Agency.
It also begins to define how evaluation helps transform lessons learned from innovation into changes in environmental management.
WWW Virtual Library: Evaluation Links to Resource Guides
This European Web site offers a number of links to evaluation resources guides from around the world.
Newsletters, Publication Collections and Reports of Interest
Newsletters
American Evaluation Association Newsletter
The American Evaluation Association publishes a member newsletter three times a year.
European Evaluation Society's News Source
The European Evaluation Society offers news on evaluation in the European community as well as its own newsletter.
Treasury Board of Canada's Center of Excellence for Evaluation
CEE offers monthly to bi-monthly newsletter updates on evaluation projects within the Canadian government. The CEE recently moved to the Treasury Board to reflect the need to better integrate evaluation into the full planning and reporting style of government. Of particular interest is their Report on Effective Evaluation Practices .
Publication Collections
American Journal of Evaluation
Three times each year the American Journal of Evaluation (formerly Evaluation Practice), sponsored by the American Evaluation Association and includes topics of current interest, information about upcoming conferences, book reviews, and more.
Australian Evaluation Society Catalog of Evaluation Research Abstracts
A catalog of evaluation research abstracts on a variety of subjects relative to evaluation.
Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation
The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation is published twice a year by the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES). This publication offers articles on all aspects of evaluation, research and practice notes to aid evaluators, and book reviews on relevant subjects.
EPA List of Evaluation Reports
This Web site lists a variety of environmental program evaluation reports.
Reports of Interest
European Commission Directorate-General Environment Report: Mid-term evaluation on the implementation of the LIFE financial instrument (July 2003) (PDF Format; 73 pages, 1.14MB)
AEA Technology Environment was contracted by the European Commission Directorate General Environment to carry out a mid-term evaluation on the implementation of the EU's LIFE III financial instrument. The LIFE Programme was launched in 1992 as one of the spearheads of Community environmental policy to promote the development of innovative techniques and methods .
Japan International Cooperation Association (JICA) Evaluation Report
Annual evaluation report that gives a comprehensive look at evaluation practices in Japan including guidelines and recommendations, including a history of evaluation reports beginning in 2000.
"What Does a Successful Evaluation Project Need?"
Online Study by German PhD candidate Lars Balzer, which examines the question "What does a successful evaluation project need?" Preliminary first results to his questionnaire project are available on the site.
International Organizations and Government Web sites
African Evaluation Association
The African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) is an umbrella organization for national evaluation associations and networks in Africa. It is also a resource for individuals in countries where national bodies do not exist. AfrEA works with the national associations and committed donors to develop a strong African evaluation community.
American Evaluation Association
The American Evaluation Association is an international professional association of evaluators devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and many other forms of evaluation. The American Evaluation Association Web site offers links to American government and non-government evaluation organizations.
Australasian Evaluation Society
The AES is a collection of over 700 members involved in all aspects of evaluation and performance measurement. Members include evaluation practitioners, managers, teachers and students from all levels of government, educational institutions, research agencies, community organizations, businesses and interested individuals. Members meet regularly through Regional Groups in major cities in Australia and New Zealand and their conferences are all posted online as well as their journal.
Canadian Evaluation Society
The Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) offers services such as resource networks, professional development activities, and forums for CES members to discuss and get involved with evaluation interests. The CES Web site offers many interesting links on a variety of subjects of interest to evaluators, including links to international associations and organizations, governments and other evaluation resources.
Center for Expertise of Environmental Policy Sciences of Belgium
This Flemish group 'Policy Evaluation' cluster on the bottom of the page give examples of several evaluation methods used in Finland for both organization and results.
European Evaluation Society
European Evaluation Society (EES) is dedicated to promoting theory, practice and utilization of high quality evaluation especially, but not exclusively within the European countries. EES brings together academics and practitioners from all over Europe to create a forum where all participants can benefit from the cooperation and bridge building.
International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation
The International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE) is a loose coalition of regional and national evaluation organizations from around the world that is dedicated to building leadership and capacity in developing countries, fostering the cross-fertilization of evaluation theory and practice around the world, and assisting the evaluation profession to take a more global approach to contributing to the identification and solution of world problems.
United Kingdom Evaluation Society
The UK Evaluation Society (UKES) exists to promote and improve the theory, practice, understanding and utilization of evaluation and its contribution to public knowledge and to promote cross-sector and cross-disciplinary dialogue and debate. This Web site provides information about the activities of the UKES and news about other evaluation activities, jobs, contracts, events, resources in the UK and internationally.
Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration's EASY-ECO 2005-2007
EASY-ECO 2005-2007 is a training and conference program on evaluations in the specific context of sustainable development and was launched by the Research Center "Managing Sustainability" at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. Seven European research institutions are collaborating to organize three conferences associated with four intervening EASY-ECO Trainings on sustainability evaluations. All events aim at building sustainability evaluation capacity and facilitating the exchange of relevant experiences. EASY-ECO 2005-2007 puts a special focus on the needs of the new EU member states and is funded from the European Community's Sixth Framework Program under the Marie-Curie Conferences and Training Courses action.