The European Evaluation Society (EES) recently invited you to participate in a survey about a Voluntary Evaluator Peer Review (VEPR) system prepared under the aegis of the Professionalization Thematic Working Group. My Presidential message in the 2013 September issue of Connections deals with this strategic issue.
Broad based participation by the evaluation community in this survey is extremely important since it addresses questions that are vital to the future of our discipline. Given the complexity and sensitivity of the topic the EES board wished to ascertain the diverse views and rich perspectives of our far flung practice.
The deadline for the VEPR survey has passed. The results of the survey will be analysed soon.
Thank you very much for sharing your views and your participation in this survey.
A rising demand for high quality evaluation services in the public, private and voluntary sectors has induced growing reliance on evaluation guidelines issued by national and regional evaluation societies. In 2009, the EES Board decided to launch its own competencies initiative under the aegis of its "quality of evaluation practice" Activity Stream. As a first step, it endorsed a membership survey designed to trigger a substantive Society wide debate about the desirability and feasibility of constructing an evaluation competencies framework adapted to Europe's multi-facetted needs. Competencies connote the abilities, skills, capacities or qualifications to handle a task, fulfill a function or deliver a service.
On behalf of the EES Board, we wish to thank all the members who took the time to participate in the competencies survey. Feedback would be most welcome.
Please email your reactions to [email protected].