Abstract
The chapter introduces evaluation experience in the Czech Republic, a country witnessing strong development of evaluation capacities of both the evaluation demand and supply sides during the last two decades. We apply several points of views to make readers familiar with the conditions for evaluations by introducing the general legal framework and specifics of sectoral approaches to evaluations in evaluation-leading sectors in the Czech Republic. These are the EU financial assistance (ESIF), Official development assistance, education, and R&D. Practice in designing and conducting evaluations is an integral part of the chapter. It describes the use of evaluation in the public sector in the political decision-making. It also presents evaluation experience among civil society organisations. The last part of the text concerns the professionalisation of the Czech evaluation community. The Czech Evaluation Society is a small association, but a very vital one. It publishes its scientific journal, organises courses, and cooperates with other evaluation associations in neighboring countries.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Notes
- 1.
For instance, in 2014 there were two workshops at the Annual Conference of the Czech Evaluation Society devoted to impact evaluation (one specifically focused on CIE); similarly, in 2016 several papers were presenting the results of impact evaluations. Even the first Annual Conference of the Czech Evaluation Society in 2011 introduced the impact evaluation case studies.
- 2.
Engl.: ‘Evaluation Theory and Practice’.
- 3.
Czech: ‘Regionální studia’.
References
Act on Free Access to Information. (1999). Parliament of Czechia. No. 106.
Act on Energy Management. (2000). Parliament of Czechia. No. 406.
Act on Control Over Management of Czech Public Finance. (2001). Parliament of Czechia. No. 320.
Act on Waste and the Amendment of Some Other Acts. (2001). Parliament of Czechia. No. 185.
Act on Pre-School, Basic, Secondary, Tertiary Professional and Other Education. (2004). Parliament of Czechia. No. 561.
Act on Social Services. (2006). Parliament of Czechia. No. 108.
Act on Pharmaceuticals and on Amendments to Some Related Acts. (2007). Parliament of Czechia. No. 378.
Act on Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid. (2010). Parliament of Czechia. No. 151.
Act on Cyber Security. (2014). Parliament of Czechia. No. 181.
Barbier, J.-C., & Hawkins, P. (Eds.). (2012). Evaluation cultures: Sense-making in complex times. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers.
Batterbury, S. C. E. (2006). Principles and purposes of European Union Cohesion policy evaluation. Regional Studies, 40(2), 179–188.
Bienias, S., Gapski, T., Jąkalski, J., Lewandowska, I., Mackiewicz, M., Opałka, E., et al. (2009). Evaluation in Poland: Brief overview of evaluation process of EU Cohesion Policy funds. In S. Bienias & I. Lewandowska (Eds.), Evaluation systems in the Visegrad member states (pp. 140–189). Warsaw: Ministry of Regional Development.
Bienias, S., & Lewandowska, I. (Eds.). (2009). Evaluation systems in the Visegrad member states. Warsaw: Ministry of Regional Develpment.
Čadil, J., Mirošník, K., & Petkovová, L. (2016a). Impact of R&D subsidies on enterprise performance in the Czech Republic. Society and Economy, 38(3), 387–398.
Čadil, J., Petkovová, L., Hartman, D., Mirošník, K., Fischer, J., Mertlík, P., & Beránek, M. (2016b). Metodika hodnocení podpory R&D z hlediska konkurenceschopnosti podpořených subjektů.
Czech Evaluation Society. (2011). Etický kodex evaluátora (p. 4). Prague: Czech Evaluation Society.
Czech Evaluation Society. (2013). Formální standardy provádění evaluací (p. 3). Prague: Czech Evaluation Society.
Dvouletý, O., & Blažková, I. (2017). Are publicly supported companies in the Czech food and drink industry performing better? Initial findings from the microdata. Paper Presented at the Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (IMES 2017). Prague. http://imes.vse.cz/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Conference_Proceedings_IMES_2017.pdf. Accessed on 23 January 2019.
Council of the European Union. (2006). Council Regulation (EC) No. 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing regulation (EC) No. 1260/1999. Official Journal of the European Communities, 210.
Furubo, J.-E., Rist, R. C., & Sandahl, R. (2002). International atlas of evaluation. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers.
Government Resolution. (2013). Government resolution on a set of methodological documents on the areas of evaluation, generation and use of indicators, eligibility of expenditure and their reporting and risk management in the programming period 2014–2020, No. 597.
Government Resolution. (2016). Government resolution on general principles of regulatory impact assessment (RIA), No. 76.
Hora, O., & Sirovátka, T. (2012). Srovnání efektů aktivní politiky zaměstnanosti v České republice v období růstu (2007) a během první fáze krize (2009). Praha: Výzkumný ústav práce a sociálních věcí, v.v.i.
Meyer, W. (2016). Toward professionalization? The contribution of university-based training programs in pioneer countries. In R. Stockmann & W. Meyer (Eds.), The future of evaluation: Global trends, new challenges, shared perspectives (pp. 98–112). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Petersson, G. J., & Breul, J. D. (Eds.). (2017). Cyber society, big data, and evaluation: Comparative policy evaluation (Vol. 24). London: Routledge.
Potluka, O., & Brůha, J. (2013). Zkušenosti s kontrafaktuální dopadovou evaluací v České republice. Evaluation Theory and Practice, 1(1), 53–68.
Potluka, O., & Špaček, M. (2013). Postupy a metody kontrafaktuálních dopadových evaluací pro Operační program Zaměstnanost v období 2014–2020. https://www.mpsv.cz/files/clanky/17051/Metodika_CIE_MPSV_131015.pdf. Accessed on 23 January 2019.
Potluka, O., & Špaček, M. (2016). Metodika pro aplikaci kontrafaktuálních dopadových evaluací Operačního programu Životní prostředí 2014–2020.
Potluka, O., Brůha, J., Špaček, M., & Vrbová, L. (2016). Counterfactual impact evaluation on EU Cohesion Policy interventions in training in companies. Ekonomický časopis, 64(6), 575–595.
Potluka, O., Špaček, M., & Remr, J. (2017a). NGOs as partners: Obstacles in the EU Cohesion Policy? Ekonomický časopis, 65(8), 715–736.
Potluka, O., Špaček, M., & von Schnurbein, G. (2017b). Impact of the EU Structural Funds on financial capacities of non-profit organizations. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 28(5), 2200–2223.
Regulation, E. U. (2013). No. 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. Official Journal of the European Communities, 20.
Rychlík, M. (2016). Jak neplýtvat penězi? Pomůže neznámá profese. Lidové noviny.
Srholec, M. (2015). Metodika hodnocení hospodárnosti účelové podpory pro aplikovaný výzkum a vývoj ve firmách. https://tacr.cz/dokums_raw/metodiky/Metodika%20hodnocen%C3%AD%20hospod%C3%A1rnosti%20%C3%BA%C4%8Delov%C3%A9%20podpory%20pro%20aplikovan%C3%BD%20v%C3%BDzkum%20a%20v%C3%BDvoj%20ve%20firm%C3%A1ch_Srholec.pdf. Accessed on 23 January 2019.
Stockmann, R., & Meyer, W. (Eds.). (2016). The future of evaluation: Global trends, new challenges, shared perspectives. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2020 The Author(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Remr, J., Potluka, O. (2020). Czechia. In: Stockmann, R., Meyer, W., Taube, L. (eds) The Institutionalisation of Evaluation in Europe . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32284-7_14
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32284-7_14
Published:
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-32283-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-32284-7
eBook Packages: Political Science and International StudiesPolitical Science and International Studies (R0)