Presentation of

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• Presentation of
• Center for Program and Policy Evaluation
• (CPPE)
• Moscow 2008

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About the Center of Program and Policy Evaluation

• The Center of Program and Policy Evaluation was
  created in 2004 by the team of experts in order
  to promote the use of advanced methods in
  evaluation of political outcomes of public policy
  and program implementation, performance
  management, as well as regulatory impact
  assessment
• Today in CPPE there are 7 staff members and more
  then 20 freelancers involved in ongoing projects
  and grants
• The staff members of the Center are very
  experienced also in applied projects on
  performance budgeting, field studies (electoral
  campaigns, market research, monitoring etc).

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Head of CPPE

• Daniel Tsygankov

• Higher education in Sociology (St. Petersburg
  State University, 1993)
• PhD in sociology (St. Petersburg State
  University, 1997)
• Teaching in the area of program and policy
  evaluation / regulatory impact assessment in
  SU-HSE (since 2002)
• Head of Moscow colloquium on program and policy
  evaluation (since 2004)
• Study and scientific research in Bielefeld
  University (1996-1999), Berlin University
  (2000-2003), Saarbrucken University (2006-2007 )
  and Bern University (2007-2008)
• Member of European Evaluation Society, Member of
  DeGEval-Evaluation Society, Member of
  International Sociological Association

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?PPE participation in scientific research projects

• Project Financial-economic assessment of
  amendments into the Russian Tax Code (regarding a
  canceling of VAT-taxation of the registration and
  protection of intellectual propertys services)",
  2008 (subcontractor), on commission from
  Optima-Invest holding
• Project Financial-economic assessment of
  Incorporation of Self-regulating Organization in
  Nonferrous Metals Industry of Mining and
  Metallurgical Integrated Works Norilsky Nikel,
  2008 (subcontractor), on commission from
  Norilsky Nikel
• Project Financial-economic assessment of
  Administration Method Change of Means of
  Universal Service Reserve, 2008 (subcontractor),
  on commission from the Ministry of Information
  Technologies and Communications of Russian
  Federation
• Project Financial-economic assessment for
  Standards of Organizations worked out in the
  field of Electric Power Industry, 2006-2008
  (subcontractor), on commission from RAO UES of
  Russia
• Scientific Research Work Evaluation of Security
  Cost in Electric Power Industry during
  Implementation of Standards (Technical
  Regulation), 2005, on commission from the Fund
  of Support of Regulatory Initiatives.

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Qualification of CPPE employees I

• Alumni of leading Russian universities Moscow
  State University (Economics), State University
  Higher School of Economics (Economics, Sociology,
  Applied Political Science, Public
  Administration) St. Petersburg State University
  (Sociology, Law)
• Two PhDs, nine MAs, eleven BAs, the majority
  continues education postgraduate studies,
  master studies, extended education courses (MSU,
  SU-HSE, Sciences Po, University of Bern)
• Numerous foreign traineeships (USA, Germany,
  France, UK, Switzerland, etc.)
• Fluent foreign languages at least two of three
  key working languages of world evaluation
  community (English, French, German).

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Qualification of CPPE employees II(working
experience in other research scientific projects)

• On commission from the Ministry of Economic
  Development and Trade of Russia
• Monitoring of Legislation Implementation Practice
  in RF in order to evaluate the Influence of
  Measures of Reducing the Administrative
  Interference into Business Activities on the
  Entrepreneurship Development, including Small
  Business (2005)
• Analysis of budgetary expenditures efficiency for
  informatization in the frames of federal,
  departmental and regional programs (2003)
• Outcomes analysis and work-out of proposals on
  creation of support mechanisms for
  ICT-implementation projects in economics, social
  sphere, public administration on regional and
  municipal levels of power (2003)
• Analysis of budgetary expenditures efficiency for
  ICT-implementation (2002)

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Qualification of CPPE employees III(working
experience in other research scientific projects)

• On commission from the Ministry of Education and
  Science of RF and the Federal Agency of Science
  and Innovation of Russia
• Development of regulatory framework for
  efficiency evaluation of state scientific
  organizations performance conducting scientific
  research (2007)
• Development of methodological recommendations on
  evaluation of scientific organizations in Russian
  Federation (2006)
• On commission from the Ministry of Regional
  Affairs of Russia
• Selection of optimal criteria for large-scale
  development projects as the basis for their
  successful realization (2007)

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Main principles of ?PPE evaluation approach

• Evidence-based evaluation / on-going monitoring
• Use of mixed methods (statistics, peer review,
  in-depth interviews, etc.)
• Research team consisting of different sectors
  representatives (economists, sociologists,
  political scientists, policies experts)
• Adaptation of best foreign practices.

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?PPE International Contacts I

• Center for Evaluation at the University of
  Saarland (Saarbridge, Germany), Cooperation
  Agreement since 2007
• Univation - Institut für Evaluation Dr. Beywl
  Associates GmbH (Cologne, Germany)
• Centre for Continuing Education / Evaluation
  Studies (Bern University, Switzerland)
• Netzwerk Evaluation in der Bundesverwaltung
  (Switzerland)
• Unit B-2 Impact assessment, Evaluation and
  Economic Analysis, DG Internal Market and
  Services, European Commission
• European Evaluation Society
• National evaluation associations (Germany,
  Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, USA,
  Canada).

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CPPE International Contacts II

• Prof. Lucius Mader vice-director of Federal
  Agency of Justice, Switzerland, president of
  European Association of Legislation
• Dr. Andreas Balthasar director of Institute of
  Political Research Interface (Lucerne,
  Switzerland), president of Swiss Evaluation
  Society (SEVAL)
• Prof. Christiane Spiel University of Vienna
  (Austria), president of DeGEval - Evaluation
  Society
• Prof. Jean-Claude Barbier University of
  Sorbonne (Paris, France), member of directorate
  of French Evaluation Society (SFE)
• Prof. Frans Leeuw University of Maastricht (The
  Netherlands), Head of Evaluation department of
  Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands
• Prof. Hellmut Wollmann Humboldt University
  (Berlin, Germany), past president of European
  Evaluation Society (EES)
• Dr. Hellmut Eggers international consultant
  (Brussels), ex-head of Evaluation Department of
  European Commission Directorate on development
  projects, author of Project Cycle Management
  (PCM) methodology
• Dr. Jean Quesnel Head of UNICEF Evaluation
  department
• Prof. Ross Conner president of International
  Organization on cooperation in evaluation (IOCE),
  past president of American Evaluation Association
  (AEA).

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CPPE Scientific activities I

• Regular reports at conferences and colloquiums
  in Russia, including
• Moscow State University (2006, 2007)
• Center for Strategic Research (2005, 2007)
• State University - Higher School of Economics
  (2004-2007)
• Institute for Scientific Information on Social
  Sciences (2004-2008)
• St. Petersburg State University (2004, 2007)

• Reports at conferences and
• colloquiums abroad,
• including
• Essen and Saarbridge, Germany (2005, 2007)
• Almaty, Kazakhstan (2005)
• London, United Kingdom (2006)
• Bern, Switzerland (2007, 2008)

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CPPE Scientific activities II

• 2006-2008 publication of four collections
  books of the Moscow evaluation colloquium (about
  1000 pages)
• 2006 collection work Policy Evaluation and New
  Political Economy Analysis Instruments of
  Economic Reforms (joint with Central
  economical-mathematical Institute of Russian
  Academy of Sciences)
• 2005 preprint Performance Measurement and
  Evaluation in Public Administration
  International Experience (joint with State
  University - Higher School of Economics)
• Since 2004 dozens of articles and comments in
  Russian magazines, conference digests, newspapers
  and online-media
• The collection of translations of main national
  associations evaluation standards (USA, United
  Kingdom, Germany, France, and Switzerland) is
  being prepared for publication in 2008
• Articles sent to American and German professional
  journals, publication in 2008.

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Contact information

• Address in Russia 125493, Moscow, Smolnaya
  street, 10
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail mail_at_iopp.ru
• Web www.cppe.info (English)
• www.iopp.ru (Russian)
• European office (Paris) Maria Smirnova
• E-mail smirnova_at_iopp.ru