Evaluation’s contributions to vibrant democracy: Meeting challenges, delivering results
by Peter van der Knaap, PhD | May 19, 2026 | Blog
The theme of the 16th EES conference is ‘Evaluation for Vibrant Democracies’. Given the record number (!) of submissions to contribute to the congress with sessions and presentations, this theme clearly struck a chord in the European evaluation community… Which...Evaluation for vibrant democracies: our central theme for the 16th Biennial Conference in Lille, France
by Peter van der Knaap, PhD | Dec 9, 2025 | Blog
Dr. Peter van der Knaap is director of IOB, the independent Evaluation Directorate of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and president-elect of the European Evaluation Society (EES). Prior to this, he was director of SWOV Road Safety Research Institute,...Evaluation without democracy: learning for what, accountable to whom?
by Peter van der Knaap, PhD | Dec 3, 2024 | Blog
Around the world, democracy is under threat. Yet in the European Union, democracy is still widely considered to be the best possible system for government. In European evaluation, too, it is seen as a universal value. Important features are freedom of assembly,...Calendar
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
12:00 AM - Evaluation of the "BIG" Programme
29
12:00 AM - Evaluation of Sida support to IPEN 2021-2025
12:00 AM - Call for WERA-IRN Proposals 2025
2
12:00 AM - QuIP and Causal Map Training
4
9
10
11
12
13
12:00 AM - Youth in Evaluation Standards
15
16
19
12:00 AM - Senior Learning & Impact Officer
12:00 AM - Final Evaluation DELPAZ-SOFALA Sub-programme
22
23
24
12:00 AM - Training on qualitative coding for MEL
12:00 AM - Impact and Learning Manager