Other AEVAL works: analysis and methodological developments

Abstract

The article describes a set of works developed by AEVAL throughout its years of existence, which go beyond its two main functions: the evaluation of public policies and programs and the promotion of quality management in public administrations. The development of these works made possible to maintain AEVAL’s activity during the years in which evaluation work plans were not approved. But on the other hand, many of these works provided innovative solutions to old management problems and were very well received both by the organizations that had commissioned them and by other interested actors. However, the resistance to change and the reinforcement after the 2008 crisis of the most conservative aspects of the administrative and political culture meant that some of this work was never put into practice.