El uso de la evaluación como instrumento de gestión y gobernanza en la Unión Europea

Eduardo Zapico

doi:10.24965/gapp.v0i4.440

Authors

Eduardo Zapico

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24965/gapp.v0i4.440

Keywords:

EU evaluation, management by results, Governance, uncertainty, use of evaluation

Abstract

There is no doubt about the potential of evaluation for decision making. Yet, it is not clear what the real evaluation information use is. Its relevance depends on the relation of evaluation approach to the decision making model and their coherence with their context. In 1996, EU evaluation was first oriented towards efficient expenditure management. Years later, the European Governance acknowledged evaluation as a main instrument for transparency, participation, coherence, accountability and effectiveness of EU policy making. EG was justified not only to cover the democratic deficit but also a coordination deficit. Furthermore, an evaluation deficit has been identified due to the weak development of an evaluation approach able to tackle the complexity of the European context. The relevance of evaluation and its use in the EU would increase significantly if evaluation efforts were reallocated towards a decision model coherent with complexity.

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Author Biography

Eduardo Zapico

Doctor en Ciencias Económicas yComerciales por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y Master in PublicAdministration por la New York University. Actualmente es Asesor en laDirección General de Presupuestos del Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda(Madrid). Entre 2005 y 2009 ha trabajado en la Dirección General dePresupuestos de la Comisión Europea. Anteriormente, trabajó en el Banco Mundial(WDC), en la OCDE (París) y en el Instituto Europeo de Administración Pública(EIPA, Maastricht). Ha desempeñado, asimismo, puestos de asesor sobre temas deevaluación de programas públicos en la Oficina Presupuestaria de la Presidenciadel Gobierno de España (1996-1998) y en la Intervención General de laAdministración del Estado. En el ámbito de los estudios sobre gestión públicaha desarrollado tareas docentes e investigadoras en diversas instituciones,entre las cuales cabe mencionar el INAP, el Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, EIPA, ESADE y las UniversidadesComplutense y Autónoma de Madrid. Entre sus numerosas publicaciones, dentro y fuera de España, destacanlas siguientes: Evaluation of govermentperformance and policy making in Spain (Wold Bank Evaluation Series, 2010),de la que es coautor junto con O. Feinstein; el libro coeditado con J. Mayne, Monitoring Performance in the Public Sector (NuevaYork: Transactions, 1998); y la obra coeditada con A. Wildavsky, National Budgeting for Economic and MonetaryUnion (Boston/Londres: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1993). Es Vocal del Consejo de Redacción de larevista GAPP.

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