META-EVALUATION - AN ANALYSIS OF THE EVALUATION TOOLS OF THE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION POLICIES IN ROMANIA FOR THE FINANCIAL FRAMEWORKS 2007 - 2013 AND 2014 – 2020
META-EVALUATION - AN ANALYSIS OF THE EVALUATION TOOLS OF THE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION POLICIES IN ROMANIA FOR THE FINANCIAL FRAMEWORKS 2007 - 2013 AND 2014 – 2020

Summary/Abstract: According to the EU regulations, the policy evaluation is compulsory, for the European Union but also the Member States, as established by the Lisbon Treaty (article no. 156). The purpose of this paper is to verify if there is a correlation between the accessibility (usability) of evaluation outcomes and the degree of use of these results in the process of substantiating future policies. Subsequently, we aim to identify if the evaluation tools play an essential role in increasing the use of the evaluation results and in maintaining the EU's role of knowledge generator in the field of evaluation. Supporting the development of an evaluation culture is essential for the EU's effort to understand what works and what is not working and how its policies are functioning in order to enhance cooperation and maximize impact or improve strategies. The case study, presented in this article, aims to identify the appropriate tools for evaluating research and innovation policies to improve the quality, efficiency and coherence of interventions, considering the context of a significant financial allocation for research and innovation in the future EU budget for the financial framework 2021 - 2027. The study it is expected to provide an answer to the question "To what extent were the results of the evaluations used in the process of substantiating the research and innovation policies in Romania?".

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