This book examines the progress of institutionalisation of evaluation in European countries from various perspectives. . It describes both prior developments and current states of evaluation in 16 European countries and across the European Union (EU), focussing on three dimensions, namely the political, social and professional systems. These detailed country reports, which have been written by selected researchers and authors from each of the respective countries, lead to a concluding comparison and synthesis. This is the first of four volumes of the compendium The Institutionalisation of Evaluation to be followed by volumes on the Americas, Africa and Australasia. The overall aim is to provide an interdisciplinary audience with cross-country learning to enable them to better understand the institutionalisation of evaluation in different nations, world regions and different sectors.

1. The institutionalisation of evaluation - Theoretical background, analytical concept and methods. Reinhard Stockmann and Wolfgang Meyer.- 2. Denmark. Peter Dahler-Larsen and Hanne F. Hansen.- 3. Finland. Petri Uusikylä, Pertti Ahonen, Nina K. Hietakangas and Johanna Nurmi.- 4. The Netherlands. Carolien Klein Haarhuis.- 5. Belgium. Valérie Pattyn and Bart De Peuter.- 6. France. Benoit Simon and Clément Lacouette-Fougère.- 7. Germany. Reinhard Stockmann and Wolfgang Meyer.- 8. Switzerland. Thomas Widmer.- 9. Ireland. Richard Boyle, Joe O'Hara, Gerry McNamara and Martin Brown.- 10. United Kingdom. Tracey Wond.- 11. Italy. Erica Melloni.- 12. Spain. María Bustelo.- 13. Portugal. Ana Diogo.- 14. Czechia. Oto Potluka and Jiri Remr.- 15. Latvia. Krisjanis Veitners.- 16. Poland. Weronika Felcis, Monika Bartosiewicz-Niziolek, Piotr Strzeboszewski, Agnieszka Szczurek, Katarzyna Hermann-Pawlowska, Seweryn Krupnik and Beata Ciezka.- 17. Romania. Diana Jacob and Nicolae Toderas.- 18. EU. Roland Blomeyer and Ansgar Eussner.- 19. The institutionalisation of evaluation in Europe: a synthesis. Reinhard Stockmann, Wolfgang Meyer and Lena Taube.- 20. Appendix.