Georgian Evaluation Association

The Association brings together people who are concerned with democratic development of the country. These individuals care about quality monitoring and evaluation of the ongoing political, economic and social processes and reforms, programs and projects. They strive for the development of evaluation criteria and mechanisms or indicators that will... enable us to measure the impact of completed works and consequently plan success-oriented projects for the future. The Association is vitally interested in establishing an institutional system of evaluation, promoting the growth of professional cadres, developing and instituting evaluation standards, establishing an Evaluators Code of Ethics, enhancing public awareness in regard to the process of evaluation, and, increasing public support for this evaluation process. At the end of 2007 and in the beginning of 2008 an initiative group developing the idea of establishing the Georgian Evaluation Association was created in the Horizonti Foundation. The group elaborated by-law a 5 year strategic plan and 1 year working plan of the association. Therefore, the Horizonti Foundation is an author of the idea and founder of a new Georgian non-governmental organization called the Georgian Evaluation Association. The Horizonti Foundation will provide the newly established association with active assistance, and support its further institutional development and financial strengthening in the next two to three years. The Georgian Evaluation Association brings together people who aim to support qualified monitoring and evaluation of the ongoing political, economic and social processes and reforms, programs and projects; to create evaluation criteria and mechanisms or criteria that will enable us to measure the results and impact of completed works and therefore plan success-oriented projects for the future. Members of the Association consider evaluation a crucial strategic tool for acquiring knowledge and experience, simplifying decision making and for good organizational ...Read More