1. Reviewing the past; what we’ve achieved and what’s still needed Achievements and Challenges of the Federal Office of Public Health’s Internal Evaluation Unit 1 Marlène Läubli Loud - 25 years evaluation OFSP 17/06/11

2. Achievements – within Office Institutionalization: Evaluation “institutionalized” within structures and processes – bottom up and top down – Established Office-wide Centralised Evaluation Competence Centre (2001) – Centralised budget independent of business domain’s resource interests – Integrated into 4 year Office-wide Strategic Planning – Introduced principle of multi-year (4 yrs) planning for Executive approval …/. 2 Marlène Läubli Loud - 25 years evaluation OFSP 17/06/11

3. Achievements– with External Evaluators Professionalization and Quality Assurance: – Developed principle and practice of competitive tender and quality standards systematic meta evaluation scientific peer groups to accompany critical studies (with ToR and contracts) – Establishing stakeholder accompanying groups (strategic and/or subject specific) – with contracts – Supported training efforts and professional development events – bridging gap between managers and evaluators 3 Marlène Läubli Loud - 25 years evaluation OFSP 17/06/11

4. Achievements Cultural Development: – Shared Purpose and Meaning: Agreed functions are to judge “effectiveness” and “highlight where to improve” – Tools – checklists – guidelines – training – Needs-Oriented: Oriented questions to commissioner’s needs – Systematic discussion and ‘valorisation’ of findings – going beyond the evaluation report …/. 4 Marlène Läubli Loud - 25 years evaluation OFSP 17/06/11

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6. … – the « to do » List Further develop the evaluation questions – more creativity needed evaluators to suggest and develop additional questions- commissioners to think “outside the box” – more overarching strategic questions of interest to Office Executive as a whole Analysis is often too focused on expected achievements – rather than the unexpected 6 Marlène Läubli Loud - 25 years evaluation OFSP 17/06/11

7. DIRECT LINK NEEDED 717/06/11

8. The Role of an Evaluation Unit: create a supportive context for evaluation to inform strategy and practice Commissioners and other stakeholders alike feel involved in the evaluation process, and √/X√/X are motivated to tease out lessons from the evaluation findings √/X√/X Commissioners are eager to translate this knowledge into actions aimed at improving their strategy, measures and interventions. √ Both the evaluation process and product stimulate thought and help in further planning….. √ 8 Marlène Läubli Loud - 25 years evaluation OFSP 17/06/11