1. External evaluation of NDPHS
Executive Summary of Proceedings and Findings

2. Process of evaluation First Meeting with consultant in March 2008
Start of documents-analysis early April
First Round of interviews during CSR-meeting in Brussels (April)
Questionnaires for EG-members in May
Second Round of interviews during meeting in Berlin (June)
Third Round of interviews during meeting in Stockholm (June)
Submission of draft early August
Meeting with Evaluation Team early September
Presentation of findings during CSR-meeting end of September
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3. Process of evaluation Evaluation was characterized by
High degree of curiosity from all stake-holders
Readiness and eagerness to answer questions and formulate opinions
Openness in regard to critical issues and challenges
Acceptance of recommendations and analysis, even if critical
General feeling of judging the evaluation as a chance to move forward
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4. Major results of evaluation
Political coherence
stated policy goals and executed activities
issue of „social well-being“
Lacks in regard to awareness
The partnership‘s visibility
Definition of success and medium-term goals.
Membership issues
The database/pipeline project
The secretariat‘s performance
Relationship Expert Groups - Projects
Challenges for Expert Groups
Evaluation and monitoring
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5. Recommendations This report recommends inter alia
that NDPHS should review procedures, regulations, guidelines and standards in regard to the establishment and support of Expert Groups, the ways of reporting and facilitation of projects and the definition of the roles of institutions of the partnership as well of membership-issues
that NDPHS should enhance and professionalize its public-relation-activities and its efforts in mainstreaming and dissemination, using both external expertise as well as thevast experience which can be tapped through the Expert Groups
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6. Recommendations
that NDPHS should make basic strategic decisions, especially towards the way projects should be facilitated or implemented, while the consultant suggests that the network should not turn itself over into an implementation agency, but should concentrate on giving ideas, scrutinizing progress and learning from results
that NDPHS should develop a medium-term working programme for the whole partnership
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7. Recommendations
that NDPHS has to concentrate efforts to ensure that the Secretariat will attain a legal status in order to improve important aspects of its activities
that NDPHS should use evaluation as a tool to be not only a facilitator of projects, but also a facilitator of ideas in order to connect to the national level and advice in policy formulation
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