Acta Universitatis Danubius. Œconomica, Vol 9, No 4 (2013)

Abstract

The evaluation process is a basic element of modern public sector management practice. If this process is well conducted, it can contribute to improved public interventions, increased transparency, accountability and cost-effectiveness. In the European Union, old Member States have a relatively long record of conducting evaluations and acting on their results, especially regarding Structural Funds. For Romania and other new Member States, this process is being introduced increasingly, in particular, after integration. The study has a major key-objective: to present the main categories of evaluation used for assessing the Structural Fund expenditure and the logical framework process and to examine how the evaluation co-financed public programmes is organized and conducted in the EU.