Presenter(s): Iryna Kravchuk, National Academy of Public Administration, Kyiv, Ukraine: irene_kravchuk@yahoo.co.uk Karol Olejniczak, Kosciuszko Foundation Fellow, EUROREG - University of Warsaw, Poland: k.olejniczak@uw.edu.pl; Abstract: Aim of the round-table: to share findings and reflections about key factors and mechanisms that have been shaping the development of evaluation capacities in 10 Central and Eastern Countries: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary. These countries share similar characteristic of their post-communist past, bureaucratic approach to public policies and the absence of the evaluation practice at the beginning of the transformation era. In the same time, the evolutions of their evaluation capacities substantially differ. We want to show and discuss the main determinants that are behind these different paths of development. The discussion will base on the results of the in-depth comparative analysis of the developments in the field of evaluation, in the abovementioned countries, during the last 10 years. Target group: experts with experience in developing evaluation capacities in public administration at the central or regional level. We hope that they will share their experience and critically comment on our findings experts and decision-makers interested in developing evaluation capacities in the future. We hope that they will find the inspirations and get new ideas. Discussion will address the following issues: 1. What is the starting point for building evaluation capacities in public policies? 2. What are the key success factors and mechanisms that determine evaluation capacities? 3. What are the main challenges in developing evaluation capacities and how they can be overcome? 4. What are the key factors that provide sustainability of the evaluation system? #InternationalandCross-CulturalEval #EvaluationPolicy #GovernmentEvaluation #CEE #evaluationcapacitybuilding #2011Conference