The DeGEval - society for evaluation registered association (until 2005: German society for evaluation registered association) was created 1997 in Braunschweig. It is a union of persons and institutions, who are active in the range of the evaluation. She pursues the Professionalisierung of evaluation, the unification of different perspectives of the evaluation as well as information and exchange over evaluation.

Goals

Professionalisierung of evaluation

With the increasing need of evaluation many chances are and also connected for risks. These concern on the one hand the quality of evaluations, on the other hand the professionalism of Evaluatorinnen and Evaluatoren. Like that are small despite large interest in evaluation in far parts of the German linguistic area the status of information over possibilities and borders, in addition, costs and use of evaluations. Therefore the DeGEval uses itself lastingly to promote obligatory quality criteria for evaluation which settles in the "“standards for evaluation"” as well as the tying the "“additions for self evaluation"”, to it to support high-quality out and training further offers which orient themselves to from the DeGEval published "“recommendations to the out and further training in the evaluation"”, the importantness qualitatively fastidious evaluations clients, Evaluatorinnen and Evaluatoren as well as those, whose achievement and activity are evaluated, to mediate as well as information about evaluation publicly accessible to make.

Unification of different perspectives

A central goal of the DeGEval is the unification of different perspectives regarding theory and practice of the evaluation. The DeGEval made it's duty to promote the exchange between Evaluatorinnen and Evaluatoren within individual as well as between evaluation fields which is carried out in particular by the activity of the working groups in the DeGEval, experiences and expectations of clients, evaluation researcher inside and - to researchers, Evaluatorinnen and Evaluatoren as well as evaluated to unite as well as the contact relevant national and international organizations within the range of the evaluation to maintain and remove.

Promotion of information and exchange

The strong differentiation of evaluation requires constant information exchange and collegial discourse. The DeGEval contributes to by among other things annual conventions organized, which a platform for the critical discussion around evaluation beginnings, evaluation Designs and - methods offer, in the magazine for evaluation engaged, which represents a qualified panel for evaluation, with which DeGEval placing itself"… Mail an information forum ready, over evaluation activities and - requires in different fields reported as well as the mailing list forum evaluation supported, which makes possible continuous exchange of experience and opportunity offers to discuss open questions from the range the evaluation.

The executive committee

The executive committee selected by the meeting of the members has a integrative function according to the goals of the DeGEval and represents the society outward. Members of the executive committee are at present (February 2006): Univ. - Professor Dr. Dr. Christiane play (chairman) Dekanin of the faculty for psychology, University of Vienna, Dr. Uwe Schmidt (stellv. Chairman) director/conductor of the center for quality assurance and - development (University of Mainz) as well as the office of the university evaluation group southwest, Mainz, Dr. Alexandra CaspariCentrum for evaluation (university of the Saarland), Saarbruecken, Dipl. - Psych. Dirk SchefflerGesellschafter e-fect hoping man + more scheffler gbr, Trier, Dr. Hans-Peter LorenzenMinDirig a.D in the Federal Ministry for economics and work, Bonn/Berlin.

Members

At present the DeGEval has over 400 personal members and over 60 institutional members (conditions 2/2006). The personal members come from economics and sociological research establishments, universities, management consultations and political counselling enterprises as well as Ministries, administrations and department research establishments. All relevant disciplines and Professionen of the evaluation are represented. Altogether at present 14 working groups, which are concerned within the following ranges with questions of the evaluation, exist:

• Out and further training
• Vocational and operational education
• Development policy
• Research, technology and innovation politics
• Health service
• Universities
• Media
• Schools
• Social services
• City and regional development
• Structural policy
• Environmental range
• Administration
• Economics

Related links

• http://www.degeval.de DeGEval society for evaluation registered association.

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