/ Global Review: Reviews Evaluation in Europe: An Overview

The umbrella organization of evaluation in Europe is the European Evaluation Society (EES). Founded in 1994 in Hague (Netherlands), the EES elects presidents for two-year mandates and provides a central secretariat for two to three years in different locations. The EES welcomes all individuals interested in evaluation, professionally or academically. Members of the EES receive a Newsletter,2 a one year subscription to Evaluation: the International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, and reductions on EES conference fees and other activities. The web site of the EES provides a good overview about the evaluation community including lists of European and international evaluation associations and networks, evaluation journals, events, and other online resources. Currently, the EES provides links to 13 national or multinational European organizations as well as 5 regional networks within the United Kingdom (see Figure 1). A Portuguese evaluation society will be established (News from the Community, 1 This is a first draft of an illustration of evaluation in Europe. The author anticipates receiving feedback from those evaluators who are experts on issues of European evaluation. Please send any comments, recommendations, feedback, and additional information to the state of art in Europe or individual European countries to