Evaluation of public policies: content and models of implementation

The evaluation is not only a verification of the conformity of public action, but also expresses a valuable appreciation of the success of the results and the impact - desired or not - of public policies and that this value judgment must be extracted with the utmost rigor based on sound methodologies of evaluation. In recent years, public policy evaluation has been a huge concern for the governments of industrialized countries. Compared to other management improvement techniques focused primarily on economic control and regulatory compliance, the evaluation addresses social issues and democratic transparency, which are closely linked to the public visibility of reports and the diverse participation of public and private actors