Evaluation policy and guidelines for evaluations

This document describes the evaluation policy and guidelines for evaluations of the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It places the evaluation policy in the context of the Order on Periodic Evaluation and Policy Information (known as RPE 2006), the government-wide framework for the evaluation of government policy in general. It also reflects recent decisions regarding the function of evaluation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the role IOB plays within it.