Performance Audit and Policy Evaluation: On the Same or Parallel Tracks?

The Project promoted good governance principles – rule of law, accountability, transparency, effectiveness, and efficiency. In order to do so, the project analyzed the relationship between performance audit and policy evaluation and provided conclusions and recommendations based on comparative practices. Performance audit and policy evaluation were examined in Serbia, Montenegro, and Macedonia, together with comparative practices from six EU Member States (3 old and 3 new MS).

The general objectives:
1) To undertake analysis of the relationship between performance audit and evaluation and
2) To give recommendations for introduction of efficient and effective evaluation system incorporating performance audit results.

Specific goals:
1) To analyse the development of state audit institutions (SAIs) conducting performance audit in 3 new EU member states & 3 old EU member states;
2) To analyse the development of policy evaluation within ministerial departments in in 3 new EU member states & 3 old EU member states;
3) To examine experiences of linking the functions of performance audit and policy evaluation in 3 new EU member states & 3 old EU member states;
4) To investigate the current situation and resources available in performance audit and policy evaluation in the consortium countries;
5) To comparatively assess applicable methods of correlating performance audit and policy evaluation;
6) To provide recommendations and policy options for the 3 selected Western Balkans countries.