ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ОЦІНЮВАННЯ ПУБЛІЧНОЇ ПОЛІТИКИ
Petrenko I. I., Saltovskyi O. I., Fedorchenko V. M., Kolyukh V. V. Features of public policy evaluation: lessons for Ukraine. – Article.The peculiarities of the application of various models of public policy evaluation in foreign democracies are considered and prospects for their comprehensive use in Ukraine are identified in the article. It is established that in the English-language literature in the context of public policy evaluation two terms are used: "performance evaluation" (evaluation of specific results) and "evaluation of effectiveness" (evaluation of the achieved effect). It was found that the most generalized, depending on the subjects who carry out the assessment, two groups of models – internal and external – are distinguished. Approaches to public policy evaluation such as process evaluation and performance evaluation, as well as formative and final evaluation are also considered. Everett Vedung's public policy assessment models are analyzed: assessment of goal achievement; evaluation of side effects; model of analysis of results; comprehensive assessment; assessment is customer-oriented; stakeholder model; productivity model; expert assessment model. Three approaches to the implementation of the procedure of evaluation of public policy of William Dunn are considered – pseudo-evaluation, formal evaluation, evaluation from the standpoint of decision theory. It is established that within each of the models a rather wide constellation of methods is used, which are chosen depending on the specifics of a particular policy and the relevant subject field. There is no universal methodological approach to choosing a system of methods, it all depends on the specific situation, practice and skills of experts. The choice of evaluation type and methods of evaluation research is influenced by such factors as: evaluation objectives; interests of the organization or individual groups; political conditions; availability of necessary resources and time for its carrying out. In the context of the widespread ...