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Capacity-Building for NPO Evaluation in China
5,200,000yen [Grant Project] NGO Research Center, School of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University (China) This project constitutes Phase II of 2001-2003 project "Promoting Evaluation for Development of Chinese Nonprofit Sector" which was implemented to develop evaluation standard for non-profit organizations in China. One of the high-level objectives in Phase I was to provide an institutional environment suited for the development of private-sector organizations after the evaluation of non-profit sector has been penetrated in the society. While a pilot case of objective, index-based, third-party evaluation of private organizations was led by the government, representing some promise for such an environment to materialize, there is a concern that an abrupt introduction of the new policy may only result in the evaluation system that is nothing more than nominal. In Phase II, the project aims to avoid negative effect stemming from the government's misunderstanding, while seeking to achieve a rightful acceptance of the evaluation system and greater attainment of the high-order objectives. Trainings on practical application of the evaluation will be conducted targeting at administrative departments and staff of private organizations. More specific activities include development of study materials, training in model areas, construction of evaluation models that are beneficial for practitioners, hosting of meetings to share the experiences of applying the evaluation, compilation of research papers, and provision of nationwide training sessions. In the first year, following activities are planned so that the government sector (civilian administration departments) can grasp the direction evaluation system seeks while the private organizations raise awareness about the evaluation thereby promoting better public-private interactions.
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