Peer Reviews on data driven analysis and evidence-based evaluation

Within the scope of the EC-programme ‘Evaluation of Labour Market Policies and Programmes’ peer review meetings are regularly organised. In these meetings policy officers and thematic experts from EU member states participate.
‘Data driven analysis’ was the subject of a peer review in November 2012. The focus of this meeting was on the availability of statistical data from administrative and survey sources for use in policy evaluations based on secondary analysis. In the Netherlands, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and UWV (employee insurance agency) are probably the most important providers of these kinds of data in the field of labour market and social security. Not only the availability but indeed the accessibility of such data varies widely between member states. This influences the usability of these sources for policy development.
The 2012 meeting was a continuation of a peer review in 2011 on the usefulness of evidence-based evaluation for policy development.



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