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"In December 2005, the Treasury Board Secretariat’s (TBS) Centre of Excellence for Evaluation (CEE) commissioned the services of the Centre for Research on Community Services (CRCS) at the University of Ottawa to develop a discussion paper that identifies for consideration actionable strategies and options for government to foster advanced professional development for evaluators in the interests of enhancing quality assurance in the evaluation function. Of particular interest are implications for government’s relationship with the university sector. To accomplish these objectives, the paper is divided into four sections. In the initial section of the paper, a review of the literature on professionalization of evaluation is conducted. The second section of the paper presents results of a survey of university-based evaluation training programs and options based on internet searches and telephone consultations. The third section of the paper provides results of a survey of existing university-based centres of excellences in Canada and internationally based on internet research, bibliographic follow-up, and telephone and e-mail consultations. Based on the first three sections of the paper, the final section of the paper provides a series of options for CEE to build evaluation capacity through partnerships with universities."
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