COMPETENCIES TO BE ACQUIRED BY THE CANDIDATE

Generic competencies in evaluation

 Knowledge competencies

• Basic evaluation concepts

• Evaluation designs

• Multiple evaluation and research methods (quantitative, qualitative, etc.)

• Data gathering and analysis of information

• Meta-evaluation

• Social and political context of evaluation

• Fields of application

 Practical competencies

• The evaluation contract

• Preparing and managing budgets

• Evaluation planning

• Managing the evaluation project

• Information management systems

• Report writing and use of the evaluation results

 Personal competencies

• General and analytical thought

• Critical thinking

• Initiative

• Communication

• Skills for working in interpersonal contexts and group dynamics

• Processes of influence

• Teamwork

• Computer tools and information systems

 Professional competencies

• Codes of ethics for evaluators

• Professional standards

• Technical evaluation units

• Management of evaluation teams

Specific Competencies

Planning and evaluation in social services

• Program design and evaluation

• Immigration and gender policies

• Health policies, program and services

• Quality and strategic management in health services

• Evaluation of resources for the elderly

• Drugs and addiction intervention programmes

Evaluation and accreditation in organizational contexts

• Quality management

• Service quality

• Prevention of occupational risk

• Environmental management (ISO 14.001)

• Communication and teamwork problems

Regional development and international cooperation

• Evaluation of regional development policies

• International policies for cooperation and development

• Labour promotion in cooperation and development

• Ethics and politics in cooperation and development

• Social programs for labour promotion

• Programs for social incorporation of the disabled