Supreme audit institutions (SAIs) oversee the use of public resources and ensure
accountability and, as such, they are very important for public sector reform. The author …

Policy evaluation has grown significantly in the EU environmental sector since the 1990s. In
identifying and exploring the putative drivers behind its rise–a desire to learn, a quest for …

As policy evaluation matures, thoughts are turning to its governance. However, few scholars
have combined insights from the evaluation and governance literatures to shed new light on …

The behavior of account‐holders has been a blind spot in the accountability literature.
Relatively little is known about why account‐holders prioritize certain aspects of their …

Combating climate change has become one of the most important policy areas at the
national and international level in order to protect the world and ensure sustainability in …

The paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the accountability capacity of the two
main EU watchdog institutions. The overarching research question is: how powerful are …

Although systematic policy evaluation has been conducted for decades and has been
growing strongly within the European Union (EU) institutions and in the member states, it …

Policy evaluations are increasingly considered a taken-for-granted prerequisite for a well-
performing public sector. In this chapter, we address the question whether this view reflects …

Purpose This paper explores how public audit institutions establish themselves as distinct
actors on the public stage through communication practices. By focussing on the journey of …

Cohesion policy is one of the longest-standing features of the European construction; its
roots have been traced as far back as the Treaty of Rome. Over time, it has become one of …