Open AccessCriteria and Methodologies for Assessing Efficiency of Environmental Government Programs in the Russian Federation
Author(s) -
Andrey Margolin
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
review of european and russian affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1718-4835
DOI - 10.22215/rera.v11i2.1190
Subject(s) - flowchart , government (linguistics) , context (archaeology) , conformity assessment , computer science , process management , operations research , investment (military) , task (project management) , environmental economics , risk analysis (engineering) , management science , operations management , business , engineering , economics , systems engineering , political science , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , politics , law , biology , programming language
Existing approaches to performance evaluation for environmental government programs require improvement. In the Russian context, the obstacles to objective evaluation include: target indicators for state programs are not set according to SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) criteria; the importance of budget efficiency indicators for investment decision-making is underestimated; and, some approaches to ex post evaluation of government programs are oversimplified. Specific recommendations are given that would allow improvement of the methodology for ex ante appraisal and ex-post evaluation of environmental programs. A flowchart is developed to guide decision-making on whether to terminate or continue the program on the basis of its overall evaluation rating, which is calculated using a modified Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART), and the degree of conformity between actual and planned volume of financing. The flowchart represents a formalized procedure for the adjustment of the program implementation period and schedules for the achievement of target values for individual indicators; review of target indicator values; funding amounts and schedules; and change of management. A case study of two Russian environmental programs, Pure Water and Water Industry Development, is used to test the approaches recommended by the author.