Integrated Evaluation School

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present the proposition of truly integrated evaluation school, which is based on holistic vision of scientific research, teaching students, practice and consulting. The need and possibility of its creation relate both to the development of evaluation theory in the field of economic sciences and also to the progress in new ICT technologies. Contemporary conditions for the implementation of projects and programs necessitate the development of increasingly sophisticated instruments of evaluation. The creation and progress of this new school may result from the indispensability of application, in research, teaching, practice and consulting, interdisciplinary approaches utilizing the capabilities of management thoughts development, studying project management and evaluation fields, progress in social science evaluation methods, as well as access to knowledge engineering and artificial intelligence methods.