ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book starts brainstorming about its content, divergences about what "evaluation cultures" could be were certainly apparent in the group. Indeed, the differing background of authors played a role, as well as their empirical experience of evaluation. The evaluation community contains a diversity of professionals; a diversity that is not just represented in national or ethnic culture but also in academic backgrounds, public and private sector allegiances, and personal character. The group of authors and the book represents, in part, this diversity and includes contributions that demonstrate a range of views about evaluation and thoughts about culture. Sandra Speer’s focuses more on the diversity of political and administrative arrangements within the country. Katia Horber-Papazian and Caroline Jacot-Descombes's deals with evaluation culture in Switzerland. Horber-Papazian and Jacot-Descombes illustrate the key role of the federal.
