CONFERENCE 1

Evaluation of public policy responses to black swans
28 APRIL 2022 – BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

The first PROFEEDBACK Conference took place in Budapest on 28th April 2022, followed by a Management Committee meeting on 29th April 2022. Under the lead of HÉTFA, the conference on Evaluation of public policy responses to black swans was a great success with more than 75 participants from 23 different countries.

HÉTFA – as the Grant holder institution – participates in a COST-Action called PROFEEDBACK (PlatfoRm OF policy Evaluation community for improvED EU policies and Better ACKnowledgement). The Action aims to foster the networking of the policy evaluation community at EU-level, raise awareness on the importance of evaluation policy research and improve its impact on policy-making. In the framework of PROFEEDBACK, HÉTFA has organised a successful conference, the first milestone in a series of conferences to be implemented during the COST-Action’s lifespan. The general aim of the PROFEEDBACK conferences is to bring together researchers and policymakers from European states, universities, research institutes and consultancies.

The first conference took place in-person in Budapest on 28th April 2022. Alongside the main conference day, a Management Committee meeting enriched the programme on 29th April 2022. Under the theme “Evaluation of public policy responses to black swans”, the event identified the most significant challenges posed by black swan events from the evaluation community’s perspective and provided theoretical concepts and quantitative/qualitative methodological solutions to forward the participants’ repertoire of evaluating policies borne from black swan events.