Our evaluation policy

In this page:

• What is the purpose of assessing the programmes and strategies that we conduct?
• What is the nature of these assessments?
• Who conducts these assessments at ADEME?
• Does ADEME also assess the quality of its services?
• Publication of reports and statements

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What is the purpose of assessing the programmes and strategies that we conduct?

• LEARNING: they produce knowledge, by compiling and analysing data relating to the actions carried out;
• UNDERSTANDING: they interview beneficiaries and partners to understand the real impact of a programme;
• DECIDING: depending on the assessment guidelines, a programme can be modified, stopped or generalised;
• REPORTING: assessment reports make this information accessible to all, for a perfect transparency of ADEME’s action.

What is the nature of these assessments?

We set up different types of assessment:

• the initial assessment accompanies the implementation of a programme to verify that it is in line with the objectives set;
• the final assessment judges the results obtained at the end of a programme, using all the assessment criteria;
• the impact assessment serves to judge the impacts (environmental, economic, social) that a programme has generated. It is complementary to the final assessment.

Who conducts these assessments at ADEME?

Our assessment activity is based on three levels of governance:

• the Assessment committee: this committee is chaired by the Foresight and Research Executive Directorate (DEPR). This Committee is the internal body dedicated to steering the assessment of ADEME’s action. It brings together the Executive Directorates of Expertise and Programmes (DEEP), Mobilisation for the Ecological Transition (DEMTE), Territories (DET), the Directorate of the General Inspectorate (DIG), the Directorate of Financial Affairs (DAF) and the Quality/Transversality/CSR Unit.
• assessment officers at the Foresight and Research Executive Directorate: they steer the strategic assessments selected by the ADEME Assessment Committee. The services concerned by the strategy or programme being assessed are involved in this work.
• assessment officers of the technical services and regional directorates: they steer the assessments of a scheme or actions specific to a particular territory or theme. Analyses of a regional perimeter take into account local contexts. They help disseminate best practices between our 17 regional directorates.

These assessments are carried out by independent service providers (public policy assessment firm, specialist design offices or research teams), selected after a public consultation. Steering committees may be open to persons outside ADEME, line ministries or stakeholders in the programme or policy to be assessed.

Does ADEME also assess the quality of its services?

The objectives and performance contract (COP)

Service quality indicators

ADEME regularly measures the satisfaction of the beneficiaries of its actions: the general public, the State, local authorities, companies, etc. The creation of a barometer was entrusted to IFOP for the years 2017 to 2019. In 2021, a survey of the general public was conducted.

Publication of reports and statements (in french)