Organisation

The Executive Director and the Board

EVA is headed by Executive Director Agi Csonka and a board of directors. The Danish Minister for Education appoints the chairman of the board, while the nine board members are recommended by different relevant councils and ministries within the fields of education and day care. The board is responsible for the overall supervision of the Danish Evaluation Institute. It appoints the Executive Director of EVA.

Moreover, EVA benefits from the work of a committee of representatives from municipalities, school board associations, employers, pupil and student unions, headmaster and vice-chancellor assemblies, associations of managers and executives, and teachers' unions. The committee of representatives comments on EVA's annual report and the priority of planned activities.

Organisation chart

EVA consists of six departsments and units of which four specializes within different areas of the educational system. You will find our organization chart as of May 2011 below. There's more information to be found on EVA's work within these areas using the links below.

Department of Early Childhood Education

Within the area of early childhood education we carry out evaluations and collect and communicate knowledge on day care for children. We develop tools and host seminars on evaluation and quality development for day care centres and local authorities.

Department of Primary and Secondary Education

Primary and Lower Secondary Education :
In the area of primary and lower secondary education, EVA carries out surveys and evaluations, and we communicate our knowledge of the area to schools, local authorities, and other interested parties. Since 1999, EVA has completed a wide range of evaluations within e.g. school management, differentiated teaching, and special needs education.

Upper Secondary Education :
At the area of upper secondary education EVA works with surveys and evaluations of both subjects, interdisciplinary themes and initiatives and communicates knowledge on evaluation to the different educational institutions and to the Ministry of Education. Projects within the area often deal with quality issues at an institutional level or with how reforms are being implemented at schools.

Department of Higher Education  and Adult Education and Continuing Training

Within the area of higher education we conduct programme accreditation of higher education programmes within the auspices of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture. We also undertake analysis and surveys within short-cycle higher non-university programmes, the medium-cycle university and non-university programmes amongst other higher educational programmes.

In the area of adult education and continuing training we draw on both specific knowledge within the area and on knowledge from our work within the other educational areas as adult education and continuing training typically correspond to mainstream primary, secondary or higher education.

Department of Methodology

• internal and external quality assurance
• internal consultancy.

Department of HR, Economy and Secretariat

• Human ressources
• Economy and accounting
• Secretariat: Reception and IT.

Communication Unit

We focus on external communication of results from specific projects as well as the knowledge EVA draws from our work in a broader sense.

Project work across fields and units 

EVA is a project-based organisation in which we solve our tasks within as well as across departments and units. Evaluations and surveys are conducted in project teams typically consisting of two evaluation officers, a student evaluation assistant, and three specialists with competencies within respectively methodology, communication and administration.