The CES CE Designation and the New Federal Policy on Results

The October, 2016 issue of the Canadian Government Executive Magazine, has a CES co-authored article entitled Professionalizing Evaluation in the Government of Canada: How PHAC and HC Did it by CES President Harry Cummings, Vice-President Gail Barrington and Shelley Borys, Director General Evaluation and Chief Audit Executive, from Public Health Agency and Health Canada.

The article examines the Credentialed Evaluator designation within the context of the new federal Policy on Results. The article describes how The Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada are striving to improve evaluation capacity. The authors conclude that this may just be the beginning, as these positive developments are contributing to the increased recognition of evaluation as an important profession in government.