The focus of the follow-up evaluation will be:

— Analyses of the formulation/design of the control system, c.f. the ambitions

— Analyses of the “compliance”/how the control system shall be adopted by the various participants (the Ministry of Education and Research, the ministries and the Research Council of Norway).

— Assessment which shall clarify if the steering documents and the implementation of the Ministry of Education and Research' agency management meetings and the ministries' agency management meetings, reflects on the intentions of the control system.

— Identification of intended and unintended effects of the control and processes.

— Analyses and identify risk areas and propose possibly solutions.

— Identification of “good practise” for further training across the ministries.

The evaluator shall prepare the annual knowledge basis in the form of interim reports, which shall form the basis for adjustments and alterations of the system during the process, as well as arranging minimum two status meetings with the contracting authority between the annual interim reports.

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