A special evaluation committee consisting of representatives of Netspar partners and the Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research (NWO) assessed Netspar’s first two years (April 2005- April 2007) in a mid-term review. The evaluation was based on the input provided by the partners, the Scientific Council and the Netspar staff. Another relevant source of information was the Self Evaluation (see right) written by the Netspar directors. In May 2007, the committee presented its findings. The overall judgement was very positive. Both the scientific and the national significance were considered ‘very good’.
Following this positive result, the Dutch government and the partners from the pension and insurance sector jointly raised €14 million to finance Netspar’s plans for the period until April 2011. These plans aim at developing Netspar as a knowledge network by spreading out its international wings in order to promote strong pension systems in Europe. Furthermore, we want to strengthen our partner contacts.
Monitoring of the second term
Netspar's second term (2008-2011) will be evaluated annually by NWO. For this purpose, NWO has appointed a monitoring committee that will assess Netspar's strategic goals in terms of milestones, performance indicators and deliverables.
