Abstract
Policy evaluation was introduced in Japanese local governments starting in the mid-1990s. Although evaluation appears to be an established practice to certain extent now, staff in charge of evaluation continue to feel evaluation is a forced obligation and burdensome. To address these issues the author proposes Creative Policy Evaluation (CPE). In this investigation, CPE was introduced into administrative practice and its effects were verified through staff questionnaire. As a result of the introduction of CPE, a statistically significant difference in the comprehension of the purpose of evaluation, achievement of the logical thinking, derivation of the performance indicators, and discussions in the workplace in an evaluation process were seen. By analyzing the activeness of the discussion in an evaluation process by related factors it becomes clear that actiiveness in discussion is dependent on appropriate management of the discussion by the facilitator.
