Abstract
The paper presents results of the survey on institution evaluation methods conducted in the fiscal 2000 by Mitsubishi Research Institute for the Technology Evaluation Section of the MITI's Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (now the Technology Evaluation Research Section, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, METI). It also discusses requirements for evaluation of R&D institutions that provides public support of R&D activities and its implementation. The discussion covers not only the organizations conducting R&D as their own activity (national laboratories, independent administrative corporations), but also R&D managing institutions (public service corporations, special public corporations), and discusses their differences. Institution evaluation should serve as an important stimulation for the evolution of relevant institutions. As such, it should be conducted regularly based on the performance of the institutions resulting from their activities according to the mid- and long-range planning. To do so, the institutions should accumulate data to be provided for evaluation as a part of their management activities. Five broad evaluation criteria are proposed which will fit an evaluation system integrated into the institution management cycle, taking into account the relationships of the function of the institutes and the aspects to be evaluated. An exemplary scenario is presented which illustrates how institution evaluation is conducted in accordance with a mid-range planning.
