An evaluation scheme for nanotechnology policies |
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Authors: | Ali M Soltani Seyed H Tabatabaeian Payam Hanafizadeh Jahanyar Bamdad Soofi |
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Institution: | (1) Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba’i University, P.O. Box 14155-6476, Tehran, Iran;(2) Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council, Tehran, Iran |
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Abstract: | Dozens of countries are executing national nanotechnology plans. No rigorous evaluation scheme for these plans exists, although
stakeholders—especially policy makers, top-level agencies and councils, as well as the society at large—are eager to learn
the outcome of these policies. In this article, we recommend an evaluation scheme for national nanotechnology policies that
would be used to review the whole or any component part of a national nanotechnology plan. In this scheme, a component at
any level of aggregation is evaluated. The component may be part of the plan’s overarching policy goal, which for most countries
is to create wealth and improve the quality of life of their nation with nanotechnology. Alternatively, the component may
be a programme or an activity related to a programme. The evaluation could be executed at different times in the policy’s
life cycle, i.e., before the policy is formulated, during its execution or after its completion. The three criteria for policy
evaluation are appropriateness, efficiency and effectiveness. The evaluator should select the appropriate qualitative or quantitative
methods to evaluate the various components of national nanotechnology plans. |
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