IAPE is a non-profit, professional organization comprised of academics, practitioners and users of program and project evaluation in a variety of fields – psychology, education, social services, health, business, and others.

Goals of the IAPE:

• Increase the use of Program Evaluation and its findings
• Encourage the development of the theory of Program Evaluation
• Advance the essential recognition of Program Evaluation as a means of improving the effectiveness of social and educational interventions
• Promote the recognition of Program Evaluation as a profession
• Better serve the communities and the populations involved in Program Evaluation
• Contribute to the influence of Program Evaluation on decision making
• Officially support and influence evaluation practice in Israel
• Create and develop professional ties among evaluators and users of evaluation in Israel

Activities of IAPE:

• Organization of conferences focusing on issues of concern to the evaluation community
• Connection to an electronic and regular mail network that provide information about issues concerning evaluation in Israel and abroad
• Establishment of connections with Evaluation Organization throughout the world
• Participation in the worldwide forum of Evaluation Association
• Circulation of a list of members to evaluation consumers in Israel
• Publication of a Newsletter containing articles, discussions, and events of interest to the evaluation community in Israel