About us

The Research Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies (IRVAPP) is a center of Fondazione Bruno Kessler dedicated to public policy evaluation research.

IRVAPP’s mission includes:

• public policy and program analysis and evaluation
• dissemination of scientific evidence among policymakers
• training of policy evaluators, researchers and program managers on evaluation methods.

The main policy areas covered by IRVAPP are:

1. Education
2. Firms, innovation and industrial policy
3. Forecasting and fiscal policy
4. Labour market
5. Social inclusion and protection