Participation of IRMO in the International Conference The 17th Asian Conference on the Social Sciences – ACSS 2026

From 9 to 13 May 2026, Ivana Keser and Sanja Tišma from the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO) participated in the international conference The 17th Asian Conference on the Social Sciences – ACSS 2026, held in Tokyo, Japan. The conference was organised in partnership with the IAFOR Research Centre at the Osaka School of International Public Policy – OSIPP, The University of Osaka, while part of the programme activities, held from 11 to 15 May, was connected with the Open Campus in Osaka.

Within the framework of the project BORE – Bits and Colours of Sustainable Regional Development in the Republic of Croatia, the paper entitled Who Lacks Time and Who Lacks Money? Lessons from the Ex Post Evaluation of the Operational Programme Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014–2020 in Croatia was presented at the conference.

The paper emphasised the use of evaluation as an analytical framework for assessing the sustainability of public policies and their effectiveness in achieving the objectives of sustainable regional development in the Republic of Croatia. Particular attention was given to how the findings of ex post evaluations can contribute to a better understanding of implementation constraints, the allocation of resources, and institutional capacities, as well as to the improvement of future programme design and public policies in times of crisis.