October 13, 2016 
Author: Tatiana Joufi
Abstract: This evaluation aims to observe how was conducted the evaluation of the Satu Mare County Strategy 2014-2020, focusing on evaluation of the context in which was achieved the Strategy and on the inputs needed to implement this strategy. The purpose of this evaluation is to identify how the local authorities or the County Council introduced the evaluation component from the perspective of New Public Management (NMP) in the Ex-Ante Evaluation carried out on the Satu Mare County Strategy 2014-2020. The results of this evaluation will be used to improve the activity of Satu Mare County Council in evaluation of strategies involving the component of evaluation from the perspective of NPM. Also, the results of this evaluation will contribute to the knowledge of the context in which was carried out the 2014-2020 strategy, to the knowledge of County community needs and the team that developed the strategy. In this way we will be able to determine the level in which the objectives were well proposed, and the knowledge of resources needed to implement the strategy 2014-2020.
Key words: County Strategy, local authorities, County Council, Ex-ante evaluation.