evaluation; meta-evaluation; knowledge society; organisational learning; evaluation report; quality standard

This article deals with meta-evaluation, its importance in securing the quality of evaluation process, and its forms, in which it can be realised. The authors discuss theoretical possibilities of evaluation process in the context of the knowledge society and organisational learning approaches. Then, they define the terms evaluation and meta-evaluation. Further, the text deals with one form of meta-evaluation: the final evaluation report. Finally, the authors describe the methodology and selected results of the research into the content analysis of final evaluation reports. One of the research outcomes was a suggestion on the quality standard of the final report - the final product of evaluation.