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Services

1. The PCA carries out evaluations on behalf of the Control Committees (CCs) of the National Council and the Council of States as part of parliament’s overview.
2. It submits to the CC issues which should be examined as part of the parliamentary overview.
3. It is mandated by the CCs to monitor the quality of internal evaluations carried out by the administration and their application within the decision-making processes.
4. It assists all parliamentary committees in drawing up evaluation mandates and advises them as to how to politically process the results of such evaluations.
5. It monitors, on behalf of any parliamentary committee, the effectiveness of measures taken by the federal authorities.

 
Application of PCA evaluations

The PCA’s examinations cover a wide range of policies. As a rule, the PCA reports are published and are used in many ways by parliament and government in their decision-making:  

1. they serve as a basis for action recommended by the CC or for parliamentary procedural requests;
2. their conclusions are taken into account when existing laws or ordinances are revised;
3. they instigate learning processes in relation to administrative activities.