SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODELS

The aim of impact assessment in the public domain is to estimate accurately the largest possible extent to which interventions or actions achieve their objectives. Such estimates are, inevitably, to a certain degree plausible. But as the model used is more rigorous, the results will be more accurate. But what is a rigorous model for social impact assessment? And, most importantly, what model would be appropriate to estimate the social impact for the public sector in Romania? This paper is meant to analyze the main trend of models for social impact assessment in public sphere in general and in Romanian public administration in particular.