Questions of evaluating the effectiveness of commercial-programs programs

Due to the limited resources in developing countries, the issue of the effectiveness of public investment in science and innovation is acute. The article deals with the theory and practice of using indicators to assess the effectiveness of programs to promote the commercialization of scientific developments. The indicators of the effectiveness evaluation of the program of commercialization of scientific research and development of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development were studied. The analysis of development of indicators of the Norwegian program FORNY is made. The study showed that the work on assessing the effectiveness of commercialization programs is not systematically based. Osbove attention is invited to devote to the development and use of indicators of behavioral added value (process additionality).