Minnesota Evaluation Association formally formed in 2003 in order to:
- Promote evaluation as an integral component of human services, education, health and criminal justice.
- Promote the understanding, use and benefit of evaluation results in organizational planning and program improvement
- Provide a regional, interdisciplinary forum for professional development, networking and exchange of ideas related to evaluation and local evaluation issues.
- Promote dialogue among evaluation stakeholders (evaluators, funders, consumers) about the benefits of evaluation research.