The document discusses the importance of evaluating integration policies in the European context. It notes that EU frameworks from 2004 onward have stressed the need to develop clear goals, indicators, and evaluation mechanisms to adjust integration policy and measure progress. Effective evaluation requires monitoring data, understanding and interpreting information, and assessing the impact of policies on people's lives. Evaluation is necessary to ensure policies are useful, efficient, and achieve their objectives. The document then discusses using evaluation to manage integration policies through an integrated system with goals, strategies, activities, and future perspectives. It provides an example pilot project evaluating a linguistic integration policy in Italy.