Paper/Speech Details of Conference Program for the 20th NISPAcee Annual Conference Program Overview Public Policy Analysis Development Issues Author(s) Valeriy Tertychka National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" Kyiv Ukraine Title Public policy analysis as a professional activity and science: 20 years experience of development in Ukraine File Paper files are available only for conference participants, please login first. Presenter Valeriy Tertychka Abstract There is a lack of institutions, the rules of play and the procedures for public governance system in Ukraine based on the modern technologies of public policy analysis and strategic planning. Although there are some normative and legal elaborations (legislation in the area of analysis of regulatory policy impacts; policy making analytical procedures imbedded in the Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine), the efficient practical implementation of the mentioned procedures faces the lack of skilled staff able to properly operate the analytical instruments. Good governance requires the power to carry out policies and to develop institutions that may be unpopular among some – or even a majority – of the population. Public officials cannot provide a stable economic environment without the power to see the state’s policies implemented. For Ukraine, it is important to develop “Policy science” in its two directions: policy study and policy analysis. Along with the appropriate institutionalization of “Policy science”, which includes the existence of corresponding institutions, regulatory and legal framework, and the educational component, it is also important that it is based on multidisciplinarity and normativity, are oriented on solving problems and, which is especially vital, are based on social values. The task of “Policy science” is to understand and inform policy-making process by conducting initial studies of specific issues of public policy. It usually reflects the scope of interest of groups of policy researchers or scientists. As for policy analysis, it is a more politically motivated sphere, which seeks to directly influence the real effects of policy via authorities. Policy analysis is usually conducted by authorized politicians or analytical centers. The purpose of Policy science is to consider the fundamental and often ignored problems, which appear as citizens and policy developers adapt to social changes, constant transformation of policies (as a course of action), and other political processes that are aimed at serving democratic goals. Policy science makes an extensive use, along with mathematical modeling, of the tools of economic science - when analyzing social problems, determining the economic arguments for governmental intervention into socio-political processes, developing the methodology for the behavior analysis of the participants of socio-economic processes, choosing instruments of public policy, analyzing its efficiency and effectiveness, and evaluating the effects of government intervention.
