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The Working Group on Public Policy Analysis Development Issues provides a forum for
discussion and a unique opportunity to analyze and compare which factors
restrict further development of policy analysis, who are potential stakeholders
of policy analysis, how current stage of policy analysis in a particular
country impacts on economic, social and political environment, how those
challenges can be overcome.
Firstly, the Working Group creates a forum for
exchanging experience on how academics can meet contemporary needs of public
servants in upgrading academic and training programs in public policy analysis
as well as in preparing and promoting relevant policy advice.
Secondly, the Working Group focuses on country
case studies of public policy analysis and policy implementation that in its
turn allowed for the comparative study of different approaches to
institutionalization and implementation of PA procedures. Such a review is
useful in assessing how effective and efficient existing policy analysis processes
are within administrations and proposing how they might be improved. The presentation of papers and the discussion
among participants representing CEE, Central Asia and Caucasus counties as well
as countries of Western Europe and North America allowed the Working Group to
position itself as a forum for sharing experience and unique opportunity to
jointly work out ideas and recommendations on PPA improvement and better
implementation to meet the urgent need in establishing responsive governance
that become even more important under conditions of worldwide economic crises
which forces governments to step in regulating market failures more rigorously.
The papers that are going to be presented within the Working Group try
to provide both diagnosis and possible remedies for shortcomings or
bottlenecks. More specifically, in 2012 the special objectives of the papers are:
1. Specific weaknesses (or strengths)
of policy analysis in a single country or selection of countries, either
generally or in specific sectors (either policy areas like health, or
institutions like think tanks);
2. Case studies of the application of
techniques (e.g., regulatory impact assessment, ex ante impact assessment, evaluation);
3. Analysis of instances where
capacity-building is being attempted;
4. Comparative analysis of similar
challenges faced by a variety of countries.
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