The issues of multi-level governance are of great importance, especially in crisis and post-crisis recovery. Thus relative challenges and prospective gain greater value for evidence-based policy analysis, design and implementation, because decision-makers need high-quality, timely evidence and data that will help ensure the population's well-being in the short-term and long-term. It is natural that to achieve such a goal, public administration must develop learning capacity in evidence-based policymaking in general and policy analysis in particular in CEE, Central Asia and Caucasus countries.

The Working Group started in 2008 as a Panel Session on Policy Analysis Issues and became an annual Working Group based on the increased demand. The wide variety of papers and a large number of participants confirm the strong interest in evidence-based policymaking and policy analysis in the region. Thus, the WG continues to support the scientific development of new ideas in public policies and encourages experience and knowledge exchange on how academics can meet the urgent needs of public servants and civil society. 

The goal of the WG

 is to focus on discussions and debates around capacity challenges, professional, evidence-based public policy-making, policy advocacy and communication in the countries embraced by NISPAcee, and not limited to the institutionalization of public policy analysis procedures and concrete remedies for those challenges. In today's uncertain situation, public administration faces a huge need to know that approved interventions work and bring the intended results in climate change mitigation, sustainability, wider digitalization, high-level education, increasing defence spending and people-powered government.

For the 33rd Annual NISPAcee Conference, the WG on EVIDENCE-BASED PUBLIC POLICY MAKING welcomes theoretical, empirical or comparative research papers of academics and practitioners on the need for more adaptive, anticipatory, inclusive and sustainable policies. We encourage potential authors to focus on the collaborative decision-making capacity and post-conflict evidence-based public policy-making, decision-makers in uncertain situations for quick reconstruction. The WG is interested in papers that focus on those aspects and particularities of policy making, policy and stakeholders’ analysis or monitoring and evaluation of public policy experiences in a single country and/or region, either generally or in specific sectors, artificial intelligence use in evaluation, smart cities data use in the decision making, public procurement strategies. 

The papers can address not only recommendations for further research but also real-world points for practitioners. In this respect, collaborative papers between researchers/academics and practitioners are highly welcomed. 
All papers shall include, at least, but not limited to the following sections: introduction; background of the chosen issue; literature review; the objective of the study; research methodology; analysis; main findings and policy implications; ideas and recommendations for further research. 

Her professional development includes trainings followed at the Centre International de Formation Européenne from Nice, France (1998), Venice Commission – Council of Europe (2001 and 2007), the Romanian Institute of Diplomacy (2010) and Complutense University of Madrid (2013).

Carausan has published widely in the areas of administrative law, street-level bureaucracy, regulatory impact assessment, citizens’ participation and public integrity. Her recent research has focused on monitoring and evaluation of public procurement, and she authored more than 50 articles and books in the areas of interests. She collaborates with different journals as member of the scientific committees or as reviewer. Dr. Carausan received her PhD from the University of Craiova in European Union law and her Master’s from the University "NicolaeTitulescu”. She coordinated different Romanian and European research and educational projects, and she is a member of the American Society of Public Administration, American Evaluation Association and European Law Institute.