Pre-conference Seminar "How to Write a Good Policy Paper”
- Veronica Junjan, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, V.Junjan@utwente.nl
Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Science, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. Her current research focuses on investigating decision-making processes and public performance management, particularly within the mechanisms and dynamics of public sector reform associated with EU multi-level governance. Since 2008 she has been involved as co-Chair in the coordination of the work of, first the Panel, then the Working Group on Public Administration Reform in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
- Daniel Klimovský, Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Arts, Department of Political Science, daniel.klimovsky@gmail.com
His research and educational activities are focused on public administration, as well as political issues linked to sub-national levels. He was the Regional Studies Association Ambassador for Slovakia and a member of both the Management Committee and the Steering Committee of the COST IS 1207: Local Public Sector Reforms in Europe led by Professor S. Kuhlmann and Professor Geert Bouckaert. He is the main coordinator of the POL-LOC initiative, which includes more than 20 universities from 15 European countries. Aside from his academic activities, he cooperated with the Social Watch (2008-2011) and was a member of the Steering Committee of the Open Society Foundation in Slovakia (2012-2014), as well as an independent/external expert of the Council of Europe. Furthermore he has cooperated with central government in Slovakia and with several local governments and their associations. He is a co-Chair of the Working Group on Local Government.
Objective
The objective of the seminar is to improve the capacities of researchers in understanding the policy making process and writing a good policy paper.
The policy paper is considerably different from the traditional academic paper, in that the findings of the research must be applied to the issue in question and used to argue for a specific set of recommendations to address the problem. As such, central to the paper is the problem-solution relationship and this is the driving force in producing a policy paper which is clearly targeted and focused on arguing for a particular policy recommendation.
The purpose of the policy paper is to provide a comprehensive and persuasive argument justifying the policy recommendations presented in the paper and therefore, to act as a decision-making tool and a call to action for the target audience.
Call for applications
Conference paper presenters - researchers focusing on European Integration processes from academic public administration, management and policy programmes are welcome to apply for the pre-conference seminar.
The major selection criteria will be the research outcomes which would lead to policy recommendations with a potential to be developed in a form of a policy paper.
Preliminary programme
- Role of the policy paper in the policy making process
- Types of policy papers – Policy Study and Policy Analysis
- Structure of the Policy Paper
- Evaluation of research methodology, results and formulation of recommendations
- Justification of recommendations
Expected impact
Better understanding of the policy making process by researchers
Researchers capable to provide policy recommendations and write good policy papers
Fees
All accepted participants should register online for the conference
and pay the relevant conference fees. Registered participants can
participate in all other conference activities afterwards.