Meeting DETAILS of Conference Program  
for the  17th NISPAcee Annual Conference

    Program Overview
Thursday, May 14, 2009            14:00 - 15:30
Panel on Policy Analysis Development Issues 
Topic: Policy Analysis Development Issues as Field of Studies and Area of Professional Activities in CEE Countries
Room Delegate Room 2 Hotel Splendid - 5th floor glass room
Related to  
Moderator: David Elder, Queen´s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada 
Chair: Valeriy Tertychka, National Academy of Public Administration, Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Co-chair: Lesya Il'chenko-Syuyva, National Academy of Public Administration, Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
The purpose of the panel is to provide a forum for discussion of and sharing experiences on the use of policy analysis within governments and the teaching and training of policy analysis in academic and governmental institutions.  The papers and presentations show the challenges in teaching policy analysis in various countries and the discussion will give an opportunity for the exchange of information on the experience of how policy analysis contributes to achieving a more sustainable economic, social and political environment.  The panel also serves as a place where the participants might highlight achievements of policy analysis as an academic discipline and  its value within governments.  The participants will exchange information on the best practices. with a view to having greater acceptance of public policy analysis.

Speakers:
David Elder, Adjunct Professor and Fellow, School of Policy Studies Queen's University Kingston, Canadian Bureau for International Education, Ontario, Canada
Topic: Formulating Public Policies: Assessing the effect on actors
Leslie Pal, Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University, School of Public Policy and Administration, Ontario, Canada
Topic: Policy Analysis at the Cutting Edge: Whats New?
Olexandr Kilievych, National Academy of Public Administration, Office of the President of Ukraine, Department of Economic Policy, Kyiv, Ukraine
Topic: Policy analysis in globalized environment
David Amborski, Professor, Ryerson University, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Toronto, Canada
Topic: Tri-Sector Priority Setting, Government, Community, and Business, for Local/Regional Government Policy