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CENTER FOR POLICY STUDIES INTERNATIONAL OSI POLICY FELLOWSHIPS (affiliated with the Open Society Institute and the Central European University) Agenda Fifth OSI Policy Fellows Seminar Budapest, February 19 - March 2, 2000 (Agenda revised February 3, 2000) Friday, February 18 and Saturday, February 19 Out-of-town Fellows arrive to Budapest and check into the following hotel: HOTEL GELLERT Address: Szt. Gellert rakpart Telephone: (36 1) 385-2200, Fax: (36 1) 466-6631 OSI contact at the hotel: Anna Kármán To get to OSI from the hotel, take trams number 47 or 49 to Deak ter and walk to OSI. Please contact the International OSI Policy Fellowships program as soon as your travel schedule is arranged so that we may give the hotel advanced notice of cancellations. We recommend using the AIRPORT MINIBUS to get from the airport to the hotel and back. Once in Budapest, CITY TAXI is perhaps the most reliable taxi (tel: 211-1111). It is cheaper to call a taxi than to find one on the street. If you do not have access to a phone, the following taxis are also reliable: BUDA, FO, RADIO, 6 X 6, and TELE 5. Please contact Pam or Olena at the International OSI Policy Fellowships program when you arrive in Budapest and stop by the IFP office as soon as possible to receive any important information: Pamela Kilpadi (Tel: 36 1 327-3100, ex. 2172; Rm. 511) Olena Sydorenko (Tel: 36 1 327-3863; Rm. 511) International OSI Policy Fellowships Open Society Institute Nador utca 11, 5th floor, Room 511 1051 Budapest (District V) Sunday, February 20 9:45am - 10:15am All Fellows (tentative): Welcome by Center for Policy Studies Advisory Board members Yehuda Elkana, Rector of the Central European University, and Bohdan Krawchenko, OSI Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative (LGI) Director Nador utca 11 conference room, 6th floor Discussion of recent developments at the CEU and opportunities for Fellows 10:15am - 10:30am Brief introductions from OSI Policy Fellows (please mention your name, country of origin, project title, and a brief description of what your project goals). 10:30am - 1:30pm (discussion can continue through lunch if necessary) Training session with EU/EC experts including OSI-Brussels Director Mabel Wisse Smit and colleague Emma Basker focusing on the following: Brief history of the European Union Structure of the EU The EU enlargement process Internal reform of the EU and political issues How to influence the EU 12:30pm-1:30pm (discussion continues if necessary) Catered lunch in the Nador u. 11 conference room, 6th floor 1:30pm-3:00pm Publishing Panel for OSI Policy Fellows, Nador utca 11 building, 6th floor conference room Information about research and publishing opportunities with IPF Technology and Training Consultant Merrill Oates, OSI Center for Publishing Development Translation Project Manager Yana Genova, OSI Electronic Publishing Program Director Michael Kay, CEU Press Director Klara Takacsi-Nagy, East Central Europe journal editor Julia Szalai, several OSI Policy Fellows, and others. This is intended to be an opportunity for informal questions and answers relating to the publishing process and to highlight some of the opportunities and issues that young scholars should be aware of as they look toward publishing the results of their research with larger publishers and international journals. With this discussion we hope to have a broadened understanding of the questions to ask and the important issues of which to be aware, in addition to opportunities offered by CEU, the OSI Center for Publishing Development, etc. The format for the discussion will be a series of short (5-10 min) presentations from a variety of perspectives by individuals with experience in the publishing world and then opening up the discussion to questions and comments from the Fellows. PANELISTS AND SUGGESTED TOPICS Merrill Oates, IPF Internet Training Consultant: Web-based publishing options and resources - On-line journals - Personal and institutional Web sites - Pre-print and thesis archives Yana Genova, OSI Center for Publishing Development: ECE Publishers - contacting and negotiating with a publisher - Western publishers interested in East-Central Europe - Region publishers - How to establish contact - Contracts and translation rights Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, OSI Policy Fellow: What is academic publishing? - How is it different from/similar to popular press publications? (peer-review, academic promotion, scholarly debate) - What are the venues of academic publishing? (books, journals, working papers, policy studies, on-line) - What audience does it reach? What is its effectiveness/impact? (vs. editorials, journalism, etc.) Ireneusz Cesary Kaminski ?, OSI Policy Fellow: Finding the right publisher. - Tips for seeking out the right publisher. - A few examples of publishers interested in East European social sciences research, experiences publishing with them. Klara Takacsi-Nagy, CEU Press Director: Money--the financial side of academic publishing - Costs of editorial preparation and publication - Royalties and honorarium - Copyright implications Michael Kay? OSI Electronic Publishing: Copyright Issues - Obtaining copyrights for included material (quotations, art, etc.) - Electronic media rights - Who retains re-publication rights Julia Szalai ?, CEU journal East Central Europe - Editorial control - The process of preparing and submitting a manuscript - Editorial expectations - layout, formatting, citations - Distribution and promotion - Negotiating editorial changes Each presenter will be asked to focus their initial remarks on one of the topic areas, but is welcome to offer comments on any of the subject areas. 3:00pm Coffee break 3:30pm-5:30pm Tentative meeting of Southeastern European reform working group: Chairs: Mabel Wisse Smit and/or Adrian Ionescu Network representatives: Juliet Gole, Violetta Zentai, Pamela Kilpadi NEW FELLOWS: Petar Sudar (Albania) public administration, accounting reform Xhavit Rexhaj (Kosovo) education reform Shelzen Maliqi ? (Kosovo) critical analysis of the "Albanian question" Natalia Vrecer (Slovenia) migration reform (refugees from Bosnia, Kosovo) Izabella Karlowicz ? (Poland) media reform (working with OSCE in Kosovo through March) 8:00pm Dinner Dinner for Trainers/Mentors coming from outside Budapest and all OSI Policy Fellows: Tentative reservations at the French restaurant La Fontaine near OSI (District V). Meet at 8:00pm in front of the Central European University building at Nador u. 9 Monday, February 21 Begin week-long training in public policy development issues with Canadian professional trainers/professors in policy issues Dr. Leslie A. Pal, Professor of Public Policy and Administration, School of Public Administration, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario; and Dr. Paul Brown, Professor at the School of Public Administration, Dalhousie University, Canada. 9:00am - 9:25am Gather at the Nador u. 11 building, 6th floor conference room. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be served and will be available throughout the day 9:25am - 9:35am Welcome by Katalin Koncz, Executive Director of the Open Society Institute-Budapest 9:40am-12:30pm Professor Leslie A. Pal: The context of policy analysis and research (origins and current trends in literature and practice) Key themes in current Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) policy and administrative practice Modes of analysis 12:45pm-1:30pm Catered lunch in the Nador u. 11 conference room, 6th floor. Tentative presentation by Mary Frances Lindstrom on opportunities with the East East Program 2:00pm-5:00pm Professor Paul Brown: The global move to build policy capacity A working definition of public policy Key functions in policy management A systematic approach to policy analysis 5:00pm-6:00pm CEU Library Tour for the fellows (tentative) 8:30pm Dinner Dinner for Trainers/Mentors coming from outside Budapest and all OSI Policy Fellows: Tentative reservations at Via Luna Ristorante near OSI (District V). Meet at 8:00pm in front of the Central European University building at Nador u. 9 Tuesday, February 22 9:00am - 9:25am Gather at the Nador u. 11 building, 6th floor conference room. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be served and will be available throughout the day 9:30am-12:30pm Professor Leslie Pal: What is public policy and how is it different from law? Defining policy problems Administrative and political contexts for problem definition and policy analysis 12:45pm-1:30pm Catered lunch in the Nador u. 11 conference room, 6th floor Tentative presentation by Greta Siegel on opportunities with Organizational Development 2:00pm-5:00pm Professor Paul Brown: Structuring policy problems Developing policy alternatives Evaluating policy alternatives Effectiveness Efficiency Political feasibility Administrative operability Equity 6:00pm Open Lecture at the Central European University by OSI Policy Fellow Bogdan Chiritoiu: "Buying Health: An Institutional Perspective" CEU Nador 9 building, Karl Popper room Evening Seminar participants are free to make their own plans. Please refer to IPF's list of recommended restaurants and check with IPF regarding scheduled events. Wednesday, February 23 9:00am - 9:25am Gather at the Nador u. 11 building, 6th floor conference room. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be served and will be available throughout the day 9:30am-12:30pm Professor Leslie Pal: Planning implementation New public management techniques of program and policy implementation Citizen engagement in policy and implementation 12:45pm-1:30pm Catered lunch in the Nador u. 11 conference room, 6th floor 2:00pm-5:00pm Professor Paul Brown: Communicating policy options and recommendations Components of the departmental/agency policy paper Presentation of the issue/opportunity Scope of the problem Key background factors/consultations Options Recommendations Implementation issues 7:00pm Dinner with Public Medicine and Health working group: Tentative reservation at Lou-Lou restaurant near OSI (District V.) Meet in front of the Central European University, Nador u. 9 Chair: Ferenc Falus (Cristian Vladescu cannot attend) Additional network representative: Dr. Agnes Lanyine, Pamela Kilpadi Bogdan Chiritoiu (Romania) Anna Kukuruza (Ukraine) Marianna Shershneva (Ukraine) Tamara Mtvarelidze (Georgia) NEW FELLOW: Arman Vardanyan (Armenia) Evening Seminar participants are free to make their own plans. Please refer to IPF's list of recommended restaurants and check with IPF regarding scheduled events. Thursday, February 24 9:00am - 9:25am Gather at the Nador u. 11 building, 6th floor conference room. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be served and will be available throughout the day 9:30am-12:30pm Professor Leslie Pal: Evaluation: the main techniques Planning and carrying through an evaluation design Policy learning 12:45pm-1:30pm Catered lunch in the Nador u. 11 conference room, 6th floor 2:00pm-5:00pm Professor Paul Brown: Key considerations in drafting corporate policy documents Components of the corporate policy paper Recommendations Issue Recommendation(s) Rationale Problems and strategies Political considerations, analysis of options Departmental positions Analysis Background Considerations Options Communications Analysis Public environment Issues management Target audiences Positioning Objectives Messages A Style Guide for Drafting Corporate Policy Documents Going "public" with agency policy-drafting hints Evening Seminar participants are free to make their own plans. Please refer to IPF's list of recommended restaurants and check with IPF regarding scheduled events. Friday, February 25 9:00am - 9:25am Gather at the Nador u. 11 building, 6th floor conference room. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be served and will be available throughout the day 9:30am-12:30pm Professors Leslie A. Pal and Paul Brown: Presentation of policy papers and critiques, discussion 12:45pm-1:30pm Catered lunch in the Nador u. 11 conference room, 6th floor 2:00pm-5:00pm Professors Leslie A. Pal and Paul Brown: Presentation of policy papers and critiques, discussion Evening Seminar participants are free to make their own plans. Please refer to IPF's list of recommended restaurants and check with IPF regarding scheduled events. Saturday, February 26 All Day Website Creation, Internet, Computer Training, CEU computer lab, CEU basement 11:00am Welcome! Gather in the CEU Computer Lab, where IFP Consultant Merrill Oates will provide information and training regarding the creation of individual fellow web sites where research and relevant information may be posted, listserves, Internet resources for your specific research, etc. Our hope is that, by the end of this seminar, each fellow participating in the computer training will have an individual web site linked to the Open Society Institute web site, which they will be able to access and edit from home. To ensure that the Website Development sessions are productive, if possible please have ready a computer disk with 3 to 10 pages of material that you would like to use as text for your project pages, saved BOTH as MS Word and as plain text/ASCII files. Keep in mind that your first page should be something like a brief table of contents for the other pages. Although we will offer ideas regarding page design, you may even want to make a simple sketch of how you would eventually like your page to look. This Internet training is designed to provide you with "how-to" skills to develop your own web sites and more effectively direct the development done by others. Sessions will be divided over two days (Saturday and Sunday). The first item on the agenda, Understanding the Net, is something of a pre-requisite/introduction for the four Making Your Own Web Page sessions which all build off of each other and need to be taken together. The other two sessions (Searching the Net and The Many Methods of E-mail) are self-contained and can be selected separately. Understanding the Net -- about 90 minutes An introductory overview of the Internet and the basic principles of how it works. Covers the basic principles of how information is accessed over the Internet, how the World Wide Web operates, and other basic information necessary to understand before creating a web page. 12:00noon - Understanding the Net (continued if necessary) Making your own Web Page HTML Basics HTML, or Hyper Text Markup Language, is the "language" of the Web. We will cover the basic HTML commands that will allow you to create a simple Web page. While there are graphical Web development tools available that can simplify the process of large web site development projects, understanding basic HTML will allow you to create and modify your Web pages without any special software. 1:00pm-1:45pm Lunch (sandwiches will be served near the computer lab) 1:45pm Making your own Web Page (continued) -- 2 sessions, about 90 minutes each Creating links After creating your basic web page we will now insert "hyperlinks" to other web pages. These links can be to a location within the same document, to other documents on your site, or to other sites on the Web. Posting your pages on the Internet Once you have developed the structure of your first Web pages we will now post them up on the server so that others can find them on the Internet. We will also briefly address issues of information design and page layout. 3:00pm - Coffee break in the CEU basement lounge 3:30-5:00pm - Making your own Web Page (continued) -- last session, about 90 minutes Practice tutorial and help session This session will be dedicated to answering individual questions and helping fellows in their practice of creating and posting their Web pages. Time-allowing, but more likely on Sunday: Searching the Net -- about 90 minutes An introduction to the multiple options available for searching the Internet and finding what you are looking for. Will cover search-engines, directories, and Google!. Also, how to make sure the search engines find your site. The Many Methods of E-Mail -- about 60 minutes An introduction to multiple means of accessing e-mail and maintaining e-mail contact from where-ever you are. Content of this session can be adapted to respond to individual questions and interests expressed by fellows. The objective is to help fellows identify the options and best means of maintaining e-mail contact while at work, or while traveling. 8:00pm Dinner for Trainers/Mentors coming from outside Budapest and all OSI Policy Fellows: Tentative reservations at Articsoka restaurant Meet at 8:00pm in front of the Central European University building at Nador u. 9 Sunday, February 27 Individual fellow meetings with IPF computer consultant, mentors depending on schedules. 11:00am CEU computer lab upon request Practice tutorial and help sessions This session will be dedicated to answering individual questions and helping fellows in their practice of creating and posting their Web pages. Searching the Net -- about 90 minutes An introduction to the multiple options available for searching the Internet and finding what you are looking for. Will cover search-engines, directories, and Google!. Also, how to make sure the search engines find your site. The Many Methods of E-Mail -- about 60 minutes An introduction to multiple means of accessing e-mail and maintaining e-mail contact from where-ever you are. Content of this session can be adapted to respond to individual questions and interests expressed by fellows. The objective is to help fellows identify the options and best means of maintaining e-mail contact while at work, or while traveling. ***** |Home| |Year 2000 Fellows| |Fellow's Web Sites| |IPF Innovators Newsletter| |1999 Fellows| |OSI Mentorship Program| |IPF Contact Information| |2000 Call for Apps| |IPF Web Site Index|

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