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Evidence based policy making Manuela Prina ETF

Evidence based policy making Manuela Prina ETF. 30 minutes for …. The concept of evidence and evidence based policy making Evidence and governace of VET Issues emerging in evidence debates Added value The EU work.

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Evidence based policy making Manuela Prina ETF

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  1. Evidence based policy making Manuela PrinaETF

  2. 30 minutes for … • The concept of evidence and evidence based policy making • Evidence and governace of VET • Issues emerging in evidence debates • Added value • The EU work

  3. The European Training Foundation is an agency of the European Union based in Turin, Italy. It was established in 1990. It became operational in 1994 in Turin, Italy. The ETF currently employs approximately 130 staff and has an annual budget of about 18 million €. Madlen Serban is Director of the ETF since 1 July 2009.

  4. 29 ETF partner countries OthercountriesfromCentral Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Candidate countries: Croatia, formerYugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey Potential candidate countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo (UNSCR 1244/1999), Montenegro, Serbia ENP South: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Syria, Tunisia and Israel ENP East and Russia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine And Russia

  5. What do we do? to provide information, policy analyses and advice on human capital development issues in the partner countries; to promote knowledge and analysis of skill needs in national and local labour markets; to support relevant stakeholders in partner countries in building capacity in human capital development; to facilitate the exchange of information and experience among donors engaged in human capital development in partner countries; to support the delivery of Community assistance to partner countries in the field of human capital development; to disseminate information and encourage networking and the exchange of experience and good practice between the EU and partner countries and amongst partner countries in human capital development issues; to contribute, at the Commission’s request, to the analysis of the overall effectiveness of training assistance to the partner countries; and to undertake such other tasks as may be agreed between the Governing Board and the Commission, within the general framework of the regulation. www.etf.europa.eu

  6. The concept of evidence In public policies jargon, evidence means any form of argument, proof or data which can help people make well-informed decisions about policies, programmes and projects. It is a piece of knowledge, deemed to be believable and sustainable because it is produced by professionals and obtained through objective means. Davies, Nutley, Smith, 2000

  7. Sources of evidence Such information can be obtained from the following sources: • research findings; • statistics (both national and international); • evaluation reports; • stakeholder consultation; • expert knowledge (e.g. provided by think-tanks or professional associations); • economic or demographic modelling. Weiss, 1992

  8. The concept of evidence based policy making • Debate not new (19th -2th centuries) • World War II : increased attention for social knowledge • social engineering and role for research (Janowitz 1972) • UK government – use of evidence and research in policy making (1992) • evidence-based practice (2000) • ‘ what is being done is wothwhile and that it is being done in the best possible way, even if it might not always meet its objectives’ (Argyrous, 2009)

  9. Evidence based policy making • 2001 ‘No child left behind’ preference for scientifically founded practice • 2007 OECD and from evidence based to evidence informed • 2007 EU – knowledge based policy and practice in education and training • ‘“No one would think of getting to the Moon or of wiping out a disease without research. Likewise, one cannot expect reform efforts in education to have significant effects without research knowledge to guide them.” This implies that education cannot just build on “folk wisdom”; there is need for “rigorous, sustained, scientific research.” Shavelson & Towne, 2002

  10. Evidence based policy making … helps people make well informed decisions about policies, programmes and project by putting the best available evidence from research at the heart of policy development and implementation … Davies, 1992 … is the conscientius use of current best evidence in making decisions and choosing between policy options … OECD 2007 … improving the use and impact of knowledge for developing policies and practices to improve the quality and governance of education systems …. EU 2007

  11. Steps Evidence based Evidence informed Perception based

  12. There is nothing a government hates more than to be well informed; for it makes the process of arriving at decisions much more complicated and difficultJ.M Keynes (EU 2007 report)

  13. Governance layers and roles

  14. Evidence based policy making

  15. Adapted from Levin, 2004

  16. Issues emerging in evidence talks • Creation • Communication networks • Communication tools • Working as a team • Using evidence

  17. Evidence and policy making • Administrative, monitoring and strategic evidence • Ad hoc, periodic, random • Research and policy making • The wider context where policy making takes place

  18. Science can only determine what it is, but not what shall be, and beyond its realm, value judgments remain indispensableA. Einstein

  19. Evidence has no meaning if ... • there is no culture of evidence • there is no VISION • there is no INNOVATION drive • There is little capacity • There is little wide spread understanding of evaluation and evidence

  20. It doesn’t happen by chance • WHAT and HOW have same value • Cost of evidence and cost of no evidence or misused evidence • Brokers and broker insitutions

  21. Towards more knowledge-based policy and practice in education and training (EC 2007)Evidence in Education: Linking research and policy, Paris OECD 2007

  22. What happens in the EU • Open method of coordination • Mechanisms replicated at all governance layers • Multilevel system • Indicators and benchmarks • Frameworks • Reporting and updating

  23. The EU system Information network: Eurydice http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/index_en.php EENEE-NESSE: Expert networks http://www.eenee.de/portal/page/portal/EENEEView EUROSTAT http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home/ CRELL http://crell.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ CEDEFOP – refernet www.cedefop.europa.eu Knowldege exchange http://www.eipee.eu/

  24. Torino process 2010 • Quantitative evidence • Qualitative evidence • Mixed groups involved • Call for reflection on governance, policy cycle, evidence in policy making

  25. The Torinet initiative • The Torino process work in 2010 • 11 countries in 2011 • Emerging debates • Work on-going

  26. http://l4e4l.posterous.com/

  27. When it comes to the future, there are 3 kinds of peopleThose who make it happenThose who let it happenAnd those who wonder what has happen John M. Richardson

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