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The Austrian Competence Centre Programmes :

The Austrian Competence Centre Programmes : . The Sometimes Unexpected Pleasures Of Learning in Politics Dr. Peter Biegelbauer Institute for Advanced Studies. Projects Financed by the FWF and the Austrian National Banque. What Is Policy Learning?. The Austrian RTD System in the 1990s.

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The Austrian Competence Centre Programmes :

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  1. The Austrian Competence Centre Programmes: The Sometimes Unexpected Pleasures Of Learning in Politics Dr. Peter Biegelbauer Institute for Advanced Studies Projects Financed by the FWF and the Austrian National Banque

  2. What Is Policy Learning?

  3. The Austrian RTD System in the 1990s • One major policy instrument • Five ministries • Two social partners • (Very) scare resources • No interest from top-level politics = no authoritative politically legitimised coordination • Communication of ministries lacks trust = prisoners dilemma and reform blockade

  4. Calls for Reform • The Schmidt-Hochleitner concept, a radical reform initiative, fails in spring of 1997 • In fall of 1997 a young science and transport ministry official begins to think about a new programme in his ministry • A bit later a senior economics ministry civil servant takes up the idea for his ministry

  5. Learning (I)

  6. Learning (II)

  7. Learning (III)

  8. Learning and Its Pleasures • The (widely) unexpected pleasures of learning • There is no learning without communication • Learning becomes more likely in certain institutional settings (creating spaces for communication, building trust to overcome prisoner‘s dilemma, disturbing routines and hierarchies to allow innovation) • Learning needs motivation (e.g. problem-pressure) • Political learning is a precondition for a policy innovation, too

  9. Thank you for your attention!

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