First Session of School of Public Policy Mother Teresa
Skopje, Generation 2019/2020
June 28-30.6, 2019, Hotel Garden, Ohrid,
Public Policy: from Theory to Practice
Introduction
This seminar was first for the generation 2019/2020 and was introductory seminar to the general topic of the School of Public Policy. It aimed to improve the knowledge of the participants in the field of public policy and give them practical insights into political processes. The seminar took place in the hotel Garden, Ohrid during the weekend 28-30.6, 2019. Overall the specific objectives of the event were to increase the skills of the participants of the policy making process and to get them acquainted with the theoretical and practical options for undertaking policy research and political decisions. The Seminar focused on current political processes in Macedonia. It is widely accepted that policy analysis is a technique used in public administration to enable civil servants to examine and evaluate the available options to implement the goals of elected officials. Policy analysis has been defined as the process of “determining which of various policies will achieve a given set of goals in light of the relations between the policies and the goals. Independent policy analysis can be made by think tanks, universities, professional associations, trade unions and other members of the so-called policy network. The general aim of the School is to have our participants able to influence the policy making process through solid, evidence based, high quality policy analysis. The methodology of the seminar was based on lectures followed by discussions among participants, as well as a simulation game. Specific tasks and roles were to be given to our participants by the lecturers. The Center for Research and Policy Making (CRPM) was the stakeholder involved in this seminar.
Program
Friday (28.06.2019)
14:00 Departure from Skopje
17:00 Arrival in Ohrid, Hotel Garden
18:00 – 19:30
Public policy challenges of migration to Europe
Rabie W. Sedrak
20:00 Dinner
Saturday (29.06.2019)
9:00-10.30
Breakfast
10:30 – 12:00
How do you become a politician, a minister in the government, and what to do about that?
Viktor Mizo
12:00-12:30
Coffee Break
12:30- 14:00
Presidential campaigning in Macedonia: the case of Gordana Siljanovska Davkova
Goran Momirovski
14:00 – 15:30
Lunch
15:30-16:30
Free time
16:30-18:00
Public policies in the Health Sector
Vladimir Lazarevik,
18:00-19:30
Local development in Macedonia
Bashkim Bakiu
19:30-End of Day 2, Dinner and Free time
Sunday (30.06.2019)
10:00-11:30
EU enlargement, EU parliamentary elections and Macedonia
Francois Lafond
12:00-13:30
Global risks and challenges and local public policy implications.
Aleksandra Nakeva Ruzin
14:00-15:00
Lunch
15:30-16:30
Evaluations
End of the Seminar
17:00 Departure
Speakers:
Aleksandra Nakeva Ruzin
Lecturer of Public Finance at the American College – Skopje, Former Macedonian Ambassador to Sweden.
Rabiè W. Sédrak
Business Analyst & Immigration Consultant. Founder of BIIP (Balkan’s Integration & Immigration Program).
Goran Momirovski,
Media consultant, Editor of 60 Minutes at Alfa TV
Vladimir Lazarevik
Health Care Consultant at McKinsey
Bashkim Bakiu
Director of Institute for Policy Research and Good Governance (IPRG), Advisor at UNDP
Viktor Mizo,
Former Directorate of Technological Industrial Development Zones (DTIDZ) CEO, manager of Kostal
Prof. Francois Lafond
Adviser to Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs
