| conference program (Conference Committee reserves a right to modify this program) Day 1, 27.09.2007 | 9.00-10.00 | Participant registration. Coffee-start. | | 10.00 – 11.45 | Plenary session Conference opening. Greetings from the conference organizers and international guests. Conference theme. The Strategic Intent of evaluation in Public reforms. Jean Quesnel, Director, Evaluation Office, UNICEF Headquarters, New York, USA Reforms as experiments - cases and experience from the international context (USA, Germany, Sweden). Helmut Wollman, professor, international consultant, Germany | | 11.45 – 12.15 | Coffee break | | 12.15 – 13.45 | Session 1. Regulatory impact assessment Peculiarities of implementation of evaluation of regulative impact in the government entities. Sobol D. Information and consulting center “Business-Thesaurus”, Moscow, Russia Regulative impact assessment in Russia: current state and development prospects. Kolegov V., Institute for Program and Policy Evaluation, Moscow, Russia | Session 2. New directions in evaluation Horizontal evaluations. Love A., international evaluation consultant, former president of the Canadian Evaluation Society, Canada | Session 3. International experience The relationship between evaluation and politics. Conner R., professor, Director, Center for Community Health Research, University of California, Irvine, former president of the American Evaluation Association, president of the International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation, USA | | 13.45 – 15.15 | Lunch | | 15.15 – 16.15 | Session 4. Regulatory impact assessment Promising approaches to evaluation of economic effect of implementation of new system of standards in power industry. Belyaev A., Gladkov M., Institute for Program and Policy Evaluation, Moscow, Russia Reform of technical regulations in Russia: analysis of interactions between business and government. Vakhromeev O., Institute for Program and Policy Evaluation, Moscow, Russia | Session 5. Evaluation methodology Participatory approaches in evaluation practice. Savinskaya O., Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Science Performance Measurement: Using Logic Models for Program Planning and Evaluation. Grayson T., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA | Session 6. Evaluation and civil society Evaluation of Advocacy initiative programs as one step towards policy improvement. Ter-Abrahamyan K., Civic Development and Partnership Foundation, Yerevan, Armenia Comparative evaluation of advocacy skills of organizations. Martirosyan G., NGO Center, Vanadzor, Armenia | | 16.15 – 16.30 | Coffee break | | 16.30 – 17.30 | Session 7. Regulatory impact assessment Monitoring of the law on psychiatric help of the Republic of Armenia. Potapova E., Mental Health Foundation, Yerevan, Armenia Regulative impact of the laws on advertising: international experience and Russian practice. Gavrilov D., State University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia | Session 8. Evaluation practice USAID Evaluation System. Korepanov D., US Agency for Interational Development. Regional and municipal programs: experience of implementation of results evaluation. Susuyeva A., Siberian Center for civic initiatives support, Novosibirsk, Russia | Session 9. Evaluation and civil society Role of Civil Society on Counter-defining lobbying in Armenia. Sardar A., Counterpart International, Yerevan, Armenia Impact of corruption on the reforms: opinion of the Ukrainian citizens. Palivoda L., Management Systems International, Kiev, Ukraine Citizens’ involvement in evaluation of the living standards. Makeeva I., Siberian Center for civic initiatives support, Novosibirsk, Russia | Day 2, 28.09.2007 | 9.30-10.00 | Coffee-start | | 10.00 – 11.30 | Session 10. Evaluation of government programs Evaluation of the impact of the regional policy related to the competitive funding of programs and projects on the social self-organization (experience of the Krasnoyarsk Krai). Vladyko L., Government of the Krasnoyarsk Krai, Krasnoyarsk, Russia Evaluation of government programs supporting small and medium businesses in Armenia: the road traveled and prospects. Galstyan K., Foundation for Small and Medium Business, Yerevan, Armenia Evaluation of municipal socio-economic programs: Experience of Togliatti (2001-2007). Makarova T., Togliatti City Duma, Togliatti, Russia | Session 11. Development of evaluation Trends in evaluation development in Kazakhstan. Asanova J., Association for Civil Society Development, Almaty, Kazakhstan Development of program evaluation in the Newly Independent States: Patterns and peculiarities. Kuzmin A., Process Consulting Company, Moscow, Russia Growth of the evaluation institute in Russia: for how long will “expert knowledge percolation" last? Tsygankov D., State University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia | Session 12. Monitoring and Evaluating National Development Strategies Using DevInfo Technology Sessions 12 and 15 are identical. They will be conducted by Marco Segone and George Sakvarelidze from the UNICEF Regional Office for CEE/CIS & BS in Geneva, Switzerland. Participants will have an opportunity to use personal computers for learning purposes. The number of participants will be limited. | | 11.30 – 12.00 | Coffee break | | 12.00 – 13.30 | Session 13: Evaluation in education and science
Reforms in education and program evaluation in Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Savvinov V., Administration of the President of Yakutia-Sakha Republic, Yakutsk, Russia Integration of evaluation into the program cycle as a tool for increasing program effectiveness: case of the “Schools for Communities” Program. Kosheleva N., NGO “Iris”, Moscow, Russia Development of monitoring and evaluation system to assess research effectiveness as a condition for increasing potential of the Russian science. Yakhnina V., State University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia | Session 14. New directions in evaluation How to turn a fairy tale into reality: comparative analysis of cases when evaluation practices were implemented at the regional level of the civil service. Tvorogova S., State University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia Impact of evaluation on the development and implementation of the corporate social policy. Balakirev V., Process Consulting Company, Moscow, Russia Evaluation of socio-economic impact of the implementation of the system for controlling passengers. Shutilin V., Institute for Program and Policy Evaluation, Moscow, Russia | Session 15. Monitoring and Evaluating National Development Strategies Using DevInfo Technology Sessions 12 and 15 are identical. They will be conducted by Marco Segone and George Sakvarelidze from the UNICEF Regional Office for CEE/CIS & BS in Geneva, Switzerland. Participants will have an opportunity to use personal computers for learning purposes. The number of participants will be limited. | | 13.30 – 15.00 | Lunch | | 15.00 – 16.30 | Plenary session The role of evaluation in evidence-based policy making. Marco Segone, UNICEF Regional Office for CEE/CIS & BS in Geneva, Switzerland Conference summary. IPEN’2008 conference. Announcements. Conference closing. | | 16.30 - 17.15 | Coffee break | |
