IPF	Lucian Ion Ciolan

Towards a Culture of Quality Policymaking in Transition Countries. The case of Education Context and background ▪  Soros network initiatives Open Society Foundation–Romania Education Support Program (ESP) OSI Education Monitoring Initiative OSI Evaluation and Policy Courses ESP Resources Network of Education Policy Centers Center Education 2000+ Resourcing Education: Fund for Innovations and Networking (RE:FINE)  ▪ Relevant initiatives worldwide South East European Educational Cooperation Network  ▪ Annotated papers Education in Transition Reform of Higher Education in Slovakia Legislation for Higher Education in Balcan Countries    Project objectives assess the level of development/maturity of the educational policymaking systems in Romania and Poland and analyze to what extent the articulation of a policymaking culture as a result of this maturation process can be detected define what the steps of the policy cycle are followed and what are ignored, and how functional the articulation between different steps is examine to what extent a policy language is created and used on a regular basis and whether the structure and language of basic policy documents prove a mature and sound process of policymaking determine what institutions are involved in educational policymaking and how they are structured and what functions they have define what tools are used by policymakers to ensure the strategic steering and quality policy making (regulation and deregulation mechanisms, financial incentives and disincentives, professional self-regulation, standards and benchmarks, targeted development programs, planning and cooperation networks etc.) provide policy recommendations for Poland and Romania and for the transition contexts, in general write a research paper and 20-page policy study with recommendations for the Ministries of Education and public educational agencies on how to contribute to a sustainable culture of quality policymaking.

Fellow Website ▪ www.policy.hu/ciolan    Fellow activities & publications ▪ Expected in April 2006    The fellow ▪ Curriculum vitae ▪ Research proposal ▪ e-mail:    2005 Working Groups ▪ 2005 Working Group Summary ▪ Democratic Governance ▪ Wider Europe ▪ Public Health and Roma ▪ Policy Making ▪ Combatting Organized Crime ▪ Higher Education Reform ▪ Open Society in Former SU ▪ Open Society and Muslims    2006 Working Groups ▪ 2006 Working Group Summary ▪ Wider Europe ▪ Open Muslim Societies ▪ Open Society Threats ▪ Resource Curse ▪ Roma Exclusion ▪ Open Information Policy

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January 2006