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Summer school

Monitoring and Evaluation of international programmes and public policies: reduction, social policy and the public-service delivery approach

Organized by:
CID – Centre for International Development
University of Bologna

CID – Department of Economic Sciences
Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna, Italy
8-13 June 2009

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Description

This year the Summer School offers a focus on the theoretical and practical approaches to monitoring and evaluating International Development Programs for Poverty Reduction and Social Inclusion. Trainers are both academics and practitioners, all outstanding experts in their field.  Highly interactive, with extensive use of practical exercises, the course provides an introduction to this increasingly important discipline. The focus of this year summer school is the public service delivery approach as applied to poverty reduction strategies and social inclusion porgrammes

Applications

The enrollement fee is 1500 euro. Fee includes tuition, materials and lunches during training – room and board and travel expenses are not included. Various lodging arrangements can be provided on request and are listed on the CID website along with application information.  A limited number of scholarships and tuition waivers will be available

Credits: 4 ECTS

Who should apply : Professionals from organizations, students and civil servants responsible for evaluating and reporting on the quality of social change/development programs. Applicants need an undergraduate degree and must be proficient in English. 

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Programme

Day 1

9:00-12:00

Introduction – Prof. Gianfranco Pasquino. Performance legitimacy and Policy reform as Political processes (in developing countries)
Prof. Pier Giorgio Ardeni – The problem: the dynamic nature of poverty
Poverty Reduction, MDGs, and Social Policies: the implementation gap between policy making and implementation, between objectives results, between targets and delivery – Reducing poverty is not only about raising level of income of the poor (absolute poverty), or raising median income (relative poverty) but also decreasing inequality in income distribution and improving access to services (education, labour, health care) and service delivery.

14:00-17:00

Prof. Michael Barber – The solution: an issue of administrative reform Public Service Delivery: An approach to policy implementation effectiveness. Approaches to improving Service Delivery and their impact. What is lacking in effective service delivery: prioritization, targets, inter ministerial coordination, regular and excellent M&E systems. Policy design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Policy M&E in political contexts.

Day 2

1. Capacity building

9:00-12:00

Prof . Michael Barber – Capacity building for policy implementation: the case of education· Context and Definition: Policy implementation can only be effective if capacity is built. The case of education and social inclusion, access to education as way to reduce poverty. Building capacity within institutions responsible for implementation is key to success.· Tools: Setting processes for improving delivery, setting policy and establishing targets, measuring changes. Data and reporting to drive and inform the process.

14:00-17:00

Dr. John N. Pyres – Capacity building for policy implementation: the case of labour and employment policies
· Context and Definitions: Employment and labour markets are dynamic. Policy should adapt to change in dynamics. The Lisbon Treaty and applications outside EU.· Tools: Improving Labour Policies. Active labour market policies. Data and intelligence needed to monitor dynamics and inform policies.

Day 3

2. Intelligence and data

9:00-12:00

Dr. Antonio Andracchio – Definitions of poverty. Measures and measurement of poverty.
· The minimum food basket and living standard – absolute poverty
· Consumption expenditure and income and the median-relative threshold – relative poverty and the distribution of income
· Measuring welfare and well-being: income and consumption. Adjusting welfare measures: prices and equivalence scales. Poverty Lines: objective, relative, subjective.
· Poverty indicators - Monetary and non monetary measures – Multi-dimensional measures
· Access to services, entitlements, capabilities – non income and multi-dimensional poverty

14:00-17:00

Prof. Pier Giorgio Ardeni
– Poverty data: what data/statistics are needed
· Data sources – household budget surveys (e.g. HBS) – longitudinal and panel surveys (e.g. LSMS) – how to use household surveys to measure different poverty indicators
· Designing survey for poverty measurement
– Poverty and Inequality: two sides of the same coin
· Distribution of income/consumption expenditure and measures of inequality of distribution – equity, equality, fairness
· Data sources of income/consumption distribution

Day 4

3. Tools to monitor and assess policy impact

9:00-12:00

Dr. Luigi Cuna – Policy Monitoring and Evaluation
· Concepts and methods. Evaluation methods. Incidence evaluations. Impact evaluations. The archetypal evaluation problem, Randomized and non-randomized evaluations. Evaluation strategy, Incidence evaluation, Impact evaluation.
· Impact and evaluations in policy debate. The issue of causality and attribution. Impact evaluations. Randomized and quasi-experimental experiments. Accountability for results and impact.
· Results-based management. Institutional frameworks and processes to implement an M&E system in a public organization.

14:00-17:00

Dr. Geoff Mulgan – Policy Impact Assessment, Targets, and Performance Indicators: Tools of the Public Service Delivery Approach.
Impact Assessment. Performance indicators. M&E for public accountability.
Three elements of performance management model:
· Target - the setting of measurable performance objectives couched in terms of outputs and outcomes - targets are meant to be cascaded down through departments and agencies, with budget allocations tied to outcomes.
· The independent monitoring and reporting of performance,
· Application of consequences for success or failure.

Day 5

Dr. John N. Pyres – The Meso-level approach. Meeting the poverty reduction agenda through the new modalities in the social protection and inclusion policies at EU and inter regional levels.
· Social inclusion and protection. Poverty is now being seen as a dynamic
· Country examples – what was done in social inclusion policies
o Candidate countries and the EU in the enlargement process
o Balkan countries (not yet candidate countries)

Day 6

9:00-12:00

Prof. Pier Giorgio Ardeni – The macro-level approach
· SAPs and PRSPs – Macroeconomic management and poverty reduction: the structural approach
· PRSPs, Public Administration Reform and the capacity building approach
· Monitoring PRSPs: indicators, sources, frequency, reporting. What has happened in practice, Institutional aspects of PRS monitoring: lessons learned and challenges.
· Millennium Development Goals – Human development concepts and measures. MDG indicators, Monitoring systems and surveys required
· The macroeconomics of Poverty reduction strategies. Macroeconomic management, sector policies and poverty reduction. What’s wrong with PRSPs
· Income distribution and poverty reductions: re-distribution and welfare policies

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