Presentation by David Mair, Head of Unit, Knowledge Management, DG JRC, European Commission, at the event on Governing better through evidence-informed policy making, 26-27 June 2017. The event was organised by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance in cooperation with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Campbell Collaboration and the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA). For further information please see http://www.oecd.org/gov/evidence-informed-policy-making.htm
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David Mair - Evidence informed policy making - 27 June 2017
1. The European Commission’s
science and knowledge service
Joint Research Centre
David Mair
Head of Unit, Knowledge Management (Geographic)
Skills for the policy makers
and scientists
4. The European Commission’s
science and knowledge service
Joint Research Centre
Image courtesy: Bollen J, Van de Sompel H, Hagberg A, Bettencourt L, Chute R, et al.
7. Classic policy cycle is a
concept only
Source: John Young, Overseas
Development Institute
Monitoring and
Evaluation
Agenda
Setting
Decision
Making
Policy
Implementation
Policy
Formulation
Civil
Society
Commission
Private
Sector
Council /
Member
States
European
Parliament
Cabinet
We work daily in the reality.
Classic policy cycle is a concept only
11. Evidence addressing any
possible policy concern
Evidence
addressing
policy
concerns at
hand
Evidence constructed
in any possible way
Evidence
constructed in
ways useful to
address policy
concern
Evidence applicable
to some context
Evidence
applicable to
the local
context
Appropriate
evidence for
policy
Image source: Justin Parkhurst, Politics of Evidence
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