MENTOR CRITIQUE FORM

Your thoughtful and honest appraisal will be most helpful. We appreciate your input and will try to implement as many of your ideas as possible. Continue comments on the back if necessary.

The IPF program pairs each Fellow with one or two mentors who are Soros foundations network-affiliated (usually Open Society Institute and Central European University), as well as one 'external' mentor who is an expert in the field working outside the Soros foundations network. Mentors should: 1) Work with Fellows to devise a brief policy paper in their field(s) of expertise based on a lengthy research paper written over the course of the fellowship year, 2) Maintain contact with Fellows at least once every six weeks or so by telephone, fax or e-mail to discuss the development of projects, 3) If feasible, meet with Fellows at least once during the fellowship year to discuss the project, 4) Facilitate Fellows' contact with other relevant experts and participation in appropriate meetings (IPF has discretionary funds to support Fellow attendance at relevant events), 5) Complete brief mid-term and final critique forms supplied by IPF to provide the program with feedback regarding the Fellow's progress.
 

Your name, position: Laszlo Bruszt, Associate Professor, CEU Department of Political Sciences

Name of Fellow you have assisted: Sabina Avdagic

1. What, in your opinion, have you and your Fellow/program/project gained from your cooperation thus far?

Sabina Avdagic made a very important progress in her project. She took into careful consideration the proposals she got from her mentors and judging from her present policy paper, she made an impressive progress in translating conceptual ideas into down to earth and applicable policy proposals. I have also learnt a lot from her project and will use her report in my CEU SUN course on 'Market Making and Industrial Relations in Europe'.

2. Do certain areas of this Fellow's work need improvement? Which areas?

The fellow undertook to study a period of EU accession when mainly national and transnational bureaucracies were the key players in forming the framework for social dialogue. It is only very recently that national and transnational level non-governmental actors started to play a role in this field. One could observe slowly the gaining of some ground of such organizations as sectoral European unions and regional self-governments. This is still in a very preliminary phase and if the fellow would be given a chance to continue her project, she definitely should take these processes into consideration
 

3. In your opinion, does your Fellow's project make a significant contribution to the field?

YES - NO

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4. Would the project be important to other countries in the CEE/fSU region?

YES - NO

The policy paper of the fellow is publishable in its present form. The CPS might use her project to establish a closer cooperation with other relevant policy institutions active in the region. With some help from the CPS, the fellow should establish cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in order to disseminate the results of the project and organize a workshop or round table with union activists on the issues discussed in her report.
 

5. Could the proposed policy research make an impact on the policy environment in specific countries or regions? (Policy makers, experts and policy research community)

YES - NO

Publication of the research results and dissemination of the policy proposals in the form of roundtable discussions and workshops with trade union activists could be functional from this viewpoint
 

6. Is the timetable for the project realistic?

YES - NO

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7. Could the project benefit a large number of people?

YES - NO

See 5.
 

8. Does the Fellow show evidence that he/she can think strategically about the relevant project and/or field?

YES - NO

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9. If the Fellow were to re-apply for continued OSI funding for follow-up work associated with the project, would you support continued funding?

YES - NO

The work of the fellow deserves continued support both for its analytical deepness and practical relevance. Because of the very recent developments mainly at the sectoral and regional levels, the fellow could make a good use of continued funding.
 

10. Are there other appropriate funders that may support the project?

YES - NO

Now that the fellow has concrete proposals that are both viable and feasible, the fellow may count on support from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation for disseminating the results of her project and for starting dialogue with the relevant actors

Recommendations for other potential senior contacts for this Fellow:

Ms. Maria Lado, a member of EU High Level Advisory Committee on Social Dialogue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Additional Comments (Please comment on your Fellow's work and all aspects of the IPF program using the back of this sheet):