International
Policy Fellowships
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: ValerySokolov,
Vice Speaker, Legislative Assembly of the Irkutsk Region, Russia
Name
of Fellow you have assisted: Oleg
Karmadonov, Russia
1. What, in your opinion, have you and your Fellow/program/project gained from your cooperation thus far?
First
of all, we have developedstrong,
useful, and helpful collaboration. As from the side of legislative practice
in our region, as from the side of enabling the profound and thorough research
of the Fellow. The first is shown in several useful suggestions which were
made by Oleg Karmadonov in a course of elaborating of the new Law on Basic
Principles of Higher Education of the Irkutsk Region. We took many of his
points into account during this process. The last is presented as the possibilities
which Oleg Karmadonov was provided with to get into contacts with the responsible
persons in the Irkutsk Region Administration. By those I mean the officials
from the Committee on the Higher Education, the Committee on the Youth
Policy, and, besides, the Board of Rectors of Irkutsk Universities. I believe
that this project, so far, has benefited many sides, actually.
2. Do certain areas of this Fellow’s work need improvement? Which areas?
There
are no limits of perfection, of course, but so far I can notmakeany
serious suggestions which point of the Fellow's work needs an improvement.
Everything seems well organized, and being conducted with high quality
of research.
3. In
your opinion, does your Fellow’s project make a significant contribution
to the field?
YES,
certainly
4.
Would the project be important to other countries in the CEE/fSU
region?
YES,
I am absolutely sure it would.
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
6.
Is the timetable for the project realistic?
YES
7.
Could the project benefit a large number of people?
YES
8.
Does the Fellow show evidence that he/she can think strategically about
the relevant project and/or field?
YES
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,
and I would be glad to do that.
10.
Are there other appropriate funders that
may support the project?
NO
Additional
Comments (Please comment on your Fellow’s work and all aspects of the IPF
program using the back of this sheet):