Center for Policy Studies

International Policy Fellowships

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MENTOR CRITIQUE FORM 2

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 PROF. DR. CSABA BERES

Name of Fellow you have assisted GEORGINA SZILAGYI

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

    2. I have gained more specific knowledge of the issues of cross-border cooperation related to labour migration. I also had a benefit from our methodological discussions concerning the sociological approach of the research problem.

     

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

I think that the Fellow will need to take into account the future implications of the social and political context emerging by the current EU enlargement process. The practical-political significance of the project would be greatly enhanced by involving in the social dialogue the representatives of the most important public institutions and organisations active in the field of regional cross-border development.

 

 

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

 

YES

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

 

YES

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, I reccommend continous funding, as I think that the project has a very high practical and political relevance .

 

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

I don’t know.

 

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

 

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