IPF	Claudiu Craciun

The Learning Government Research Project – Assessing Policy Making Reform in Romania Context and background  ▪ Soros network initiatives Open Society Foundation–Romania Central Eurasia Project (CEP) Human Rights and Governance Grants Program Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative Policy Documentation Centre/CEU  ▪ Relevant initiatives worldwide Support for Improvement in Governance and Management (SIGMA) Initiative SIGMA Fellow activities & publications Policymaking and Coordination UK Government The Magenta Book: Guidance Notes on Policy Evaluation Beyond the Horizon - Using International Comparisons in Policymaking Administrative and Civil Service Reform Website/World Bank Governance and Public Sector Reform/World Bank Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development/OECD  ▪ Annotated papers Public Administration and European Integration Slovakia's Transition Reform Process improvemnt of Policy Making in Slovakia In Quest of a Better Political System    Project objectives assess the efforts to improve the policy making process and their real impact at governmental level in Romania answer questions of what policy models and practices were transferred in Romania; what the instruments and methods of transferal were used and what results were achieved (both in terms of policy results and as transferal of good practices) gather information on practices promoted through Technical Assistance (TA) projects and assimilated by senior official at the level of line ministries and agencies across the Government, trying to track systemic patterns of interaction and established practices of policy making create an integrated and possibly comprehensive image of the strong and weak points of policy reform impacts, especially in relation with the activity of international organizations and development donors offer the government, donors, civil society and scholars an integrated description of current state and a sense of necessary further steps in reforming the policy making process. write a research paper and 20-page policy study in co-ordination with the group advisor with recommendations for the Central Government (General Secretariat of the Government and the Chancellery of the Prime Minister) and donors such as the World Bank, European Commission, DFID, UNDP, etc.

Fellow Website ▪ www.policy.hu/craciun    Fellow activities & publications ▪ Claudiu Craciun was on a research trip in the World Bank Headquarters in Washington D.C. See presentation from one of his round-table meetings.   ▪ Claudio Craciun is participating in a research project on The Process of European Integration in Romania, Ukraine and Moldova, funded by the OSI.   ▪ Claudiu Craciun has started teaching a course on European Politics in The National School of Political Science and Public Administration, Romania.   ▪ Claudiu Craciun’s draft policy paper “Increasing the effectiveness of assistance for institutional development in Romania” is now available.   ▪ Claudiu Craciun has updated his activity report.    The fellow ▪ Curriculum vitae ▪ Research proposal ▪ e-mail:    2005 Working Groups ▪ 2005 Working Group Summary ▪ Democratic Governance ▪ Wider Europe ▪ Public Health and Roma ▪ Policy Making ▪ Combatting Organized Crime ▪ Higher Education Reform ▪ Open Society in Former SU ▪ Open Society and Muslims    2006 Working Groups ▪ 2006 Working Group Summary ▪ Wider Europe ▪ Open Muslim Societies ▪ Open Society Threats ▪ Resource Curse ▪ Roma Exclusion ▪ Open Information Policy

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January 2006