New Training For PPKN Teams
Dan Tucker, of Dalhousie University (Halifax), delivered a series of lectures to the 2007-08 Public Policy Knowledge Network (PPKN) Policy Analysis Teams at the GFSIS from 8 – 10 April, 2008.
Mr Tucker is an expert in leadership and change management. He currently serves as a Senior Advisor and Special Lecturer at the School of Public Administration at Dalhousie University where he teaches courses on Labour Management Relations and Change Management.
This training module represents the final training to be delivered under the 2007-08 Policy Analysis Team Programme which will conclude in June. Currently, the members of the Teams are working to finalise their policy deliverables under the guidance of programme mentors Professor Vladimer Papava (GFSIS Senior Fellow), Dr Alexander Rondeli (GFSIS President) and Chief Canadian Technical Advisor, Mr Paul Brown (Dalhousie University).
“It is always a pleasure for me to be in Tbilisi to meet with the group of participants and to see again what a vibrant programme this is,” said Shannon Fougère, of the Canadian Bureau for International Education and PPKN Project Manager. “We continue to see tangible results in the increased abilities, experience and professional capacities of Georgia’s civil servants following each of the training sessions.”
The Public Policy Knowledge Network project has assisted in building the competence and capacity of the Government of Georgia by advancing global standards and best practices in public administration to support public sector reform since 2003. Specifically, the project has worked to augment the capability of the government to identify, refine and implement public policy options and alternatives.
“The project’s methodology works very well,” added Fougère. “Now, we are working to build upon the substantial positive impact the work has had on the policy-making environment in Georgia and to promote the sustainability of these results by developing pilot policy and analysis teams within certain ministries.”
The Ministries of Economic Development, Defence, Foreign Affairs and Education and Science, all reform oriented and with a previous engagement in the PPKN programme, were selected as the participants for the pilot policy and analysis team project.