GPPI has been established to develop through sustained discussions and debate - innovative approaches to
effective and accountable governance, promote political and social entrepreneurship and foster a strategic
community that brings together Indian law makers, eminent scholars and academicians, think tank analysts, the
bureaucracy and civil society. GPPI takes no institutional positions on matters of policy.
It aims to provide a cross functional international network of think tanks and academic institutions to continuously
strengthen our public policy initiatives and rely on CPR’s excellent research facility supported by some of the most
renowned scholars in India today.
Governance and Public Policy: Different Types of DemocracyRomal Sinaga
This document outlines a presentation on different types of democracy and their implications for accountable decision making and good governance. It discusses representative democracy, communitarianism, direct democracy, and deliberative democracy. It notes strengths and weaknesses of each approach. The document concludes that deliberative democracy best supports participation, discussion, and accountability while considering both present and future social, economic, and environmental interests. Good governance requires linking citizen demands to policy in a democratic manner.
Governance and Public Policy_Romal Sinaga_Different Types of DemocracyRomal Sinaga
This document provides an overview of different types of democracy and their implications for accountable decision making and good governance. It discusses direct democracy, representative democracy, communitarianism, and deliberative democracy. For each type, it outlines key aspects, strengths and weaknesses. Representative democracy is the model used by most countries, but it is criticized for its low levels of accountability and citizen influence over policy decisions. Communitarianism and deliberative democracy aim to increase participation and local decision making.
This document outlines a lecture on governance and global public policy. It discusses conceptual frameworks for understanding global public policy, including how governance processes consider decision making and resource management. Globalization has reconfigured the role of states through partnerships and networks. Global public policy has emerged to address transboundary, common, and simultaneous problems. A successful case of global public policy is the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which has been widely adopted with progress in related policies. However, the document argues that while global organizations define problems and advocate for policies, implementation and compliance remain more under the purview of nation states due to their focus on outcomes over processes in governance. A balance of shared beliefs and power distribution is needed in global governance theory and practice.
This document summarizes and assesses a public health program called "Abiye" in Ondo State, Nigeria that aimed to reduce maternal mortality. It examines the program's structure, implementation, impact, and challenges. The program succeeded in significantly lowering maternal mortality, but like many public policies in developing democracies, it faced challenges related to implementation over time. The paper analyzes these challenges to draw lessons for improving delivery, outcomes, and sustainability of key public policies.
This document discusses strategies for effectively executing public policy through strategic management and benchmarking. It defines key concepts in public policy including agenda setting, formulation, implementation, and evaluation. Strategic management in the public sector faces challenges in maintaining long-term consistency and accountability. Benchmarking systematically compares processes to best practices. The National Economic and Development Authority plays a role in Philippine development planning, coordination, and project evaluation to strategically achieve national goals.
This document outlines the content of a presentation on group theory and its application to policymaking in Ethiopia. It defines key concepts of group theory, including that public policy is the product of group struggles and reflects dominant interest groups. It also discusses criticisms of group theory and analyzes its limited applicability in Ethiopia where the ruling party dominates policy formulation rather than independent interest groups influencing outcomes. The document provides context for examining how group theory explains the policy process in Ethiopia versus other models.
1) Public administration is a complex field that can be defined from political, legal, managerial, and occupational perspectives. It involves implementing public policy and law.
2) It draws from various academic disciplines like political science, law, and management. Public administration also includes many occupational fields that are part of government work.
3) While the practice of administration is old, public administration emerged as a scholarly discipline in the late 19th century, notably with Woodrow Wilson's 1887 article on the study of administration. It continues to reform in response to political and academic influences.
Governance and Public Policy: Different Types of DemocracyRomal Sinaga
This document outlines a presentation on different types of democracy and their implications for accountable decision making and good governance. It discusses representative democracy, communitarianism, direct democracy, and deliberative democracy. It notes strengths and weaknesses of each approach. The document concludes that deliberative democracy best supports participation, discussion, and accountability while considering both present and future social, economic, and environmental interests. Good governance requires linking citizen demands to policy in a democratic manner.
Governance and Public Policy_Romal Sinaga_Different Types of DemocracyRomal Sinaga
This document provides an overview of different types of democracy and their implications for accountable decision making and good governance. It discusses direct democracy, representative democracy, communitarianism, and deliberative democracy. For each type, it outlines key aspects, strengths and weaknesses. Representative democracy is the model used by most countries, but it is criticized for its low levels of accountability and citizen influence over policy decisions. Communitarianism and deliberative democracy aim to increase participation and local decision making.
This document outlines a lecture on governance and global public policy. It discusses conceptual frameworks for understanding global public policy, including how governance processes consider decision making and resource management. Globalization has reconfigured the role of states through partnerships and networks. Global public policy has emerged to address transboundary, common, and simultaneous problems. A successful case of global public policy is the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which has been widely adopted with progress in related policies. However, the document argues that while global organizations define problems and advocate for policies, implementation and compliance remain more under the purview of nation states due to their focus on outcomes over processes in governance. A balance of shared beliefs and power distribution is needed in global governance theory and practice.
This document summarizes and assesses a public health program called "Abiye" in Ondo State, Nigeria that aimed to reduce maternal mortality. It examines the program's structure, implementation, impact, and challenges. The program succeeded in significantly lowering maternal mortality, but like many public policies in developing democracies, it faced challenges related to implementation over time. The paper analyzes these challenges to draw lessons for improving delivery, outcomes, and sustainability of key public policies.
This document discusses strategies for effectively executing public policy through strategic management and benchmarking. It defines key concepts in public policy including agenda setting, formulation, implementation, and evaluation. Strategic management in the public sector faces challenges in maintaining long-term consistency and accountability. Benchmarking systematically compares processes to best practices. The National Economic and Development Authority plays a role in Philippine development planning, coordination, and project evaluation to strategically achieve national goals.
This document outlines the content of a presentation on group theory and its application to policymaking in Ethiopia. It defines key concepts of group theory, including that public policy is the product of group struggles and reflects dominant interest groups. It also discusses criticisms of group theory and analyzes its limited applicability in Ethiopia where the ruling party dominates policy formulation rather than independent interest groups influencing outcomes. The document provides context for examining how group theory explains the policy process in Ethiopia versus other models.
1) Public administration is a complex field that can be defined from political, legal, managerial, and occupational perspectives. It involves implementing public policy and law.
2) It draws from various academic disciplines like political science, law, and management. Public administration also includes many occupational fields that are part of government work.
3) While the practice of administration is old, public administration emerged as a scholarly discipline in the late 19th century, notably with Woodrow Wilson's 1887 article on the study of administration. It continues to reform in response to political and academic influences.
The Post-Ondoy Philippine Environmental Movement: Augmented Political Opportu...Michael Roa
The document discusses the influence of civil society organizations on climate change policies in the Philippines. It outlines the political opportunity theory of social movements which argues that favorable political conditions enhance mobilization and influence over policy outcomes. The proposed research will use quantitative methods like Poisson regression to analyze the relationship between political opportunities like Typhoon Ondoy, and variables like political mobilization, organization formation, and climate policy outcomes. It will also conduct a qualitative comparative case study of recent and older climate laws to further understand the impact of issue-specific opportunities on the policy process.
This chapter discusses the definitions and scope of public administration. It defines public administration as a cooperative group effort carried out by government agencies to achieve public goals and deliver services. The chapter outlines differences between public and private administration, noting that public administration operates within a political system and aims to benefit communities rather than generate profit. It also discusses public administration as an academic discipline, profession, and art.
The document discusses the concepts of governance and good governance. It defines governance as the exercise of authority through formal and informal institutions and the participation of citizens and groups. Good governance entails sound management, accountability, transparency, and respect for human rights. The key aspects of good governance discussed are legitimacy, competence, accountability, and respect for the rule of law. Citizen participation, protection of rights, democratic processes, and media freedom are seen as indispensable characteristics of good governance.
Evaluate the implication of conventional bureaucracy and new public managemen...hafsa317
The document discusses conventional bureaucracy and the new public management (NPM) approach and their implications for public policy implementation. Conventional bureaucracy is characterized by hierarchy, career administrators influencing policymaking, and policies being less public than in legislatures. NPM emerged in the 1980s and uses private sector techniques in the public sector, shifting the focus from administration to management, service delivery, and making public services more responsive to citizens and politicians. NPM advocates privatization and private sector provision of public goods and services where possible. It has also driven reforms to public employment systems and professional norms in public service.
- Public policy is defined as actions or decisions by government to address public issues through laws, regulations, or programs.
- Three main approaches to analyzing public policy are empirical, which examines facts and impacts; valuative, which determines the worth of policies; and normative, which recommends courses of action.
- Key theories for studying public policy include political systems theory, which views policy as responses to demands on government; group theory, which sees policy as outcomes of group competition and influence; and elite theory, which posits that elites set the policy agenda to serve their own interests.
Actors and institutions in public managementShantanu Basu
This document discusses several key concepts in public policymaking including the various actors involved such as legislatures, executives, judiciaries, interest groups, think tanks and media. It also examines the roles and relationships between these actors, as well as factors like political parties, citizens, and institutional arrangements that shape policy outcomes. Additionally, it analyzes Elinor Ostrom's institutional analysis and development framework, which uses an action arena concept to study how policy situations, actors, evaluation criteria and rules influence interactions and outcomes.
The Role of Public Policy Research Institutions in Policymaking in TunisiaJasmine Foundation
1. Policymaking in Tunisia has traditionally been a closed and top-down process controlled by the central government. Following the 2011 revolution, the process has opened up somewhat with greater participation from representative institutions, civil society, and the public.
2. The paper examines the changing role of public policy research institutes in Tunisia's post-revolution policymaking process. It identifies challenges they face in promoting transparency and breaking down information asymmetry between the administration and public.
3. The paper is based on interviews with state research institutes and independent think tanks. It finds that while state institutes now have more research freedom, all institutes still face challenges in meaningfully contributing to policymaking.
This document outlines emerging trends in global governance, including a shift from centralized to decentralized governance, hierarchical control to stakeholder empowerment, and standardized procedures to performance orientation. It discusses experiments with new governance models in the Philippines based on decentralization, local autonomy, and greater civic participation. The trends are placing new demands on politicians, civil servants, and development professionals to reexamine assumptions and adapt to changes in accountability, inter-sector collaboration, and organizational competence.
Executing public policy with strategic management and benchmarkingMildred Villacorta
This document discusses strategies for effectively executing public policy through strategic management and benchmarking. It defines key concepts like public policy, the policymaking process, and benchmarking. The main points are:
1) Strategic management in the public sector faces challenges of maintaining long-term policy consistency and accountability across changes.
2) Benchmarking systematically compares processes to competitors or best practices to improve performance.
3) The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) plays a key role in Philippine development planning, policy coordination, and project evaluation to strategically achieve national goals.
The document discusses several key concepts in public administration, including public policy, policy analysis, public choice theory, and administrative law. It describes public policy as actions taken by government to address perceived problems. Policy analysis aims to improve policymaking through rigorous analytical methodologies. Public choice theory examines individual behavior and decision-making within political systems. Administrative law governs rulemaking and adjudication by government agencies.
This document outlines a presentation on public policy. It discusses three types of policy, three arenas where policy is made, and three types of policymakers. It describes the policy process and five ways that elected bodies make policy, including lawmaking, budgeting, rulemaking, oversight, and sunset reviews. It emphasizes that citizens and groups can influence policy by understanding the process and participating through contacting elected officials, organizing, protests, and other civic engagement activities.
Week 1 concept, relationship, and importance of politics, governance, and g...Joseph Ramiscal
The document provides an overview of the key concepts of politics, governance, and government. It defines politics as decision-making within a group that makes and enforces rules for its members. Governance refers to the administrative actions of a sovereign authority in exercising control over a political unit. Government is defined as the governing body through which the will of the people is expressed. The document discusses how these concepts are interrelated and why it is important to study them to understand how political decisions are made and actions taken.
Public administration involves the implementation of government policies and operations, including planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling government work. It has evolved over time from focusing on separating politics and administration, to emphasizing principles of administration and efficiency, to considering human factors and incorporating other social sciences. Public administration is significant as the key instrument of government to maintain order and protect citizens. It also enables development, supports modern welfare states by providing public services, and is an important subject of academic study.
Current Issues in Public Personnel AdministrationJaypeeRojas
The document discusses several current issues and challenges facing public administration. It examines whether public administration should be universal or adapted to each environment, and how principles may need to be applied differently in various contexts. Some key policy issues mentioned include welfare, economic issues, labor, and resource policy. Organization issues involve areas like planning, coordination, decision-making, and addressing negative bureaucracy. Additional significant challenges include powerful interest groups, demands from a changing society, and ongoing issues requiring new solutions.
This is a recap report on the seminar organized by JFRC on 18 April 2015 about the policies of tripartite partnership between the public sector, the civil society and private sector.
Public administration versus Private administrationabad_er
Public administration involves organizing resources to achieve government goals and provide public services. It focuses on managing state affairs. Private administration works for economic gain in organizations, prioritizing the interests of employees and clients. The main distinctions between public and private administration are their spheres of operation (state vs market), purposes (public service vs profit), funding sources (taxation vs profit), and accountability (public vs owners).
This document discusses governance and government. It defines governance as the exercise of political, economic and administrative authority to manage a nation's affairs, while government rules and controls a state. Good governance involves adherence to rule of law, management over control, and participation from the state, civil society and market. The Philippines faces challenges of governance such as corruption, inefficiency and instability which have negatively impacted development. Efforts to improve governance through initiatives like anti-red tape laws and e-services have had limited success. Comprehensive reform is still needed to strengthen governance.
The document discusses the evolution of the concept of governance from the 1990s to 2000s. It summarizes that:
1. Governance expanded beyond just government to include the roles of citizens, organizations, and groups in pursuing collective goals.
2. Key factors that pushed the governance paradigm included development failures, environmentalism, globalization, and peacebuilding.
3. "Good governance" emerged as an international development principle promoting accountability, participation, predictability, transparency, and the rule of law.
4. Kofi Annan affirmed that good governance is essential for sustainable development and eradicating poverty.
Good Governance : Origin, concepts and componentsNayana Renukumar
The presentation speaks about the origin of Good Governance, its major definitions, key components and strategies. The presentations also dwells upon the Good Governance scenario in India as well that in the state of Andhra Pradesh
Slides Public Policy & Good Governance Session 2bfnd
The document discusses challenges related to public policy and governance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region following the Arab Spring. It explores tensions between global and local approaches, short-term and long-term timeframes, and good governance principles of accountability, transparency, efficiency, responsiveness, forward thinking, and rule of law. The document examines how policy challenges in the region require balancing endogenous local needs with exogenous global forces over different cultural time orientations.
Policies should be known and understood by all affected parties in writing. They should be stable, consistent across all levels and departments, and sincere in their intentions. Policies also need to be realistic about present conditions, aligned with shared goals, forward-looking, focused on outcomes over methods, and inclusive of different viewpoints. Planning relates to the overall management process of an organization.
The Post-Ondoy Philippine Environmental Movement: Augmented Political Opportu...Michael Roa
The document discusses the influence of civil society organizations on climate change policies in the Philippines. It outlines the political opportunity theory of social movements which argues that favorable political conditions enhance mobilization and influence over policy outcomes. The proposed research will use quantitative methods like Poisson regression to analyze the relationship between political opportunities like Typhoon Ondoy, and variables like political mobilization, organization formation, and climate policy outcomes. It will also conduct a qualitative comparative case study of recent and older climate laws to further understand the impact of issue-specific opportunities on the policy process.
This chapter discusses the definitions and scope of public administration. It defines public administration as a cooperative group effort carried out by government agencies to achieve public goals and deliver services. The chapter outlines differences between public and private administration, noting that public administration operates within a political system and aims to benefit communities rather than generate profit. It also discusses public administration as an academic discipline, profession, and art.
The document discusses the concepts of governance and good governance. It defines governance as the exercise of authority through formal and informal institutions and the participation of citizens and groups. Good governance entails sound management, accountability, transparency, and respect for human rights. The key aspects of good governance discussed are legitimacy, competence, accountability, and respect for the rule of law. Citizen participation, protection of rights, democratic processes, and media freedom are seen as indispensable characteristics of good governance.
Evaluate the implication of conventional bureaucracy and new public managemen...hafsa317
The document discusses conventional bureaucracy and the new public management (NPM) approach and their implications for public policy implementation. Conventional bureaucracy is characterized by hierarchy, career administrators influencing policymaking, and policies being less public than in legislatures. NPM emerged in the 1980s and uses private sector techniques in the public sector, shifting the focus from administration to management, service delivery, and making public services more responsive to citizens and politicians. NPM advocates privatization and private sector provision of public goods and services where possible. It has also driven reforms to public employment systems and professional norms in public service.
- Public policy is defined as actions or decisions by government to address public issues through laws, regulations, or programs.
- Three main approaches to analyzing public policy are empirical, which examines facts and impacts; valuative, which determines the worth of policies; and normative, which recommends courses of action.
- Key theories for studying public policy include political systems theory, which views policy as responses to demands on government; group theory, which sees policy as outcomes of group competition and influence; and elite theory, which posits that elites set the policy agenda to serve their own interests.
Actors and institutions in public managementShantanu Basu
This document discusses several key concepts in public policymaking including the various actors involved such as legislatures, executives, judiciaries, interest groups, think tanks and media. It also examines the roles and relationships between these actors, as well as factors like political parties, citizens, and institutional arrangements that shape policy outcomes. Additionally, it analyzes Elinor Ostrom's institutional analysis and development framework, which uses an action arena concept to study how policy situations, actors, evaluation criteria and rules influence interactions and outcomes.
The Role of Public Policy Research Institutions in Policymaking in TunisiaJasmine Foundation
1. Policymaking in Tunisia has traditionally been a closed and top-down process controlled by the central government. Following the 2011 revolution, the process has opened up somewhat with greater participation from representative institutions, civil society, and the public.
2. The paper examines the changing role of public policy research institutes in Tunisia's post-revolution policymaking process. It identifies challenges they face in promoting transparency and breaking down information asymmetry between the administration and public.
3. The paper is based on interviews with state research institutes and independent think tanks. It finds that while state institutes now have more research freedom, all institutes still face challenges in meaningfully contributing to policymaking.
This document outlines emerging trends in global governance, including a shift from centralized to decentralized governance, hierarchical control to stakeholder empowerment, and standardized procedures to performance orientation. It discusses experiments with new governance models in the Philippines based on decentralization, local autonomy, and greater civic participation. The trends are placing new demands on politicians, civil servants, and development professionals to reexamine assumptions and adapt to changes in accountability, inter-sector collaboration, and organizational competence.
Executing public policy with strategic management and benchmarkingMildred Villacorta
This document discusses strategies for effectively executing public policy through strategic management and benchmarking. It defines key concepts like public policy, the policymaking process, and benchmarking. The main points are:
1) Strategic management in the public sector faces challenges of maintaining long-term policy consistency and accountability across changes.
2) Benchmarking systematically compares processes to competitors or best practices to improve performance.
3) The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) plays a key role in Philippine development planning, policy coordination, and project evaluation to strategically achieve national goals.
The document discusses several key concepts in public administration, including public policy, policy analysis, public choice theory, and administrative law. It describes public policy as actions taken by government to address perceived problems. Policy analysis aims to improve policymaking through rigorous analytical methodologies. Public choice theory examines individual behavior and decision-making within political systems. Administrative law governs rulemaking and adjudication by government agencies.
This document outlines a presentation on public policy. It discusses three types of policy, three arenas where policy is made, and three types of policymakers. It describes the policy process and five ways that elected bodies make policy, including lawmaking, budgeting, rulemaking, oversight, and sunset reviews. It emphasizes that citizens and groups can influence policy by understanding the process and participating through contacting elected officials, organizing, protests, and other civic engagement activities.
Week 1 concept, relationship, and importance of politics, governance, and g...Joseph Ramiscal
The document provides an overview of the key concepts of politics, governance, and government. It defines politics as decision-making within a group that makes and enforces rules for its members. Governance refers to the administrative actions of a sovereign authority in exercising control over a political unit. Government is defined as the governing body through which the will of the people is expressed. The document discusses how these concepts are interrelated and why it is important to study them to understand how political decisions are made and actions taken.
Public administration involves the implementation of government policies and operations, including planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling government work. It has evolved over time from focusing on separating politics and administration, to emphasizing principles of administration and efficiency, to considering human factors and incorporating other social sciences. Public administration is significant as the key instrument of government to maintain order and protect citizens. It also enables development, supports modern welfare states by providing public services, and is an important subject of academic study.
Current Issues in Public Personnel AdministrationJaypeeRojas
The document discusses several current issues and challenges facing public administration. It examines whether public administration should be universal or adapted to each environment, and how principles may need to be applied differently in various contexts. Some key policy issues mentioned include welfare, economic issues, labor, and resource policy. Organization issues involve areas like planning, coordination, decision-making, and addressing negative bureaucracy. Additional significant challenges include powerful interest groups, demands from a changing society, and ongoing issues requiring new solutions.
This is a recap report on the seminar organized by JFRC on 18 April 2015 about the policies of tripartite partnership between the public sector, the civil society and private sector.
Public administration versus Private administrationabad_er
Public administration involves organizing resources to achieve government goals and provide public services. It focuses on managing state affairs. Private administration works for economic gain in organizations, prioritizing the interests of employees and clients. The main distinctions between public and private administration are their spheres of operation (state vs market), purposes (public service vs profit), funding sources (taxation vs profit), and accountability (public vs owners).
This document discusses governance and government. It defines governance as the exercise of political, economic and administrative authority to manage a nation's affairs, while government rules and controls a state. Good governance involves adherence to rule of law, management over control, and participation from the state, civil society and market. The Philippines faces challenges of governance such as corruption, inefficiency and instability which have negatively impacted development. Efforts to improve governance through initiatives like anti-red tape laws and e-services have had limited success. Comprehensive reform is still needed to strengthen governance.
The document discusses the evolution of the concept of governance from the 1990s to 2000s. It summarizes that:
1. Governance expanded beyond just government to include the roles of citizens, organizations, and groups in pursuing collective goals.
2. Key factors that pushed the governance paradigm included development failures, environmentalism, globalization, and peacebuilding.
3. "Good governance" emerged as an international development principle promoting accountability, participation, predictability, transparency, and the rule of law.
4. Kofi Annan affirmed that good governance is essential for sustainable development and eradicating poverty.
Good Governance : Origin, concepts and componentsNayana Renukumar
The presentation speaks about the origin of Good Governance, its major definitions, key components and strategies. The presentations also dwells upon the Good Governance scenario in India as well that in the state of Andhra Pradesh
Slides Public Policy & Good Governance Session 2bfnd
The document discusses challenges related to public policy and governance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region following the Arab Spring. It explores tensions between global and local approaches, short-term and long-term timeframes, and good governance principles of accountability, transparency, efficiency, responsiveness, forward thinking, and rule of law. The document examines how policy challenges in the region require balancing endogenous local needs with exogenous global forces over different cultural time orientations.
Policies should be known and understood by all affected parties in writing. They should be stable, consistent across all levels and departments, and sincere in their intentions. Policies also need to be realistic about present conditions, aligned with shared goals, forward-looking, focused on outcomes over methods, and inclusive of different viewpoints. Planning relates to the overall management process of an organization.
This document discusses the process of public policy formulation. It defines public policy as plans or actions undertaken by government to achieve broad goals affecting citizens. The policy process is described as cyclical, involving problem identification, assessment, solution development, implementation, and review. Key aspects of policy formulation discussed include setting the policy agenda, developing potential solutions, and constraints influencing decision making such as public opinion, economic factors, and political realities. The stages of policy implementation and potential gaps between policy design and real-world application are also outlined.
The document discusses different social structures and their role in fulfilling human desires and attaining happiness. It argues that government exists to (1) defend countries from invasion through military force, and (2) maintain justice and rule of law to create freedom for citizens to live moral and meaningful lives. The highest good is happiness, which relies on properly channeling desires through social institutions like family, economy, education and religion.
The document outlines 4 principles of good governance followed by the Singapore government:
1) Leadership is key - leaders must be honest, capable, and have moral courage to do what is right rather than popular. Corruption is not tolerated.
2) Anticipate change and stay relevant - decisions must be forward-looking to anticipate future challenges through policies like developing the self-sufficient NEWater system.
3) Reward for work, work for reward - a meritocratic system rewards people based on abilities and hard work regardless of background through programs like scholarships.
4) A stake for everyone, opportunities for all - public participation and dialogue on decisions helps develop a greater sense of belonging and ownership, such
This document provides an overview of public policy definitions, approaches, and processes. It begins by defining public policy as systems of laws, regulations, and actions by governmental entities to address public issues. The traditional views of public policy are discussed, including definitions that focus on the dichotomy between politics and administration.
The document then examines several models of public policy analysis, including the institutional, process, group, elite, rational, incremental, game theory, public choice, and systems models. It discusses the importance of models in creating order, simplifying complexity, and identifying key elements in the policy process like institutions, stakeholders, formulation, and evaluation.
This document provides an overview of public policy for students in public policy and economics programs. It defines key terms related to public policy, examines the nature and importance of public policy, and discusses some specific policy areas. The learning objectives are to define public policy terms, analyze the importance of policy, describe the nature and characteristics of policy, examine what policies do, and examine the rationale for public policy. It provides definitions of policy, discusses elements and goals of policy, and distinguishes between policy outputs and outcomes. It also covers the relationship between politics and public policy.
Parliamentary Supremacy Undermined? An Analysis of Parliamentary Debates in India on International Financial Institutions (1984-2009)
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Uniform Civil Code and Its Legal DimensionsQUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: This paper primarily talks about the concept of the Uniform Civil Code and its legal dimensions. In this paper, we have tried to examine the basic essence of the Uniform Civil Code and what does it mean and its legal prospective and theories. This paper commences with the introduction to the Uniform Civil Code in which it defines the concept of the Uniform Civil Code and also discusses about its origin or where it has derived from. It briefly talks about the history of the Uniform Civil Code and then discusses about the relationship of the Uniform Civil Code with the personal laws. In this part it discusses how the personal laws, play an important role when it comes to the formation of the Uniform Civil Code. It further discusses the need or desire for the Uniform Civil Code under this part itself, that whether the Uniform Civil Code should be implemented or not and what are the pros and cons of the same. As we further proceed towards the approach of the research paper, this paper discusses about the relationship of the Uniform Civil Code with the Secularism and discusses how the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code may lead to the disintegration of the nation and how this will lead to the breakdown off the peace and harmony among the people. Then it further discusses about the Uniform Civil Code and the constitutional guarantees. As we further proceed, then it discusses about the relationship between the Uniform Civil Code and the gender justice and human rights. This paper also talks about the judgements and the take of the Indian Judiciary towards the Uniform Civil Code. Last but not the least, this paper concludes with certain sets of recommendations and conclusions. This paper aims to spread knowledge and make the readers inquisitive about their approach on the topic of Uniform Civil Code and its Legal Dimensions.
This document discusses defining the voluntary/non-profit sector in India. It notes that while voluntary action has a long history in India, driven by religious and social traditions, the sector remains poorly understood. It examines various terms used to describe organizations in the sector, such as voluntary organizations, NGOs, charities, but notes these terms have limitations and do not adequately capture the full diversity of organizations. The document aims to generate clarity and common understanding around defining the sector in India.
The document summarizes the proceedings of the People's Tribunal on Coercive Population Policies and the Two-Child Norm held in New Delhi in October 2004. It includes expert papers on population growth myths and policies in India, state overviews on coercive policies, and over 50 case studies of individuals who have faced human rights violations due to these policies. The Tribunal aimed to highlight the negative impact of coercive population control measures and recommend their repeal.
The document discusses India's lack of a national oral health policy despite having drafted one in 1885. It notes the irony that India has many dental schools and will likely have many oral health professionals yet still does not have an implemented policy. It summarizes the 2011 draft policy from Bangalore that did not incorporate sufficient stakeholder input or set a timeline for implementation. It calls for galvanizing public support to convince politicians to pass an oral health policy into law.
CPR is one of India’s leading public policy think tanks housing renowned academics and policy experts who produce some of the most insightful analysis and tools guiding policy in India today. As one of the country’s first independent non-profits focused on creating robust public discourse, CPR has been creating multiple platforms for dialogue between academia and policymakers since 1973.
The right to reproductive health_2012_Dushanbe_Tajikistan (1)Subhiya Mastonshoeva
This document provides a summary of the situation regarding reproductive health and rights in Tajikistan. It notes that while maternal and infant mortality rates have declined in recent years, the numbers remain high. Some of the key issues identified are inadequate quality of reproductive health services; lack of referral systems, transportation, and education; and low awareness among women. The document also cites weak preventative measures, family planning programs in rural areas, shortage of medical personnel, and deteriorating infrastructure as contributing factors. A UNICEF study found that poor prenatal care was responsible for 43.5% of neonatal deaths in some regions of Tajikistan.
A SWOT analysis of the Indian Legal system and the issues of people living wi...Vahista Dastoor
This document provides background information and context for a SWOT analysis of the Indian legal system regarding issues faced by people living with HIV (PLHIV) in West Bengal. It discusses the goals of SAATHII's Coalition Based Advocacy Project, which aims to empower PLHIV networks to demand their rights to health and access HIV services without discrimination. It outlines how the project involves documenting human rights violations, advocacy efforts, and establishing a Legal Aid Unit to provide legal support to PLHIV facing barriers. The introduction provides global and national context on HIV policies, noting worldwide issues of stigma and discrimination against high-risk groups.
Details of HAQ: Centre for Child Rights's Annual Report Years 2005 - 2006.
HAQ: Center for Child Rights
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Details of HAQ: Centre for Child Rights's Annual Report Years 2006 - 2007.
HAQ: Center for Child Rights
B1/2, Ground Floor,
Malviya Nagar
New Delhi - 110017
Tel: +91-26677412,26673599
Fax: +91-26674688
Website: www.haqcrc.org
FaceBook Page: https://www.facebook.com/HaqCentreForChildRights
The document discusses the evolution of health rights from ancient concepts to modern international agreements. It notes that 142 countries have ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which recognizes the right to health. National constitutions in 193 countries also recognize some form of right to health. International organizations like the WHO and cooperation between agencies like PAHO and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights have helped promote and protect health rights.
Details of HAQ: Centre for Child Rights's Annual Report Years 2004 - 2005.
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The “Governance & Public Policy Initiative” (GPPI) was set up in collaboration with the Centre for Policy Research
(CPR), India’s premier think tank in August 2012.
GPPI has been established to develop through sustained discussions and debate - innovative approaches to
effective and accountable governance, promote political and social entrepreneurship and foster a strategic
community that brings together Indian law makers, eminent scholars and academicians, think tank analysts, the
bureaucracy and civil society. GPPI takes no institutional positions on matters of policy.
It aims to provide a cross functional international network of think tanks and academic institutions to continuously
strengthen our public policy initiatives and rely on CPR’s excellent research facility supported by some of the most
renowned scholars in India today.
Set up with the objective of strengthening parliamentary diplomacy that binds India and the world, we intend to
promote thoughtful debate and dialogue on issues which exemplify the key challenges on the global governance
agenda. We hope to engage with Members of Parliament, key leaders from various Indian political parties,
Members of the Indian Legislative Assembly, the country’s current and emerging leaders in our efforts to hone the
governance and public policy discourse in India.
Overall Objectives –
Roundtable discussions, conferences and seminars on thematic issues concerning - empowering
citizens, revitalizing democracy, foreign policy and security issues, gender security and women in India,
health, education, urban development and cyber-security amongst other issues.
Such discussions provide Parliamentarians across party lines, a common platform to share and discuss the
different views and concerns and engage with think tank analysts, civil society groups and consequently
positively influence the policy making process.
Where appropriate, GPPI will host ‘Track-Two’ type dialogues and seminars on internal conflicts that will
seek to increase a sharper understanding of the disputes that remain complex points in our political
discourse.
Regular programs for lawmakers with renowned international academic institutions: Right now our
current flagship programs include Yale University (US), Princeton University (US), and new programs in
Australia with the Australia India Institute and the Lowe Institute which we have just concluded. We are
exploring future opportunities in Australia with different universities. Our 3 year program with Oxford
(UK) has recently concluded and a new program with King’s College is scheduled to commence in 2014.
More such programs with reputed academic institutions are in the planning stage.
Interactive meetings - with visiting international parliamentary delegations; national and international
thought leaders; renowned economists, strategic analysts and eminent academicians; as well as specialists
from diverse fields.
Series of round-table discussions involving lawmakers in various states across India – as part of its
outreach program to study issues at the grassroots level
GPPI will encourage a vibrant dialogue between our lawmakers and academicians, senior government
officials, leading think tanks experts, business leaders and civil society at large, in raising issues at the
grassroots level as well as those of bilateral and global concerns.
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ACTIVITIES
ROUNDTABLES
In collaboration with the German Foundation Friedrich
Interactive Discussion on “Media: Regulation vs Self Regulation”
-Ebert-Stiftung, GPPI in December 2012 organised a
roundtable discussion on “Media: Regulation vs Self Regulation”. Late Justice J.S. Verma, Former Chief Justice of
India, and Head, National Broadcasting Standard Association had an in-depth discussion on the issue with 18
Members of Parliament who attended the session.
There have been vigorous discussions on the Indian media's credibility. The issues that have cropped up in recent
times include instances of fabricated & manufactured stories, “paid news”, and credibility of sting operations.
In the recently concluded 9th Media Nation Summit in Philippines, president of the organizing foundation, Bart
Guingona said: “Media is the watchdog of the government, but who watches the watchdog?”
In this regard, the session provided a lively platform to debate and discuss vital issues pertaining to the theme of
“Media: Regulation vs Self Regulation”, which included, but was not limited to questions such as: Has internal self
regulation failed? Should there be a reasonable amount of media restriction and monitoring? What constitutes
responsible reporting?
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Interactive Discussion on “Illiberal Trends in India?”
series of incidents recently have raised questions of
an emerging trend of intolerance in the country:
Limits on speech, banning of artists, censorship of
movies, all seem to suggest a growing intolerant
trend. In this regard GPPI-CPR in collaboration with
the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) organised a
roundtable discussion on "Illiberal trends in India?"
on March 18, 2013.
Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President & Chief Executive,
Centre for Policy Research (CPR) presided over the
session. Cutting across party lines, 21 Members of
Parliament participated in this interactive discussion.
Besides various MPs, Ms Karuna Nundy, Advocate,
Supreme Court of India who specializes in human
rights litigation, also participated in this session. This
discussion was part of the ongoing collaborative series of roundtables with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) and
GPPI-CPR.
Karuna Nundy, Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Rajeshawar Dyal and Dr. Felix Schmidt
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The ruling by the Supreme Court that will
Interactive Discussion on “The SC Verdict: Will it Help Cleanse Politics?”
compel the state and federal lawmakers to
quit politics and be barred from
contesting future elections if they are
convicted of a crime that carries a
sentence of at least two years in jail is
evoking nation-wide interest. The same
bench also struck down a provision in the
Representation of Peoples Act that
protects a convicted lawmaker from
disqualification on the ground of
pendency of appeal in higher courts. There
is no denying that the health of the Indian
political system has degraded over the years. Though this landmark
decision is set to change the face of Indian politics, it also raises concerns
on its implementation. It requires broad based political consensus to
sustain these reforms and overcome the challenges which includes, but is
not limited to questions such as: How will the system be cleaned? How will
they prevent the imminent misuse of the law by politicians for settling
scores?
To discuss this GPPI-CPR in association with the German Foundation
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, organised an interactive discussion on August 22,
2013. Ms. Aruna Roy, noted political & social activist and Nikihil Dey had an
in-depth discussion on the issue with 17 multi-party Members of Indian
Parliament.
GPPI, CPR since its inception has already done several programs with the Global Health Strategies (GHS) involving
the Parliamentarians on pertinent issues focusing on child survival and childhood immunization –
Roundtable Series in Collaboration with Global Health Strategies (GHS)
implementation
of vaccines such as the low cost Rotavirus Vaccine that can be used to prevent a severe form of diarrhea caused by
rotavirus. The meetings also focused on Pentavalent Vaccine which prevents fatality in children from diphtheria,
pertussis, tetanus, hepatitis-B and Influenza-B.
GPPI-CPR & GHS also organized a roundtable on health issues in London as well.
Roundtable in New York, June 2013: GPPI-CPR in collaboration with GHS and John Hopkins University
organized a similar roundtable in New York on June 26 during the visit of 11 Indian Members of Parliament to
participate in the Yale Program.
The objective of the meeting was to highlight the need to elevate the issue of childhood diseases such as diarrhea
and pneumonia and how Members of Parliament can play a role in ensuring that life saving medicines, tools and
technologies reach children who need them the most.
The meeting also aimed to address questions that Parliamentarians might have around child survival issues and
vaccines; and seek guidance on how Parliamentarians can be advocates for child health in India.
Noted Political & Social Activist Aruna Roy
Nikhil Dey, Rajeshwar Dyal, Aruna Roy,Dr. Felix Schmidt, Ramesh Chandran, Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal,
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Dr. Ajoy Kumar & Hamdullah Sayeed
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In consultation with GHS, GPPI-
Parliamentary Coalition on Child Survival
CPR
helped create a Parliamentary Coalition
on Child Survival with a group that could
work towards bringing down child
mortality rates. Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal, Lok
Sabha MP from Bihar & Dr. Ajoy Kumar,
Lok Sabha MP from Jamshedpur are the
Convenors of the forum while a group of
other Parliamentarians have joined as
members.
The inaugural meeting of the coalition
was held on August 13, 2013. It was
chaired by Mr. P D Rai, MP, Sikkim
Democratic Front. Mr. Keshav Desiraju,
Health Secretary of the Government of
India also attended the session. Besides
the Members of Parliament, the
participants also included various NGOs
who work closely with GHS.
Such a Forum is aimed to spearhead
campaigns within the constituencies of
the legislators to increase access and
demand for comprehensive child
survival interventions for diseases that
kill a large percentage of children in the
country; create awareness and utilise
platforms to raise the profile of child
survival. The members will engage with various experts such as doctors, civil society representatives and
organisations working on child survival to strategise on how to make the issue more visible.
The
Symposium on Governing India’s Megacities: Organized by CPR Urban Team
Centre for Policy Research and GPPI organized a
Symposium on “Governing India’s Megacities” on Dec 9,
2013. The focus of the Symposium was broadly grouped
into four issues- as local issues that relate to the
governance of the city; inter-local, i.e. issues between
different cities in the region; issues relating to the
metropolitan region; and issues of the region vis-à-vis
the state governments.
The discussion was chaired by Mr. Ajay Maken and Mr.
K. C. Sivaramakrishnan, Chairman, Advisory Board, CPR
and attended by a prominent multi-party group of
Parliamentarians including Dr. E. M. Sudarsana
Natchiappan, Minister of State for Commerce &
Ramesh Chandran, Health Secretary of GoI Keshav Desiraju, & P D Rai, MP
P D Rai addressing the session
Madhu Yaskhi, Saugata roy, Ajay Maken, K C Sivaramakrishnan, Dr. E M S
Natchiappan, Priya Dutt, M S Gill, Ramachandran, Ramesh Chandran
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Industry, Mr. M. S. Gill, Ms. Priya Dutt, Mr. Ashok Ganguly, Mr. Jayant Chaudhary, Dr. Sanjeev Ganesh Naik, Mr.
Neeraj Shekhar, Dr. G. Vivekanand and Mr. Manicka Tagore among others.
Interactive Discussion on the Calibre and Merits of our Political Discourse; Questions Raised on
Campaign Finance of Political Parties; and Impact & Relevance of Opinion Polls
As part of the ongoing collaborative series of roundtables with the FES, GPPI-CPR organized a three-segment
discussion that enlivens our present political landscape -
Calibre and Merits of our Political Discourse: Has it reached a
new low?
The tone and tenor of our political oration and debate by party
leaders have often been categorized as undignified and lacking in
substance. Do the speeches lack clarity and vision for the country’s
future? Why don’t national leaders publicly speak more
substantively on issues relating to development and governance
rather than resort to personal attacks and embroider speeches with
sentimentality.
Questions Raised on Campaign Finance of Political Parties
How to usher in more transparency? For instance questions have
emerged over Aam Aadmi Party’s overseas funding sources. Is it
time to also investigate other major political parties such as Congress and BJP as well as smaller regional parties?
Should Congress’ and BJP’s foreign funds be a matter of public interest? Will bringing them under the RTI scanner
prove to be a step forward in that direction?
Opinion Polls: Should they be regulated and not banned? How far ahead of elections should they be allowed?
Opinion polls have been under severe criticism by some parties as being erroneous and manipulated. Are they true in
disregarding such polls by claiming that they lack credibility? Can we find a middle ground for formulating
regulations instead of banning them?
15 prominent Members of Parliament including Mr. Shantaram Naik, Mr. Bhubaneswar Kalita, Mr. H K Dua, Mr.
Bharat Kumar Raut, Mr. Neeraj Shekhar and Mr. Ponnam Prabhakar had a candid discussion on the theme with Mr.
J M Lyngdoh, Former Chief Election Commissioner who participated in the session.
Rajeev chandrasekhar, H K Dua, Dinesh Trivedi, Piyush Goyal, Hamdullah Sayeed,
Sanjay Jaiswal, Shivakumar Udasi
The Discussion in Progress
Bhakta Charan Das, V P S Badnore, Rajeshwar Dyal, J M Lyngdoh &
Ramesh Chandran
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INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
The India
India-
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Yale Parliamentary Leadership Program
Yale Parliamentary Leadership Program is a
collaborative program between Yale University and GPPI-
CPR designed to provide Indian Parliamentarians with
opportunities to critically think about the current global
issues and leadership challenges in a neutral environment.
With some of the world renowned experts of Yale as well as
specialist scholars from Think Tanks and research
institutes, the parliamentarians get an opportunity to
interact with them on a wide spectrum of global issues as
well as on issues relating to leadership and management.
Lectures, discussions and seminars with renowned
practitioners in their areas complement the curricular
activities of the Yale Program.
The recently concluded seventh India-Yale Program was
held from June 19-27, 2013. The participants of this year’s program included a group of eleven Members of
Parliament from across party lines. Some of the topics which dominated the discussions include- The Changing
Role of Business, Negotiation & Strategy, Perspectives on the Arab Uprising & Prospects of Democracy, China’s Rise
amongst Rising Tension, Women, Work & Politics, Constitutional Theory of Campaign Finance Reform and Leadership
& Control: Paradoxes & Practices of Leadership, among others.
The program was complemented by a series of meetings, discussions, and interactions in New York City, ranging
from the New York Stock Exchange, Journalists from the US media, and the architect of President Obama's high
successful social media strategy in his 2012 re-election campaign.
Over the last six years the sessions at Yale led by distinguished scholars have explored various significant topics
pertaining to rural health, education, poverty and issues relating MDGs besides bilateral and strategic issues. So far
75 Members of Parliament have participated in the Yale program over a span of seven years.
A
Oxford-Chevening -GPPI-CPR Parliamentarians’ Program
n eight-member multi-party delegation led by Mr. H
K Dua, MP, Rajya Sabha, visited the UK from April 13-
21, 2013 to participate in the third leg of the Oxford-
Chevening—GPPI-CPR Parliamentarians’ Program.
This Program launched in April 2012 is a collaborative
initiative undertaken by the GPPI-CPR, the Foreign
and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and Oxford
University. The focus of the program is to expose
Parliamentarians to the UK’s top opinion formers and
decision-makers in a wide range of fields.
The delegation held a series of broad based
discussions with some of the finest academicians and
2014 Group of Parliamentarians with Yale President Richard C Levin
Members of Parliament at the Oxford Campus
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scholars of the Department of Politics and
International Relations at Oxford. The week-long
series of tailor-made sessions focused on leadership,
international relations, public policy and tackling key
issues of the 21st century that affect both India and
Britain.
Among other subjects which dominated the
discussions were Capital Controls & their Implications
on Emerging Economies; Global Financial Crisis & its
Implications for India; China After the Succession;
Climate Change; Energy Security; Perils of
Parliamentary Democracy; and Police Accountability &
Democracy, besides other issues of topical relevance.
After the sessions at Oxford, the delegates attended meetings at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and other UK
Government departments as well as Parliament. They also visited the renowned International Institute for
Strategic Studies (IISS) in London where they had a roundtable on ‘Current Political and Security Issues in South
Asia’.
The second Chevening –
Oxford-Chevening -GPPI-CPR Parliamentarians’ Program
GPPI-CPR program commenced on October 14, 2012 led by Professor Stephen Whitefield,
Academic Director; Mr. Richard Briant Programme Director; and Ms. Genevieve J. Garrido, Programme Manager.
A multi-party group of nine Members of Parliament
participated in the program. The delegation was led
by Mr. Ajay Maken, former Minister for Housing &
Urban Poverty Alleviation.
Academic presentations ranged from parliamentary
ethics to climate change, from China to the US, and
from extremist parties and scepticism within Europe
to the importance of emerging global powers. Broad
themes of 21st Century Challenges, Climate Change
and Global Governance were discussed while other
talks focussed on specific issues including Indian
foreign investment flows (in both directions) and
leadership styles.
Individual tutorials provided the MPs with an opportunity to explore their personal interests and to experience
Oxford’s tutorial system.
The delegation also met with members of the Indo-British APPG and other prominent UK parliamentarians to
discuss UK-India relations, trade and parliamentary relations. Members also examined parliamentary practice and
procedure, with specific focus on the role of select committees, the relationship between Parliament and the media
and challenges for new and young parliamentarians.
Following the discussions delegation viewed proceedings in the House of Commons and House of Lords Chambers.
Members of Parliament at the Q & A session at Oxford
Members of Parliament at Oxford-October 2012
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The Princeton -
Princeton – GPPI-CPR International Relations & Strategic Affairs Program
GPPI-CPR International Relations &
Strategic Affairs Program is a specially designed
program for the Parliamentarians at the prestigious
Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International
Affairs at Princeton University which focuses
exclusively on strategic and non-proliferation issues.
This program is being organized by the GPPI-CPR and
co-sponsored by Princeton University.
For this tailor made program, Princeton organizes
renowned scholars such as Daniel Ahn, Edward
Felten, Bernard Haykel, John Ikenberry, Martin
Krmaer, Robert Lieber, Stephen Rosen, Anne-Marie
Slaughter and Daniel Markey amongst other fine
group of speakers to hold discussions on wide ranging
topics.
The recent program was held in February 2013 which was participated by a group of six Members of Parliament
including Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman, National Spokesperson, BJP. The delegation was led by Mr. Dinesh Trivedi,
former Union Minister for Railways.
GPPI-CPR Delegation of Indian MPs
GPPI
to Australia
-CPR in collaboration with the Australian High Commission co-organized a delegation visit of a multi-party
group of six Indian Parliamentarians to Australia from May 29 – June 6, 2013.
The visit was interspersed with a roundtable meeting hosted by the renowned Australia India Institute with
Melbourne-based academics, policy makers and business leaders. A wide range of issues were discussed during the
meeting on themes such as India’s Education Challenges and engagement with Australia, India’s Health Challenges
and opportunities for collaboration in this sector, Australian Perspective on Energy Security Challenges in India,
and Indian Ocean & Maritime Security.
We are exploring future opportunities in Australia with different universities.
GPPI-CPR in collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert
GPPI-CPR Delegation of Indian MPs to Germany
Stiftung (FES) organized a delegation visit of six
Members of Parliament to Germany from 8 - 13
September, 2013. The delegation was led by Senior BJP
leader and former Finance and Foreign Minister Mr.
Yashwant Sinha.
The delegation had a packed six-day visit which
included interactive discussions with experts on topics
ranging from political, economic and bilateral relations.
During the course of meeting on day one, the
delegation discussed the pros & cons of the upcoming
“German election campaign" which was followed by an
expert talk on "Building the Economy of Tomorrow-
Nirmala Sitharam, Kalikesh Singh Deo, Dinesh Trivedi, Madhu Yaskhi, Jayant
Chaudhary & Piyush Goyal at Princeton
Indian MPs’ delegations to Germany led by Yashwant Sinha
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Indian's Response to the Economic, Ecological and Social
Challenges of Today".
The delegation also had brief round of interactions with the Vice-
President of the German Bundestag, Mr. Wolfgang Thierse;
and Dr. Oliver Schmolke, Head of the Parliamentary Group's
Policy Planning Unit of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) of
Germany during which they talked about "The paths to
Sustainable Economic Activity and Social Progress in the Social
Market Economy".
"Social Democratic Foreign Policy"; "Sustainability & Decent
Capitalism"; and "Perceptions & Opportunities of German-India Relations" are few other topics they touched upon
during the various discussion sessions with experts. The visit was interspersed with a Roundtable meeting with the
Representatives of the Ministry of Finance and Economics; and guided tours of the German Bundestag; the Robert
Bosch Stiftung; and the Bosch GmbH and Bosch Factory.
GPPI-CPR Delegation of Indian MPs to Israel
A five member multi-party group of
Parliamentarians visited Israel from September 28
– October 4, 2013. The visit was jointly organized
by the Israeli Foreign Ministry and GPPI-CPR.
During the six-day visit, the delegation headed by
BJP’s senior Rajya Sabha Member, Dr. Chandan
Mitra, participated in discussions on a range of
topics (such as Water Management, India-Israel
Defence Ties, Bilateral Economic Relations and
Status of Women in Israel) with experts at Hebrew
University. They met senior officials at the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs’ Centre for Political Research and
discussed upon the situation in Syria and on Iran.
The delegation attended a presentation on Command and Control System in Public Order and Counter Terrorism
by the Jerusalem Police Command and Control Centre Mabat 2000.
A luncheon discussion was organized with the Head of Israel-India Parliamentary Friendship Association, Ms. Yifat
Kariv MK and separately with the Chairperson of Knesset Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee, Dr. Ronnen Hoffman MK.
The delegation also met Author and Israel Prize laureate in literature Mr. A B Yehoshua in Tel Aviv.
The meetings were interspersed with guided tours to the Israel’s Agricultural Training Facility and Advanced Dairy
Farm; Takkadu Advanced Urban Water Management Company; Netafim Drip Irrigation Plant; and IDE Desalination
Plant to understand Israeli capabilities in agriculture, water and dairy technologies.
The MPs also visited the Yad va Shem Memorial Museum in Jerusalem. On 1 October, the Members participated in a
ceremony at the Indian Soldiers Memorial in Haifa City to commemorate the Indian soldiers who lost their lives
during World War I.
Guided tour to the Bosch Plant
2nd
from Left: Dr. Anup Kumar Saha, Ponnam Prabhakar, Jose K Mani, Agatha Sangma,
Ramesh Chandran, Dr. Chandan Mitra, Shimon Mercer-Wood
12. CONTACT US
Mr. Ramesh Chandran
Director, GPPI & Senior Fellow, CPR
Email: chandran_ramesh2004@yahoo.co.in
Governance & Public Policy Initiative (GPPI)
Centre for Policy Research
Dharam Marg, Chanakyapuri
New Delhi-110021
Telephone: 91-11-24106720
Email: gppi@cprindia.org
Website: http://gppi.cprindia.org