The OECD and the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Finance organised this seminar on evaluating innovative approaches to public service delivery, on 30-31 October 2007 in Madrid. The seminar was chaired by Mr. Barry Anderson, head of the Budgeting and Public Expenditures Division, OECD. Participants included 57 delegates from member and non-member countries, international organisations, and others.

Documentation:

• Agenda

Presentations:

Session 1: Evaluating public policies performed under public-private collaboration

• Mr. Paul PosnerMr. Paul Posner, Professor of Public Administration, George Mason University, USA. Professor of Public Administration, George Mason University, USA.
• Ms. Inés Pérez-Durántez, Member of the Cabinet of the President of the National Agency for the Evaluation of Public Policies and Quality of Services, Spain.

Session 2: The role of stakeholders in the evaluation process - ensuring the citizen's point of view

• Mr. Richard Wilson, Director of INVOLVE - Foundation on Evaluating Public Engagement, United Kingdom.
• Mr. Brian Marson, Senior Advisor - Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Canada.

Session 3: Implications for budgeting

• Mr. José Antonio Godé, General Budget Director, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Spain.
• Mr. Paul Posner, Professor of Public Administration, George Mason University, USA.
• Mr. Rolando Ossowski, Assistant Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund.

Session 5: Private finance initiatives in transport infrastructures

• Mr. Philippe Burger, Chairman of the Economics Department, University of the Free State, South Africa.
• Mr. Cayetano Roca, Director General, Transport Infrastructures State Company (SEITT), Spain.
• Mr. Abdellatif Bennani, Budget Director, Ministry of Finance, Morocco.

Session 6: Vouchers in education

• Mr. Anders Hultin, President and CEO of Kunskapsskolan (Swedish private schools), Sweden.
• Mr. Greg Forster, Senior Fellow and Director of Research at the Friedman Foundation, USA.
• Mr. Tilman Slembeck, Professor of Economics, Center of Public Policy, and Mr. Andreas Bergmann, Professor of Public Management, Director of the Institute of Public Management, Zürich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland.

Session 7: Outsourcing and collaborative partnerships in health

• Mr. Rudy Douven, CPB (Central Plan Bureau) Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, the Netherlands.
• Mr Philippe Burger, Chairman of the Economics Department, University of the Free State, South Africa.

Session 8: Outsourcing and collaborative partnerships in research, development and innovation

• Ms. Ester Basri, Principal Administrator (Human Resources, Steering and Funding of Research) Science and Technology Policy Division, OECD.
• Mr. Luis Sanz-Menéndez, Director of the Research Unit on Comparative Policy and Politics, SPRITTE - Spanish Policy Research on Innovation & Technology, Training and Education, Spain.
• Mr. Markus Sovala, Deputy Head, Budget Department, Ministry of Finance, Finland.
• Mr. Seung Jun Soo, Associate Research Fellow, Bio R&D Evaluation Center, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP), Korea.

Session 9: Implications for accountability and control

• Mr. Alvaro Casillas Pérez, Deputy Delegate Auditor and Internal Controller in the Public Works Department, Spain.
• Mr. François Lacasse, consultant.