GOVERNING BETTER THROUGH EVIDENCE-INFORMED POLICY MAKING

26-27 June 2017, OECD Conference Centre

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Feeding high-quality evidence into policy making remains difficult, but is essential for improving public interventions. Governing better through evidence-informed policy making requires building capacity for the effective use and demand of evidence at all levels of government. This event on evidence-informed policy making developed a strategic agenda for the OECD on how to connect policy evidence on what works and what doesn’t. 

TOPICS DISCUSSED

• Feeding evidence into political decision-making
• Using evidence in practice: engaging with decision makers
• International co-operation on evidence-informed policy making
• Case studies in key policy areas such as early childhood intervention, access to justice, well-being, and risk and crisis management
• The realities of providing scientific advice
• Assessing the impact of evidence on policy and practice
• Key elements for evidence-informed policy making:  
  -  Guideline and standards for evidence
  -  Diffusing innovations and experimentation
  -  Skills for policy-makers and scientists
  -  Using behavioural insights to inform policy and practice
• Identifying actionable next steps for the OECD and partner organisations

ORGANISERS AND PARTICIPANTS 

The event was organised by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance in cooperation with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Campbell Collaboration and the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA).

Participation was open to government representatives, experts from think tanks, agencies, NGOs and academia interested in public sector reform and bringing evidence and science to bear on decision making.

Participants discussed the challenges they face in connecting evidence to policy, shared expertise and best-practices and collaborated in promoting a culture of evidence-informed policy making.

CONTACTS

Questions related to the programme can be addressed to: [email protected] & [email protected]

DOCUMENTS

• Agenda
• Presentations
• Conference proceedings

RELATED LINKS

• OECD Behavioural Insights unit
• Observatory for Public Sector Innovation Platform