 In
Eastern Europe, local governments are in an increasingly
difficult position in regard to the provision of public
services. Contracting out public services is a complex
art of legal and practical craftmanship. New forms of
partnerships, research and know how are devised by a
range of actors promoting diversity and pluralism in
policy evaluation and implementation.
IDEE has become a valuable partner and actor in providing
information to public authorities, developing advocacy
skills for local communities and represent their interests
in relation with third parties. We have also provided
expertise know-how, resources using the opportunities
and provisions raised by the EU integration process
and enhancing meanwhile the public policies decision
making processes The recent past has shown that reform
policy have been unsuccessful when they have failed
to mobilise public opinion support or when they have
produced unexpected and unmanaged side effects. Tomorrow's
development challenges will require a continuous formation
and information-sharing environment where active citizens
will be able to master and manage collective efforts
of reshaping their society and reassessing their needs.This
is why we are keen on evaluating policies, identifying
and adressing priority issues in the citizens agenda,
creating and representing constituency based messages.
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Programs
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Future programs
În
luna aprilie a acestui an, Idee a demarat
un nou proiect, finantat de Phare si intitulat
“Ce ai facut pentru familia ta astazi?”.
Proiectul îsi propune, pe de o parte,
sensibilizarea opiniei publice cu privire
la problematica violentei domestice, încurajarea
comportamentului civic, încurajarea
victimei si a martorilor unui act de violenta
familiala în sensul solicitarii
serviciilor specializate si identificarii
posibilitatilor de actiune.
Un alt obiectiv îl constituie informarea
victimelor, dar si a opiniei publice cu
privire la drepturile persoanelor agresate
în familie, la serviciile disponibile
si la organizatiile care ofera aceste
servicii.
Se intentioneaza crearea unui nivel minim
de notorietate cu privire la problemele
cu care se confrunta familia în
România, la programele derulate
de organizatiile guvernamentale si neguvernamentale
în domeniul violentei domestice
si la tendintele politicilor sociale pentru
familie.
Grupul tinta al proiectului nu este constituit
doar de victimele violentei domestice,
ci si de “grupul de proximitate”
al acesteia – rude, prieteni, vecini.
De asemenea, o serie de activitati din
cadrul proiectului vor avea ca grup tinta
publicul larg si mass media.
În cadrul proiectului vor fi editate
materiale informative si se vor derula
campanii mediatice, la nivel national.
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Islam:
political cultural and symbolic power.
This
project is designed to facilitate the public
debate in Romania of various aspects of Muslim
cultures and religion regarded from the perspective
of the currents debates and evolution of the
war against terrorism (>
read more)
CIUC (Center for urban information for citizens)
for Bucharest City: Program conception,
1998.
Making civil society
work: This 6-month project consisted
in an ample research designed to substantiate
an up-to-date evaluation of the condition of
civil society in Romania. It involved an analysis
of most of the documents written about the Romanian
civil society, including the Charity Know-How
Fund and Mott Report, the IDEA Report on Civil
Society, the White Paper of the Romanian Non
Governmental Organizations Forums, the CSDF
annual reports, the strategic assessments of
the UNDP, EU, World Bank, Stability Pact, Romanian
Government and Romanian Presidency Office for
Relations with the Civil Society, fieldwork
in 4 Romanian regions, in depth interviews with
NGO prominent leaders, public officials and
media actors involved in civil society. The
research team was led by Andrei Stoiciu. The
project was part of a larger, USD 30.000 regional
project, carried out in partnership with the
Carpathian Foundation and the Group for the
Implementation of NGOs Forum Resolution. It
was funded by USAID in cooperation with America's
Development Foundation. Click here
to download (zipped rtf file, 672 kb)
Listening to your voice in your street
:Developed during an electoral period, the program
had a huge success. The goal was to move the
electoral debate from the media level to neighborhood
level. IDEE launched a qualitative research,
identifying 17 characteristic types of electorate.
Creating an unconventional communication environment,
IDEE gave all subjects the opportunity to "speak
out" what they truly believe, without the
constraints of some question/answers interviews.
The outcome in terms of feed back was enormous,
as over 8000 citizens expressed their view and
some important trends that have been confirmed
in the general elections day were noticed. These
trends (for example: why and how many youths
will vote for extremist parties) were hardly
noticed in classic opinion polls. National mass
media covered intensively the event, focusing
on the will of public opinion to express their
expectations.
Impact analysis of the
Projects financed by the Swiss Agency for development
and cooperation: This one-year project
financed by the Swiss Agency for Development
and Cooperation was designed to assess the impact
of the projects implemented so far in Romania
under the Agency's programs. It consisted in
field research, communication campaigns, direct
contacts and evaluation strategies meant to
bring closer the grantor and the grantee and
to encourage the citizens' personal participation
in development projects, but also their accountability.
Monitoring the Romanian media in view of assessing
the reflection of the national minorities
A long-term research project used as data-base
for various communication programs.
Global
research project on growth: "Risk and opportunities
for Romania" A two years research
project focused on Central European comparative
growth policies. The project is supported by
World Bank with a total grant for IDEE of 20,000
in 2001 and is part of a regional evaluation
program, regarding Central & Eastern European
development. Three leading economist, members
of IDEE and active at the University of Cluj
are in charge with the research. In June 2001,
a public debate involving MP's and key economists
like Daniel Daianu was organised by IDEE and
the first conclusions of the research were discussed.
The outcome of the research will be published
at the John Hopkins University Press in 2002.
Improving public policies
evaluation procedures
This project consists in a vast research
effort leading to an analysis of comparative
performance increasing schemes in the public
administration in Eastern Europe and is being
carried out with the assistance of NISPAcee
(The Network of institutes and Schools of Public
Administration in Central and Eastern Europe).
The first stage consists in publishing a series
of translations from internationally acknowledged
publications in the field of public administration,
edited by well-established institutions from
the EU, with high expertise in reform and transition
economies. The first book of this series, currently
under translation, to be published in February
2002, is Managing Public Expenditure, A Reference
Book for Transition Countries, edited under
PHARE and the SIGMA joint programme of the EU
and OECD. Other materials to be published in
the series will also come from PUMA (OECD) and
EIPA (the Netherlands). The project is financed
by NISPACee, with the support of the Local Government
and Public Service Reform Initiative (affiliated
with the Open Society Institute).
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