1. “Opening the Doors of Policy-Making: Central Asia and South Caucasus” (UDF- GLO-09-281) Skills Development Training for CSOs Istanbul, June 2-3, 2011 A two-day training seminar on strengthening skills in policy research, analysis, writing, and advocacy This presentation has been produced with the assistance of the United Nations Democracy Fund. The content of this presentation is the sole responsibility of Petr Jan Pajas, Program Manager, PASOS and does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations, the United Nations Democracy Fund or its Advisory Board".

2. Next steps after Istanbul Istanbul training and conference evaluation Fellowships in hosting EU think tanks Best policy paper award Assessment of public administration needs Workshop for public officials Train i ng of future trainers Regional Networking Conference in Almaty Project outcomes evaluation

3. Istanbul training and conference evaluation Three types of evaluation Evaluation of the training and trainers by training participants Evaluation of training participants by trainers and observers Evaluation of Istanbul events by trainers, guests and organisers We ask you all to participate actively by returning the evaluation forms PASOS in cooperation with PROVIDUS and IPA experts will draw lessons from the event and its evaluation

4. Fellowships in hosting EU think tanks Call for home work of participants on a chosen policy issue - June 2011 Home work of participants interested in fellowship and/or training of future trainers - July 2011 Selection of best works for fellowship awards - August 2011 Matching the selected works to EU think tanks programs and capacities - September 2011 Contracting assisting mentors - September 2011 Fellowships for 3 weeks - 120 USD/day, 1500 USD to the hosting TT - September - December 2011

5. Best policy paper award Fellows working on policy papers in hosting TTs - overall mentorship Piotr Kazmierkiewicz, IPA, Poland, assisted by 2 other mentors Evaluation of fellows work by mentors and hosting TTs Collecting the policy papers and evaluation forms Policy paper evaluation jury appointment Awarding a price to the best policy paper of the fellows

6. Assessment of public administration needs PASOS with PROVIDUS expert Linda Austere, drawing the needs of public administration official – Obstacles for policy making participation in target countries – Means of cooperation with civil society actors Additional research, when needed - January - February 2012 Formulation of the content of the Public Administrators Workshop - March 2012 Project website expansion for Almaty events - March 2012

7. Workshop for public officials Content of the workshop - March 2012 Call for trainers - March 2012 Updating project website - April 2012 – Call for participation addressed to PA officials – Agenda of the workshop – Calendar – Trainers details – Material Workshop in Almaty - May 2012

8. Train i ng of future trainers Evaluation of the Istanbul training participants - August 2011 Evaluation of fellows - January 2012 In case of need, second call for future trainer training participation - January 2012 Call for trainers of future trainers - February-March 2012 Content of the training - March-April 2012 Updating the website - as above - April 2012 Training of future trainers - May 2012, Almaty

9. Regional Networking Conference in Almaty Meeting of Conference Steering Committee members with trainers and organizers of the Istanbul events - June 2011 Exchange of opinions on the objectives of the second Regional Networking Conference between project stakeholders and local experts Agenda of the Conference - phone discussion of the Steering Committee and organizers - March 2012 Update of the project website - April 2012 Regional Networking Conference - trainees, future trainers, CS actors of the region, and also public administration officials, government representatives (if possible) - May 2012, Almaty

10. Project outcomes evaluation Overall project evaluation Reporting to UNDEF Recommendations for future projects Proposal to evaluate impact of the project a year or two after

11. Thank you for the interest and active participation Petr Jan Pajas PASOS Secretariat, Prague, Czechia petr.pajaspasos.org +420 603 450 802 http://policy-in-istanbul.wikidot.com “Opening the Doors of Policy-Making: Central Asia and South Caucasus” (UDF- GLO-09-281)