| An invitation to participate in a major international conference
On 6th and 7th July 2006, the fourth and final OECD-conference on Evidence Based Policy Research will take place at the Bonnington Hotel, London
The first meeting was held in Washington in April 2004, and focussed heavily on experimental design as a significant form of policy research. The second, in Stockholm in January 2005, discussed interaction between policy-making and research. The third was held in The Hague in September 2005 and focussed on the role of brokerage agencies designed to improve linkages between research and policy concerns.
This fourth conference is jointly organised by the OECD's Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI), the Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in conjunction with the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) in England.
The conference will explore issues surrounding the implementation of evidence based policy research. Key foci of this exploration will be on:
- the challenges of effective scaling up and sustaining of projects,
- how funders evaluate effectiveness and efficacy,
- the value-added of programmes versus projects.
The conference will also:
- draw final conclusions from the seminar series;
- consider issues of effective implementation of policy research
- explore areas for further international investigation.
The conference format will have an innovative design and aims to foster discussion among (senior) policy makers, funders of research programmes, and the wider education community concerned with evidence based research issues, i.e., educational researchers, practitioners/teachers/school leaders and intermediary organisations.
The working language of the conference will be English.
Costs
Participation in the conference is free of charge. However, participants will need to meet their own travel and accommodation costs.
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