IPAM organizes a program to exchange teaching experiences on policy evaluation

The program aims to provide knowledge and skills in policy evaluation and transfer modern teaching methods to more than 40 lecturers from universities, academies and research institutes in Hanoi.

This is an activity under the Project "Improving teaching capacity for lecturers" in cooperation between the University of Social Sciences and Humanities and the Rosa Luxemburg Institute, with the participation of Vietnamese lecturers and experts from the Federal Republic of Germany.

Prof. Dr. Pham Quang Minh (Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities) spoke highly of the significance of the Program.

The program consists of two parts. Part one is a course on policy evaluation skills, including content on policy research overview and policy evaluation skills presented by Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Cao Dam (IPAM).

In the second part of the program, lecturers from the Rosa Luxemburg Institute will transfer teaching methods, provide tools for lesson design, discussion management and communication in teaching activities to students through sharing, exchanging experiences and direct experience with the methods.

Experts from Germany participate in training in the program

At the opening ceremony of the program, Prof. Dr. Pham Quang Minh (Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities) gave a speech appreciating the achievements of the Policy Research and Analysis Project that the Rosa Luxemburg Institute and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities have jointly implemented since 2002.

The project has helped to carry out many policy research activities, publish books on Policy Science as ordered by the Office of the National Assembly; successfully organized more than 30 training courses for local policy makers and key officials of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, People's Councils, and People's Committees at all levels, actively contributing to the process of policy planning, criticism and evaluation in Vietnam.

The latest cooperation project between the two sides is to coordinate the development of programs and implementation of training courses for lecturers in the field of policy and management research, marking a new development step in the 15-year cooperative relationship between the two units.

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Khanh (Director of IPAM) spoke about the key contents of cooperation activities between IPAM and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Khanh (Director of IPAM) affirmed that the success of the course will be an important output of the Policy Research and Analysis Project. Transferring international teaching methods to beneficiaries who are lecturers, staff working at universities, academies, and research institutes in Vietnam will be a key direction of IPAM in the coming time.

Mr. Ronald Honer (representative of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Federal Republic of Germany) expressed his impression of the achievements in cooperation between the two units.

Mr. Ronald Honer (representative of Rosa Luxemburg Institute, Federal Republic of Germany) said that he was impressed with the achievements of the cooperation project between Rosa and the University over the past 4 years. Rosa will continue to cooperate to find common topics and interests between the two sides, suitable for the context of Vietnam. In particular, the cooperation will focus on building a team of successor lecturers to find new directions of study and research today.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dao Thanh Truong (Deputy Director of IPAM) presented about the modules in the program

Associate Professor, Dr. Dao Thanh Truong (Deputy Director of IPAM) shared information: In August 2016, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities established the Department of Public Policy and completed the acceptance of the Master of Public Policy program, and is expected to enroll the first class this year. In that context, improving the quality of lecturers in the policy field will help sustainably develop the current training programs related to Policy Science of the University.