Training in policy analysis and planning skills for grassroots policy managers

Some pictures of the training course

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Khanh, Director of the Institute of Policy and Management, delivered the opening speech of the course.

The participants are lecturers from universities, academies, and research institutes interested in teaching, training, and research in the field of public policy research in Hanoi. The course takes place over 3 days (from September 23 to 25, 2016) at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU.

Policy analysis and planning is a very important field. Many developed countries in the world have teams of high-quality staff researching this field. However, in Vietnam, policy analysis and planning is still a relatively new field. Recently, this field has been interested and mentioned more frequently.

Based on that importance, the Institute of Policy and Management, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU has a cooperation program with the Rosa Luxemburg Institute, Federal Republic of Germany in the field of policy research and analysis. Over 14 years of cooperation, 25 training courses have been conducted for People's Council delegates at all levels from provincial to grassroots levels and delegates of political organizations in many provinces and cities across the country. The courses have helped trainees gain important foundations and skills in analyzing and formulating policies for sectors and localities.

A group discussion situation in class

Based on the results of the training in the past time, this year, the Institute of Policy and Management, University of Social Sciences and Humanities and Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Federal Republic of Germany decided to innovate teaching methods, aiming to foster and improve the skills of Vietnamese lecturers. 2016 is the first year to implement the project in this training direction.

This is an opportunity to exchange experiences and transfer training methods from foreign experts and lecturers to Vietnamese lecturers, aiming to promote dynamism and creativity, improve professional capacity and teaching skills in the field of policy science in the increasingly internationalized and integrated environment of Vietnam today.

Students take souvenir photos with lecturers and organizers

During the 3 days, two lecturers, Ronald Hohner and Julia Katharina Lehnhof of the Rosa Luxemburg Institute, Federal Republic of Germany, organized discussions and transferred training organization method models to the students. At the end of the course, the students applied the knowledge they had learned to design a 3-hour lesson.

After completing the course, students will receive a certificate certifying their learning outcomes.