UNESCO - Session 4 – Evidence in policy formulation: How to use research evidence to construct policy solutions

14 November 2024 (Time TBD) 

Engaging with research, and ensuring research evidence is used well, is key to professionalising education policy making processes, and ultimately to improving educational outcomes. On the one hand, systematic and thoughtful engagement with research in policy requires ensuring the right skills, in the right measures, within and across policy organisations. Human resource tools and strategies are key to building these skills. On the other hand, to support policy makers’ research engagement, specific arrangements such as structures and processes are needed at an organisational and system level. These include a supportive regulatory environment, governance and organisational structures, and concrete arrangements that allow for the necessary systems, tools, resources and time to use research. 

Participants will learn about the OECD Strengthening the Impact of Education Research project, which employed country learning seminars and surveys of ministries of education and educational organizations, to derive case studies on human resource strategies and mechanisms for integrating research into policy processes. The session is organized in collaboration with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). 

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