15.06.2009 - 16.06.2009 | Brussels - Tagung

"Sustainable Development in Policy Assessment - Methods, Challenges and Policy Impacts"

The international conference "Sustainable Development in Policy Assessment - Methods, Challenges and Policy Impacts" will be the final conference in the context of the research project EPOS (Evaluating Policies for Sustainable Development).

The international conference "Sustainable Development in Policy Assessment - Methods, Challenges and Policy Impacts" will be held on June 15-16, 2009 in Brussels. The Conference is open for contributions and the Call for Abstracts is now released.

The EPOS (Evaluating Policies for Sustainable Development) project establishes a network of leading European institutions that are active in the field of policy evaluation with a focus on environment and sustainability. The network creates a platform to discuss and compare different methods of policy evaluation; it aims to strengthen socio-ecological aspects in evaluation.  In discussions with both researchers as well as practitioners in consulting, politics and administration the conference in summer 2009 wants to add to the understanding of sustainability evaluation by addressing the following questions: What is sustainability evaluation's contribution to policy development and implementation? How should sustainability evaluations be designed to affect political decision-making? How can one strengthen sustainability goals and impacts in policy evaluation and assessment? How can the quality of sustainability evaluations be improved? Networking is an important goal of the conference. Therefore, the program of the conference is open for contributions from European scientist and practitioners. The Call for Abstracts is now published and can be downloaded on the project-homepage.

Submissions are possible until January, 31st, 2009.

The conference is organised by the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IOEW) and Ecologic Institute for International and European Environmental Policy (http://www.ecologic.eu/). The main focus of the project is policy evaluation with a focus on sustainability issues. Together with nine partners across Europe, the network is concerned with the evaluation of policies, political strategies, programmes, and instruments.

For more information about the conference: www.ecologic.eu/soef/epos/conference.html.

Location

Representation of the State North Rhine-Westphalia to the European Union
Rue Montoyer 47
1000 Bruxelles

Conference Contact

If you have questions regarding registration, submission of abstracts or other issues of organisation, please contact:

Mrs Margarete Fischer
Institut für ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung (IÖW) GmbH, gemeinnützig
Potsdamer Str. 105
D - 10785 Berlin
Phone: ++49 (0)30 / 884 59 40
Fax: ++49 (0)30 / 882 54 39
Email: margarete.fischer[at]ioew.de