DASIG Stream

EWG-DSS / DASIG
Paris-2011 Joint-Workshop

Workshop Stream on “Policy Analytics”

Organizers:
Decision Analysis Special Interest Group (DASIG) of the OR Society and CNRS-LAMSADE

Program – “Policy Analytics” – December 1st, 2011

Introductory Session (Chair: A. Tsoukias)
9:30 – 10:00:  “Policy Analytics: what is it about?”  – A. Tsoukias (Paris Dauphine)
10:00 – 10:30:  “The Green Move project”  – A. Colorni and E.Scalon (Milan)

10:30 – 10:45: Coffee Break

Efficiency and Performance Session (Chair: A. Morton)
10:45 – 11:15:  “The NAO’s view of evidence based policy design”  – T. McBride and A. Scharaschkin (UK National Audit Office)
11:15 – 11:45:  “Cross-country comparisons of health: an OECD perspective”  – M. Borowitz (OECD)
11:45 – 12:15:  “Towards a Framework for Public Values in Policy Analytics”  – G.Montibeller, L. White, A. Franco (LSE, Bristol, Warwick)
12:15 – 12:45:  “Ratio-based Efficiency Analysis abd Benchmarking of Healthcare Services”  – A. Salo (Aalto, Helsinki)

12:45 – 14:00: Lunch

Inequality and Poverty Session (Chair: N. Papamichail)
14:00 – 14:30:  “Ordinal Comparison of Multimensional Deprivation: theory and application”  – L.P. Osterdal, C. Sonne-Schmidt and F. Tarp (Copenhagen)
14:30 – 15:00:  “Poverty Measurement”  – V. Kana (Ouagadougou)
15:00 – 15:30:  “Equitable preferences: representation and use in practical problems”  – N. Argyris, Ö. Karsu, A.Mortin (LSE)

15:30 – 15:45: Coffee Break

“What have we learned?” Session (Chair: A. Tsoukias)
15:45 – 16:30:
Plenary discussion:

• What is Policy Analytics?
• What are  the intellectual challenges and barriers to successful application?