This paper addresses the question of implementing foresight activities in the priority-setting of research councils and national research programmes. The paper is based on a study of strategy processes in national research councils and programs and the challenges their strategy activities are facing. The study analysed two cases: the strategy processes of The Danish Technical Research Council a...

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S and a source of large racial and ethnic disparities in population health. Policy development is a powerful but sometimes overlooked public health tool for reducing cancer burden and disparities. Along with other partners in the public health system, community-based organizations such as local cancer councils can play valuable roles in devel...

This paper uses political reservations for women in India to study the impact of women’s leadership on policy decisions. Since the mid 1990’s, one third of Village Council head positions in India have been randomly reserved for a woman: In these councils only women could be elected to the position of head. Village Councils are responsible for the provision of many local public goods in rural ar...

Controversy surrounding the decision to resuscitate at the limits or borderline of viability has been at the center of neonatal ethical debate for decades. This debate has led to numerous reports from individual institutions, councils, and advisory committees that all have remarkable consistency in the development of gestational age-based guidelines. This article reviews legal or regulatory con...

The era of E-government will emphasise the role local councils play in helping people access electronic services to involve voters in local decision making. Local government will offer a range of channels, so that the citizen can make a “channel of choice” Key to the programme is that public sector employees need to be involved, not just confronted with it. This paper will discuss the issues re...

Introduction The aim of the project was to apply the John Hopkins ACG case-mix system, Rx-PM model, to the Swedish National Drug Register (period 2006-2008). Its intention was to analyze and compare results between different county councils, and analyze if drug use in the population can be employed to approximate the need for care, and as a tool to adjust the capitation payment system in the co...

City councils have not yet benefited as much from modern information systems as the other administrations. In the Cuparla project, members of the Stuttgart city councils were each equipped with a networked Notebook and a special information system – the Cuparla software was developed. This paper describes the software design , usage experiences and the organizational implementation process. The...