Description

The international development community has faced significant political, economic, social, and environmental challenges over the past decades to improve the quality of public services and the lives of people in the transition and conflict countries in the developing world. These challenges have been addressed through such world-wide programs reflected in the MDGs, SDGs, and any number of global efforts to achieve these development goals. While there are improvements resulting from these development programs, there is still much work to be done to eradicate poverty and improve the livelihoods of people in these countries. Learning approaches that emphasize participatory, collaborative, and conflict-sensitive strategies and skills have been found to be effective for enhancing public policy and managerial capacities. Such learning, however, often depends on having relevant case materials that address situation-specific requirements of diverse audiences. Given the scope and magnitude of development training needs and the need to prepare professionals through graduate education, there is a critical shortage of such teaching materials. This special E-PARCC competition aims to expand the present knowledge base of relevant case studies, drawing on the experiences of international development academics, researchers, and practitioners. 

Competition funding: $5,000 prize for best teaching case and additional $1,000 honorable mention prizes

Case Study Focus Areas

Entries for this special competition should focus on collaborative methods in the following areas of development management in transition and conflict countries:

1. Identification of public policy issues and methods of developing and implementing solutions to these problems
2. Innovative management approaches to improve the delivery of public services 
3. Innovations in the design, implementation, and evaluation of international development programs
4. Application of participatory and consensus building methods that overcome societal divisions
5. Methods of improving open, transparent and accountable governments through advocacy and actions by civil society organizations

Submission Requirements

Case studies on E-PARCC vary widely. In general, cases are approximately 15-25 type-written pages (double-spaced). All entries must include a teaching note.

Winner Announcement

Selection of the winners will be made by a committee of scholars and practitioners.  All cases must be original and not yet published elsewhere.  Winning cases are published online and downloadable free of charge on the E-PARCC website. Many cases and simulations are published in three languages:  English, Spanish, and Chinese.  Full credit is given to authors.

Deadline

To enter: Submit original teaching case studies and teaching note no later than March 15, 2019

Finalists will be notified around May 1, 2019

Contact information

All entries should be submitted electronically to the PARCC office: PARCC@maxwell.syr.edu

Questions should be directed to: Catherine Gerard, Director of PARCC: cgerard@maxwell.syr.edu

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