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Improving Governance and Accountability through Research: The Role of East Asian Think Tanks in the Policy Process
November 12-13, 2002
Seoul, South Korea
Introduction

Session I: Think Tanks in East Asia: Who They Are and What They Do

Session II: Think Tanks as Participants in the Policy Process

Session III: The Role of Think Tanks in Improving Governance and Deepening Democracy

Agenda

Participants
Agenda
November 12, 2002

Opening Remarks
  Speaker: Jong-Chun Baek (President, the Sejong Institute)

Session I: Think Tanks in East Asia: Who They Are and What They Do   Moderator: Larry Diamond (Director, International Forum for Democratic Studies, NED)   Speaker: Chang Soo Jin (Fellow, Sejong Institute)

November 13, 2002

Session II: Think Tanks as Participants in the Policy Process
  Moderator: Marc F. Plattner (Director, International Forum for Democratic Studies,                    NED)
  Speakers: E.Gyimah Bodi(Director, Ghana Center for Democratic Development,                   Ghana)
                  Byung-Kook Kim (Director, East Asia Institute, Korea)

Lunch Session III: The Role of Think Tanks in Improving Governance and Deepening Democracy
  Moderator: Kie-Duck Park (Director, Democracy Forum of the Sejong Institute, Korea)   Speakers: Jose Luis Martin C. Gascon (National Institute for Policy Studies,                   Philippines)
                  Ghia Nodia (Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy, and Development,                   Republic of Georgia)

Closing Session   Closing remarks: Jong-Chun Baek (President, Sejong Institute)