The Political Context Questionnaire

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Issues• Issues often in the middle - few stark conclusions • Policy Process Issues

– Implementation is a problem area – generally and regarding inclusion of research in policy. (Be prepared for long haul)

– SMEs have little impact on SME policy• Links

– Civil society not a powerful sector.– Press able to engage– Links between stakeholders is a problem (Solution = networks?)

• Evidence– OK – quality, quantity, relevance– Key is empirical data plus pilots– Policymakers own experience matters (Solution = engage with

more?).

The Policy Entrepreneur Questionnaire

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Samer 36 32 35 48Marwa Hussein 32 36 44 38Marwa Bayomi 44 41 28 37Sayeda Alid 35 34 41 40Shereen Salman 39 39 31 26Rasha 35 37 37 41May Ghalwash 35 37 39 39Haytham 34 33 44 39Tarek Ahmed Fouad 35 38 42 35Ahmed Abdel Razek 42 32 31 45Maha Yousseft 38 32 30 50Mohamed Hadil 44 42 33 31Amel Ali 36 36 39 39Heba 43 29 35 44Khaled Abdel Rehim 42 27 36 45

Average 38 35 37 40

>44 = Low

SMEPol Policy entrepreneurs

<23 = V.High

<30 = High

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Comments• Very balanced• Slight tendency to prefer “networking” and

“engineering” over “storytelling” and especially “fixing”

• Several people dislike “fixing”• A few have a moderate preference for

“networking”, “engineering” (& one for “fixing”)

• Nobody has a very strong preference

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Compared with others…