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In June 2018 we visited Washington D.C. to run a one-day workshop for the National Science Foundation. The agency currently develops a multi-annual strategy for its advanced operations. The challenge is to make it evidence-informed. During the workshop we used the Knowledge Brokers game to learn the key concepts that are useful for designing evidence-informed strategy. Then we applied those concepts for NSF strategic effort. For that part we used a specially developed canvas and procedure of Learning Agenda. The workshop contributed to making the new NSF strategy evidence-informed.

In May 2018 we deliver the game session as part of the advanced ARGO Top Public Executive Program, run jointly by Polish National School of Public Administration and IESE Business School of University of Navarra. Our participants were 60 high-level public policy decision-makers – vice-ministers, directors of the departments from ministries and voivodeships offices, and chairmen of government agencies. The goal of the training was to raise their awareness on how they can use analytical insights in making better policy decisions. Thanks to the workshops participants learnt new ways of tapping onto reliable knowledge sources and analytical services within their organizations, as well as in their environment.

We continue our annual tradition of Knowledge Brokering workshop with MPA students at Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration, The George Washington University. As in previous years we conducted a workshop that confronted students with real life challenges faced by the personnel of government evaluation units. Thanks to this experience students discovered effective strategies of knowledge brokering in public sector.

Over two weeks of March 2018 we conducted four workshops with 100 policy analysts from all Polish government agencies. Our game inaugurated an elite post-graduate study program – the Academy of Regulatory Impact Analysis. It is a joint initiative of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland and the University of Warsaw. The goal of the program is to strengthen analytical capacity across Polish government agencies. The top 100 policy analysts learnt during our game how to improve their effectiveness in supporting decision-makers with the findings of their advanced analytical studies.

In October 2017 we delivered Knowledge Brokers workshop to the participants of the international conference „People, Planet and Progress in the SDG Era“. The event was organized by UNDP Independent Evaluation Office, in Istanbul, Turkey. During our workshop participants explored strategies for strengthening evidence-informed policies in developing countries.

In November 2017 the American Evaluation Association once again invited us to deliver the Knowledge Brokers on AEA annual conference in Washington DC. Thanks to the workshop evaluation practitioners from all around the world have been developing innovative ways of turning evaluative learning into actions for our governments and local communities.

In July 2017 we met with directors of regional units of Polish National Statistical Office to explore new ways of reaching policy makers with research. Regional units play crucial role in supporting Marshall offices of 16 Polish regions in running effective EU Cohesion Policy programs. The game-based workshop helped us developing new strategies of feeding high quality analytical work into decision-making process.

This June 2017 we visited London City to assist the work of EBRD evaluation unit. We used the game to build the shared understanding among staff of different EBRD units about the utility of evaluation findings in their work. We also have been helping EBRD to incorporate in their current results framework the behavioral aspects of decision-making. The new, human-centered design of the projects should further increase effectiveness of new investments.

In June 2017 our workshop brought together key staff responsible for strategic planning and implementation of Cohesion Policy in Hungary. The initiative led by Prime Minister Office of Hungary aimed at building effective, evidence-informed cooperation networks and synergies in the complex system of Cohesion Policy implementation.

On 24 of November 2015 we played a workshop with group of public servants from City of Warsaw. City of Warsaw consists of over 35 central departments and number of offices in 18 quartiers of Warsaw. They deliver services to citizens and manage the growth of metropolis. In such a complex structure knowledge management is a challenge. The goal of our workshop was to build a network of experienced civil servants who would serve as knowledge brokers, transferring information and experiences between city offices and gaining knowledge from myriad of social partners that operate in our metropolis. During the workshop participants mastered skills of effective knowledge brokers. They network with each other and they also come up with number of ideas for evidence-based initiatives aiming at the improvement of city services.