4.0 CCMD ROUNDTABLE REPORT
Recognizing that another key element to ensuring effective use of science and technology advice is strengthening the interface between science and policy, the Canadian Centre for Management Development (CCMD) struck a Roundtable on Science and Public Policy to explore the nature of this interface.
The Roundtable, chaired by Art May, was struck in early October 2001. The objectives of the Roundtable were to explore the relationship between the federal government’s science and policy communities and to identify how to strengthen the effective use of science in federal policy formulation.
The Roundtable reviewed international developments on science advice, inventoried work already underway federally in the area of science advice, and examined formal and informal science policy mechanisms used within and across member organizations. The Roundtable decided to focus its attention on the culture differences between the science and policy communities.
Dialogue sessions were held in Ottawa, Halifax and Victoria. During the dialogue sessions, participants were asked to discuss two key questions: (1) the issues that hinder integration between the two communities; and (2) what managers can do to improve the science-policy interface.
The information from the Roundtable discussions and the dialogue sessions was captured in a final report entitled, Creating Common Purpose: The Integration of Science and Policy in Canada’s Public Service. The report proposes a new paradigm, "one which integrates science and policy functions around key issues, and provides the common purpose of working together to solve problems.11 To achieve this common purpose, the report suggests ways organizations can foster better integration between the two communities (see Appendix 8 for additional information).
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