Dr Alexander A. PISKUNOV - OECD

184 Pages·2009·2.86 MB·English

Tuesday, 27 October, 2009
Dr Alexander A. PISKUNOV
Auditor
Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation
Chair, “Key National Indicators in the System of External
Audit”

Comprehensive control over the use of national resources, over the expenditures of
public funds for national-level projects and over the revenues from the use and
disposal of public property

Born in 1951 in the city of Taganrog, Rostov Region. In 1974 graduated from the Military
Academy named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky as a military radio technician and engineer, and
in 1980 from a correspondence post-graduate department of the same Academy. Studied
at the Financial Academy of the Government of the Russian Federation and a Business
School in London.

1974-1990, military service at the State Proving Ground (Plesetsk space launching site).
Major-General in reserve. Has an honorary distinction "Merited Machine-builder of the
RSFSR" and a number of state awards.

1990-1991, Deputy of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR, Deputy Chairman of the RSFSR
Supreme Council Commission for Communication, Computer Science and Space;
member of the Innovation Council of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the
RSFSR. 1991-1993, Deputy Chairman of the RSFSR Supreme Council Committee for
Defense and Security. In November 1993, became Chairman of the Committee for
Military and Technical Policy of the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation, and in
December - Deputy of the State Duma of the first convocation, then Deputy Chairman of
the State Duma Committee on Defense.

Since 1995, he has been Deputy Head, then Head of the Administrative Department of
the Government of the Russian Federation Administration, then Deputy Head of the
Administration of the Government of the Russian Federation, Deputy Chairman of the
Commission for Military and Industrial Problems of the Government of the Russian
Federation.

1999-2000, Deputy of the State Duma, Deputy Chairman of the Deputy Group "Regions
of Russia", Member of the Committee for Budget and Taxes, Member of of the State
Duma Anticorruption Commission.

2001-2005, Auditor of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation.
On 18 February 2005 the State Duma took a decision on Mr. Piskunov's pre-term
dismissal from his position.

On 18 March 2005 he was appointed by the State Duma Chairman of the Accounts
Chamber of the Russian Federation for the next term.

http://www.ach.gov.ru/en/about/auditors/piskunov/
Tuesday, 27 October, 2009
Ms Bernice STEINHARDT
Director
Strategic Issues Team
United States Government Accountability Office
Speaker, “Key National Indicators in the System of External
Audit”

For close to two decades, Bernice Steinhardt has held a variety of leadership
positions within the U.S Government Accountability Office, Congress'
analytic and investigative arm. Currently, as Director for Strategic Issues, Ms.
Steinhardt is responsible for examining government-wide management issues
and supporting the federal government‘s transformation to meet 21st century
challenges. For several years prior, Ms. Steinhardt led GAO's efforts in
strategic planning, helping to develop the organization‘s first strategic plan
and overseeing its biennial updates. Between 1996 and 1999, Ms. Steinhardt
was director of GAO‘s Public Health Issues group; prior to that, she served as
associate director for Energy, Natural Resources and Science Issues and
associate director for Environmental Protection Issues.

Before joining GAO, Ms. Steinhardt was at the Department of the Interior, in
the office of the Assistant Secretary for Energy and Minerals, and at the
President's Council on Environmental Quality. Earlier in her career, Ms.
Steinhardt worked as a consultant to the Assistant Secretary for
Health/DHEW and others on evaluations of health care programs.

Ms. Steinhardt holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Comparative Literature
(magna cum laude) from the University of Maryland; she was elected to Phi
Beta Kappa. She has received numerous awards from GAO, including
Distinguished Service and Meritorious Service Awards.
Tuesday, 27 October, 2009

Mr Wojciech MISIAG
Adviser to the President of Supreme Chamber of
Control
Poland
Speaker, “Key National Indicators in the System of
External Audit”

Graduate of the Main School of Planning and Statistics, specialising at
Econometrics, 1974. In 1984, he was qualified as a doctor of economy at the Main
School of Planning and Statistics.

In 1974–1987, a scientific employee of the Main School of Planning and Statistics.
In 1984–1989, an employee of the Planning Commission at the Council of
Ministers. In 1989–1994, a Deputy Minister of Finance in four consecutive
governments. Since 1994, working for the Gdańsk Institute for Market Economics
(Instytut Badań nad Gospodarką Rynkową – IBnGR); since 1998 – head of the
Public Finance Department of GIME.

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PZU S.A (insurance company) in 1994–
1996 and the Supervisory Board of PZU Życie S.A. (insurance company) in 1998–
1999. Co-operating with the following institutions:
– Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (1999–2002),
– Bank Śląski S.A. (1996–1998),
– Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A. (1998–2003).

For a long time lecturer and author of the training on public finance (including
Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management, National
School of Public Administration, Collegium Civitas, University of Information
Technology and Management in Rzeszów).

Since 2003 advisor to the President of Supreme Chamber of Control, dealing with
issues of public finances and the performance audit. Since 2008 member of the
College of Supreme Chamber of Control. Expert in the international research
project on fiscal transparency implemented by the Center for Budget and Policy
Priorities (USA). Since 2002 editor of the quarterly ―Bulletin of Public Finance‖,
being issued by the GIME Public Finance Department.

Expert of the Sejm, the Senate and the World Bank.

Author of more than 150 books, papers and expertises in public finance,
macroeconomics, econometrics and mathematical programming.
Tuesday, 27 October, 2009
Professor Gusztáv BÁGER
Senior Adviser to the President
State Audit Office of Hungary
Speaker, “Key National Indicators in the System of
External Audit”

Gusztáv Báger is Professor of Economics at the Pázmány Péter Catholic
University (Hungary) and Senior Adviser to the President of the State Audit
Office of Hungary. He was Director General of the Research Institute of the
State Audit Office up to 2008. Previously, he was Director General in the
Ministry of Finance responsible for international financial institutions and, up
to 1996, for the European Union and the OECD as well. He represented
Hungary as Alternate Governor for the World Bank‘s MIGA. He is a founding
member of the International Triffin Foundation (an independent organization
of members and institutions of the academic, governmental, banking and
business communities all over the world) and, since 1996, has been President
of the Robert Triffin-Szirák Foundation in Hungary.
Tuesday, 27 October, 2009
Ms Ulrike MANDL
Economist
Austrian Court of Audit
Speaker, “Key National Indicators in the System of External
Audit”

Ulrike Mandl is Economist at the Austrian Court of Audit in charge of
economic issues as regards the key tasks of the Court of Audit. She is
currently engaged in the Expert Group dealing with the Austrian public
administration reform, established by the Austrian government. Ulrike Mandl
has published various articles in the field of quality of public finances, in
particular on efficiency and effectiveness of public spending. Before her
current position, she worked for the Austrian Ministry of Finance and was
seconded to the European Commission, DG ECFIN as a national expert. She
sed to be the Austrian Member of the working groups dealing with the
quality of Public Finances and Country Examination. Ulrike Mandl has a
Masters degree in economics and European Studies from the University of
Vienna.
Tuesday, 27 October, 2009

Dr Young-Sun LEE
President
Hallym University, Korea
Chair, “Measuring Progress; New Evidence, New Initiatives”

Dr. Young-Sun Lee is currently President of Hallym University, one of South
Korea‘s leading private universities.

Before assuming the presidency at Hallym, he was a professor of Economics
at Yonsei University. There, he also served the university as Director of the
Institute for Korean Unification Studies, Dean of University Planning and
Development, and Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies.

As a leading economist and scholar, Dr. Lee‘s career spans decades of
research and service to the government and the public. He was a member of
the National Economic Advisory Council, the Civilian Commission for
Industrial Policy, the Committee for Tax System Development and the
Advisory Committee for Unification Policy. He has also served as President of
the Korea Academic Association of International Trade, the Korea
International Economic Association, and, most recently, as President of the
Korean Economic Association.

Dr. Lee has authored, co-authored, edited, and co-edited numerous
publications on Korean economy, trade policy, and the economic relationship
between South Korea and North Korea. His publications include: Income
Distribution of Korea in Historical and International Prospects: Economic Growth
and the Distribution of Income in Korea Facing Globalization in a High-Tech Skill
World, published at the Korea Development Institute in 2007; ―The
Determinants of Economic Growth of Transition Economies: Economic
Reform versus Initial Conditions,‖ published in the International Economic
Journal in 2006; ―Economies of Scale, Technological Progress, and the Sources
of Economic Growth: Case of Korea, 1969-2000,‖ published in the Journal of
Policy Modeling in 2005; and ―The Structure of North Korea‘s Political
Economy: Changes and Effects,‖ published in A New Engagement of Framework
for North Korea?: Contending Perspectives (KEI) in 2004.

Dr. Lee studied Economics at Seoul National University and earned both his
MA and Ph. D. at the University of Maryland in College Park.
Tuesday, 27 October, 2009

Ms Anat ITAY
Project Leader
Israel‟s Progress Index
Speaker, “Measuring Progress; New Evidence, New
Initiatives”

Anat Itay is leading the project of Israel‘s Progress Index, an initiative to
measure and evaluate progress and quality of life in Israel. The project is
multi-layered, incorporating work with Government level, local organisations
and community participation. Anat is also writing a PhD at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, specializing in political theory and public policy. Her
research, on contemporary models and theories of progress, focuses on
developing an incorporated model of Progress to challenge the economic,
quantitative one. She studied Political Science at the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem and at University College London, the University of London, UK.

Publication: Anat Itay (2009) Conceptions of progress: How is progress
perceived? Mainstream versus alternative conceptions of progress. Social
Indicators Research, 92, 529-550.
Tuesday, 27 October, 2009

Dr Thomas W. K. YUEN
Research Co-ordinator of Economic and Well-
being Research Project
Shue Yan University
Speaker, “Measuring Progress; New Evidence, New
Initiatives”

Thomas W.K. YUEN ([email protected]) is the Research Co-ordinator of
the Economic and Well-being Research Project at Hong Kong Shue Yan
University. He has a Ph.D. Economics and Finance from the University of
Hong Kong and an MSc. in Economics from the University of Warwick. He
also participates actively in a wide range of academic activities. He is a Life
Member of the Hong Kong Economic Association, a Life Member of the Asian
Studies Association of Hong Kong, member of the International Sustainable
Development Research Society and member of the Western Economic
Association International. He is the Chairman of IT on the Teaching and
Learning Committee of Hong Kong Shue Yan University (HKSYU), the
Chairman of the New Student Admission Committee of HKSYU and the
assistant Professor of the Department of Economics and Finance in HKSYU.
Tuesday, 27 October, 2009

Ms Aygen AYTAC
Lead Author and Coordinator of the 2008 National
Human Development Report on “Youth in Turkey”
UNDP
Speaker, “Measuring Progress; New Evidence, New Initiatives”

Aygen Aytac is the lead author and the Coordinator of the 2008 National Human
Development Report on ―Youth in Turkey.‖ The report is the winner of the Excellency
Award in Influencing Policy Debate in the framework of 2009 Human Development
Awards. She has been working in the UNDP Turkey Office for the last four years as
Communications Manager and Human Development Report Coordinator. Aytac is also
teaching human development courses at different universities, such as Bilkent University
and Anadolu University, in Turkey.

Previously she worked for the European Commission in Ankara as Information Manager
and Political Analyst for 3 years (contributing to the writing of Progress Report for
Turkey), BBC World Service in London as a radio producer for 8 years, United Nations
Office in Baku (Azerbaijan) as spokesperson for a year, and for National Turkish Radio
and Television in Ankara as an international news reporter for 2 years.

She had her MSc in Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at the London School of Economics,
and BA in International Relations at the Political Science Faculty of the Ankara
University. She also attended a Human Development course at Oxford University in
2006.

Publications and media works

- An article on the evaluation of the youth issues from human development perspective
in a book entitled "Civicweb: Young people, the internet and civic participation"
published by Bilgi University, Istanbul (2009).

- 2008 National Human Development Report: Youth in Turkey, published for UNDP
Turkey Office.

- Two books (each of them are both in English and Turkish) on the EU Funded
Programmes in Turkey, published by the EC Delegation in Turkey in 2003 and 2004.

-An analysis of LEFT IN EUROPE, a series of articles published in the Turkish
newspaper Yeni Yuzyil, May 1998. An analysis of the NORTHERN IRELAND PEACE
PROCESS, a series of articles published in the above newspaper, Yeni Yuzyil, August
1998

-A major documentary series on Human Rights, consisting of 15 different subjects related
to human rights issues in Turkey and Europe. This was a 5 hour-long radio programme
in total. It was awarded by BBC World Service.
Tuesday, 27 October, 2009

Dr Prathurng HONGSRANAGON
Assistant Dean in Academic Affairs
College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn
University
Speaker, “Measuring Progress; New Evidence, New
Initiatives”

Dr. Hongsranagon is currently an Assistant Dean in Academic Affairs, the
College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok,
Thailand. With her Integrated Sciences Doctoral Degree from Thammasat
University, Bangkok, Thailand, she pursues her interest in the area of integral
community development.