14.30 - 14.50 Lecture ´The Policy Discourse on Governance´ - by Joost Tennekes, University of Twente
14.50 - 15.10 ´The Governance Agenda in the World Bank´ - by Dr. Sandra Sjoukje Volbeda, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (previously World Bank Institute)
15.10 - 15.30  break
15.30 - 15.40 Commentary by Dr. Martin Doornbos, emeritus Professor ISS.
15.40 - 16.40  Panel and plenary discussions on the central issues and trends of the ongoing process of ´Reframing governance´. Chaired by Prof. Jim Björkman (ISS)
16.40 - 16.45  Closure by the Chairperson Prof. Jan-Michiel Otto
16.45 - 17.30  drinks

Bio-scetches:

• Drs. Joost Tennekes, works at the University of Twente, expects to get his PhD this year on a comparative study of interpretations of the concept ´governance´.
• Dr. Sandra Sjoukje Volbeda, staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, currently works as executive secretary European Integration of the Advisory Council International Affairs (AIV) in the Netherlands. Prior to this she had joined the World Bank in 2002 as co-manager of the Community Empowerment and Social Inclusion programme of the World Bank Institute and has set up a program for capacity building of local government associations for the Institute. Earlier she worked for the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Development Cooperation and held a number of research positions in policy sciences, public administration and technology in several universities.
  Sandra Sjoukje Volbeda holds a PhD in Social Sciences form the University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Email: ss.Volbeda@minbuza.nl or S.Volbeda@inter.nl.net
• Dr. Martin Doornbos recently retired as a professor at the Institute of Social Studies. Did publicise much, especially on 'governance' (the ISS documentation system recorded 94 titles).