Report on interview with public figure
For the purposses of this assignment, it was decided to conduct an interview with mayor of the city. The purposses of this interview are to formulate the public problems in the area and get to know whether the government tried to solve the problem chosen for analysis at the previous stage of the project.
Questions
Which ones have been already solved? Which issues remain on agenda?
What are the main vehicles of resolving the issues? What are the main obstacles?
It is clear that the sollution of public problems in most cases require significant financement. Does the budget provides enough resources nessecary for solving the mentioned above problems? What are the alternative ways of financement?
Have you heard about the problem . ? (that I chose for the project if it was not previously mentioned) Have the initiatives been presented by community? Were they supporrted or not?
What are the measures to be taken by the public authorities in future for prevention of the occurence of new public problems?
Because of the discussion nature of the stated question, it is clear that the conclusions shall be based on the total picture rather than on particular assessment scale. It is important to emphasize on our chosen project if the public figure mentiones it while answering the first question. If he does not, it is nessecary to ask about this problem. Moreover, the interview questions shall be flexible to be changed a little bit depending on real discussion. It is important to presume the neutral tone of the interview in order to increase the reliability of results.
References
Gerston, Larry. "Catalyst for public poliecies." Gerston, Larry. Public Policy Making: Process and Principles. London: Public Press, 2012. 22-48.
