2021年NASPAA-Batten全球學生模拟大賽圓滿舉行：清華公管學院承辦亞洲分賽

3月6日，以應對全球流行病危機為主題的2021年NASPAA-Batten全球學生模拟大賽亞洲分賽圓滿舉行。此項賽事由全球公共政策、事務與管理院校聯盟(NASPAA)發起，于2月27日和3月6日在全球不同時區分别舉行了四場比賽，超過400位碩士生在線上參與。亞洲分賽由清華大學公共管理學院、韓國發展研究院公共政策與管理學院(KDI School of Public Policy and Management)、孟加拉南北大學(North South University, Bangladesh)、班加羅爾印度大學國立法學院(National Law School of India University, Bangalore)共同承辦，清華大學公共管理學院參賽學生所在隊伍榮獲本賽區冠軍和亞軍。

此次模拟大賽聚焦“全球大流行病”主題，由美國弗吉尼亞大學弗蘭克·巴頓領導力與公共政策學院領導力模拟和競賽中心(Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming,UVA）開發了基于西班牙流感、非典疫情、新冠肺炎疫情相關數據的全球流行病仿真決策模拟軟件，希望通過模拟比賽提高學生的創新能力、系統性思維能力和全球公共事務領導決策能力。在全球面臨新冠肺炎疫情挑戰的背景下舉辦此項賽事，對推動公共衛生領域的決策科學化和促進公共管理教育有着重要的意義。

模拟軟件界面

亞洲分賽吸引了來自11個國家30所學校的91位選手報名參加，評委由NASPAA執行主席Laurel McFarland、清華大學公共管理學院教授藍志勇、韓國發展研究院公共政策與管理學院副教授Junesoo Lee、孟加拉南北大學高級講師Mizanur Rahman以及班加羅爾印度大學國立法學院老師Srijoni Sen擔任。

大賽評委

來自不同學校的參賽選手被随機分到五個模拟世界中，每個世界的學生分屬于Chanmar、Gommolino、 Hannom、Malldaff四個國家，每個國家的參賽選手分别擔任世界衛生組織代表、國家總理、公共衛生部長、财政部長、通訊部長的角色，從社交距離政策、公共衛生政策、經濟發展政策、旅行限制措施等方面，根據财政預算、患病人數、死亡率、經濟發展指标、民衆支持率等數據，在不斷發展變化的模拟疫情中，實時決定需要推行的各項具體措施，并綜合考慮公共政策對各國和世界經濟社會發展的影響，在複雜情景下快速做出科學決策應對全球公共衛生危機。

6日上午，NASPAA模拟教育主任Supriya Golas宣布亞洲分賽開幕，清華大學公共管理學院教授藍志勇、孟加拉南北大學教授Sk. Tawfique M. Haque、NASPAA執行主席Laurel McFarland分别緻歡迎辭，接着由弗吉尼亞大學領導力模拟和競賽中心老師Adam Roux介紹模拟軟件的使用方法。

随後，20個小組利用模拟軟件進行了兩輪激烈的比拼，評委綜合考慮模拟分數、團隊合作、決策機制、數據分析、溝通交流等維度，選出得分最高的四個小組進行了彙報展示和答辯。

清華公管學院學生和隊友在比賽中

最終，清華大學公共管理學院EMPA香港政務人才項目碩士生謝珮琪所在隊伍World 1, Malldaff獲得亞洲分賽冠軍，将會在近日參與全球總冠軍的角逐；MPP-SDG項目碩士生查皓所在隊伍World 3, Malldaff獲得亞軍。

亞洲分賽冠軍隊伍

此次是清華大學公共管理學院第四次派出學生參加NASPAA-Batten學生模拟大賽。2017年，該賽事首次在亞洲舉辦，清華大學公共管理學院成為亞洲首家承辦該比賽的院校。2018年，學院選派三名學生參加于對外經貿大學舉辦的NASPAA-Batten學生模拟大賽亞洲分賽，留學生Trent S. Lawrence所在隊伍獲得本賽區一等獎。2019年，大賽首次允許各個學校組成自己的代表隊參賽，學院派出由來自不同國家的五名學生組成的國際化代表隊前往韓國發展研究院公共政策與管理學院參賽，表現優異。

NASPAA模拟教育主任Supriya Golas指出，希望通過基于模拟工具的學習方式，鼓勵學生将課堂中學到的知識應用到模拟現實中，幫助學生做好知識和能力的儲備，更好地應對下一個全球重大事件，無論是流行病危機還是氣候危機。

參賽人員雲端合影

部分參賽選手感言

賽後，同學們表示為期一天的模拟大賽緊張而有趣，快速熟悉政策模拟工具的使用非常具有挑戰性，但能夠站在應對公共危機的領導者和決策者角度思考全球疫情問題，讓他們獲益良多，此外通過和其他同學的同台競技和交流，充分鍛煉了溝通談判、團隊合作、快速應變和專業知識的應用能力。

謝珮琪

2020級EMPA香港政務人才項目碩士生

Joining the NASPAA-Batten Simulation Competition 2021 on behalf of Tsinghua has given me a timely opportunity to reflect on what I learnt at school and from the actual COVID-19 pandemic. My team and I are honored to be awarded as Champion in the Asia round held on March 6, 2021.

All five members of my team come from different places - China, New Zealand, the United States and Bangladesh. We benefitted from the wide range of pandemic responses used in our home countries and based on these knowledge, together we devised an optimal strategy for the competition.

Teamwork and communication skills have significantly helped my team at the competition, which was held completely online. With healthy debates, we updated our decisions quickly to cope with changes in the simulation rounds. This is an important takeaway for us as aspiring future public sector leaders.

查皓

2019級MPP-SDG項目碩士生

The simulation competition impressed me with the dilemma faced by the government, which is the tough trade off between epidemic control and economic recovery. Besides, there was a darkest period when we had enacted all possible policies to prevent the spread of epidemic and stimulate the economy, but the total deaths kept increasing and the economy got worse. As a prime minister then, I felt extremely helpless and my only hope was that the vaccine could be developed ASAP. This bitter experience informed me of the significance of vaccination for saving people and the world from epidemic.

吳海銘

2019級MPP-SDG項目碩士生

Different from others, NASPAA-Batten simulation competitionis a special contestbased on simulation and random grouping, which offers public policystudents practicalopportunities to be the national-level decision makers for simulated countries. Closer to our daily life than ever, this year’s topic is centered around pandemic. The theoretical model of "Impossible Triangle" that I used to learn from papers has been demonstrated vividly this time in the simulation - how to balance the support rate, the economic growth and the public health at the emergency time. Though enjoying making decisions at the macro level, we have been nervous throughout the competition since each and every minor policy change may cause drastic influence on the data which implies national stability and prosperity. From my perspective, comprehensive decision making not only calls for professional knowledge and experience in specific areas, but also involves the wisdom of bargaining and negotiation among departments and among professionals with diversified cultural and academic backgrounds. Thanks NASPAA and TsinghuaUniversityfor offering this fantastic opportunity of"learning from doing".

Anne-Sofie Meyer Nissen

2020級MPP-SDG項目碩士生

I’m grateful for the memorable experience of working in a dynamic, international and engaging conference. My views were challenged in a constructive manner as we all sought collaboration and understanding towards a common goal.

About NASPAA

The Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration or NASPAAis the global standard in public service education. It is the membership organization of graduate education programs in public policy, public affairs, public administration, and public & nonprofit management. Its over 300 members - located across the U.S. and in 24 countries around the globe - award MPA, MPP, MPAff, and similar degrees. NASPAA is the recognized global accreditor of master’s degree programs in these fields.

Aboutthe CLSG

The University of Virginia’sCenter for Leadership Simulation and Gamingat the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy prepares students for public life by allowing them to test real-world solutions in a virtual environment. The CLSG designs, develops and implements cutting edge simulations and experiments to advance education in leadership and public policy; conducts rigorous leadership and public policy research using simulations and experiments; and creates a community of scholarship where faculty, researchers and students are supported in their scholarly efforts related to the methodology of simulations and experiments.