| NISPAcee News 2010 |
Volume XVII - No. 2 Spring |
Dear Readers,
We are sending you a new issue of the NISPAcee Newsletter and, for the first time, this is in electronic format. NISPAcee has been publishing the quarterly Newsletter for 16 years and it has always been distributed to our members in hard copy form. During the latest developments in our organisation we have recognised the need to find new, more effective and innovative ways of communicating, not only with our members, but also with other partners and individuals. This new electronic version will allow us to reach a wider community of interested recipients and also promote the opportunities our organisation offers to a wider range of academicians and professionals. Another important reason for taking this decision is so that we can improve our green policy within the organisation.
We hope that you enjoy and welcome this new way of communicating and, of course, we would appreciate receiving any feedback you may have on the first pilot issue of the Newsletter. This will help us to incorporate any suggestions you may have regarding its further improvement.
Yours sincerely,
¼udmila Gajdošová, NISPAcee Executive Director
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Content:
PA in CEE
Public Administration Reforms in Azerbaijan; Training for Civil Servants
Review of Activities
Calendar of Events
Recent Publicatons
NISPAcee Announcements
NISPAcee Journal
Translations into CEE National Languages
NISPAcee Membership
New members |
| PA in CE |
| Public Administration Reforms in Azerbaijan; Training for Civil Servants |
Dr. Vugar Bayramov,
Chairman of the Centre for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
Baku, Azerbaijan
The absence of cohesive coalitions, working for regional and international co-operation, limits the effectiveness of civil society’s lobbying and advocacy regarding the accountability of governments and international agencies. According to a CIVICUS report, Azerbaijani CSOs are characterised as being ‘inefficient in achieving their aims, particularly in increasing their members’ access to financial resources and in providing technical and informational support of their activities’. Perhaps one of the most serious challenges facing Azerbaijani civil society is the extremely low level of co-operation between among CSOs in the different sectors, as well as their weak international linkages” (R. Sattarov et al: Civil Society in Azerbaijan: Challenges and Opportunities in Transition - CIVICUS Civil Society Index Report for Azerbaijan, 2007).
Across the country, central and local governments restrict core civil society freedom of association, assembly and expression through repressive legislation and ideological dominance. Even though the country’s constitutions and other major legal acts provide for the freedom of civil society and citizen participation, the mechanisms for the realisation of this freedom is missing, or is very basic and unusable. In the country, civil society remains weak, with little influence on public policy or opinion. Partially as a legacy of the old Soviet regime, the concept of citizenship -- including the responsibility of constituent involvement -- has yet to take root among much of the population and therefore lacks the concept of political will. As for the socio-cultural context, there are “relatively low levels of interpersonal trust and public spiritedness, representing significant socio-cultural and psychological barriers to the development of a vibrant civil society” (R. Sattarov, 2007).
Full article available online at NISPacee website
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| Review of Activities |
| Calendar of Events |
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May 31- June 4, 2010
International Summer School “Extracurricular Communication with Students as One of the Main Elements in Preparing Professionals for Public Administration”
Organizers: Lomonosov Moscow State University in cooperation with Russian Association of Schools and Institutes of Public Administration
Language: Russian
June 11, 2010
Elites and the Formation of Identities in Post Soviet Space
Place: Cambridge, UK
Organiser: The Centre for East European Language Based Area Studies (Ceelbas), Cambridge University
Language: English
June 11-12
2009, Workshop on Europeanization and Enlargement
Place: Bucharest, Romania
Organiser: LSEE Research on South Eastern Europe, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science and the Center for European Studies, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest
Language: English
June 13-15
2010, Economies of Central and Eastern Europe: Convergence, Opportunities and Challenges
Place: Tallinn, Estonia
Organiser: Tallinn School of Economics and Business Administration of the Tallinn University of Technology
Language: English
Events of the EIPA, The Netherlands
May 27-28, 2010
Performance Budgeting: Practical Aspects of the Planning, Implementation and Monitoring Process
Place: Warsaw
May 31-June 1, 2010
Europe and Developing Countries: The Making of Technical Cooperation in Brussels
Place: Maastricht
READ FULL LIST online at NISPacee website
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New issue of the journal of “Halduskultuur-Administrative Culture” 11(1)
Publisher: Tallinn University of Technology’s Department of Public Administration
Subscription: free of charge
Language: English
Resume: The aim of this issue of Halduskultuur – Administrative Culture 11(1) is to discuss specific constraints and opportunities for public administration and public policy in small states. The selection of articles addresses both the theoretical as well as empirical questions and covers a wide range of regions and countries such as the Commonwealth Caribbean, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia and others. This theme issue features the best papers, after passing through a rigorous selection process involving double-blind peer review, from the 11th Halduskultuur conference titled “Small States and the ‘State’”, which took place on 24-25 April 2009 in Tallinn.
For further information see www.halduskultuur.eu.
NISPAcee books
NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy
Volume II, Number 2, Winter 2009/2010
Special Issue: Citizens vs. Customers
Guest Editors: Steven Van de Walle, Isabella Proeller, Laszlo Vass
The special issue contains papers from the second Trans-European Dialogue (TED2) organised by EGPA and NISPAcee. The issue collects discussions about ongoing challenges of delivering public services to both citizens and customers.
Price: 15 EUR (plus postage)
More about NISPAcee Journal at http://www.nispa.org/_portal/journal.php
Metropolitan CEE: Big Cities, Capitals and City-regions in Central and Eastern Europe
Eds.: Gabor Soos and Markku Temmes
This book tries to raise the debate on many interesting issues and questions around city-administrations of CEE countries. It focuses on the transition view which means questions and answers on the development of post-communist societies. The papers concentrated on three subthemes to cover city-region development issues: development, governance and decentralization problems.
Price: 15 EUR (plus postage)
Corruption and Anti-corruption Measures in Central and Eastern Europe
Eds.: Katarina Staronova, Emilia Beblava, 2009
The publication is divided into two parts. The first part discusses the level of corruption in central and eastern European countries. The second part focuses on individual anti-corruption measures utilised in Central and Eastern Europe. Each paper presents only one instrument and in the form of case studies it presents the mechanics, rationale of adoption and sustainability potential of each tool. The main goal of the presented case studies is to examine the concrete impact of the adopted measures on the scope of corruption in a particular area as well as the pursuant political economy. This publication is based on the comprehension of the anti corruption effects on distinct public policies as well as on the understanding of the means of their pursuit and enforcement. The case studies are examples of the anti-corruption tools utilised in practice.
Price: 12 EUR (plus postage)
Routledge books
The New Public Governance? Emerging Perspectives on the Theory and Practice
Editor: Stephen P. Osborne
Price: Paperback 34.99 GBP, Discount Price 27.99 GPB, Hardback 125.00 GPB, Discount Price 100.00 GPB
Resume:
Despite predictions that 'new public management' would establish itself as the new paradigm of Public Administration and Management, recent academic research has highlighted concerns about the intra-organizational focus and limitations of this approach. This book represents a comprehensive analysis of the state of the art of public management, examining and framing the debate in this important area. Divided into five parts, the book examines: Theoretical underpinnings of the concept of governance, especially competing perspectives from Europe and the US; Governance of inter-organizational partnerships and contractual relationships; Governance of policy networks; Lessons learned and future directions
Palgrave Books
The World Trade Organization: Institutional development and reform
Editor: Eberhard Bohne
Price: 57,50 GBP
Resume:
The WTO has become a symbol of global economic prosperity for many students of international trade, and a symbol of exploitation and oppression of developing countries for some radical critics of globalization. The World Trade Organisation examines how the WTO functions as a public organization. It analyzes and evaluates the WTO from a public administration perspective which is absent from the current debate on WTO reforms dominated by the traditional view that only nation states matter. Bohne offers the first systematic empirical analysis of the functioning of the WTO as a public organization, based on 21 expert interviews with representatives of the WTO Secretariat, permanent missions of WTO members, international intergovernmental organizations and NGOs in Geneva, and on a written survey of permanent missions of all member states. This book is a theoretical perspective on the WTO and international organizations as actors of public administration.
READ FULL LIST online at NISPacee website
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| NISPAcee Announcements |
NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy
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All interested contributors are invited to submit their papers for consideration.
New subscribers are welcome to contact the NISPAcee Secretariat to subscribe for new issues.
More about NISPAcee Journal at http://www.nispa.org/_portal/journal.php
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| Translations into CEE National Languages |
Next DEADLINES for APPLICATIONS:
2. June 30, 2010
3. September 30, 2010
Detailed information at http://www.nispa.org/_portal/page.php?sid=74
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| NISPAcee Membership |
| New Institutional members of NISPAcee: |
School of Economy and Management in Public Administration,
Bratislava, Slovakia
web: www.vsemvs.sk
The Human Resources Management Authority, The Government of the Republic of Montenegro,
Podgorica, Montenegro
web: www.uzk.co.me
Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Zagreb,
Zagreb, Croatia
web: www.fakultet.fpzg.hr |
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NISPAcee Secretariat
Polianky 5, 841 01 Bratislava 42, Slovak Republic
Editor:
Mr. Juraj Sklenar
phone/fax: +421-2-6428 5557
e-mail: sklenar@nispa.org
http://www.nispa.org
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NISPAcee Newsletter is published quarterly.
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