Representatives of several core public administration associations  focused on promoting and fostering the quality in public administration education have been invited to discuss the role of associations and their members in promoting and/or facilitating innovations in governance and public administration education. The aim of the discussion would be to explore the challenges that academia and the practice face in these regards, identify possible solutions, and try to find answers to the question how the associations could contribute to them.

The following questions would be highlighted by the speakers:
What is the role of your association and your members in promoting innovation governance and innovations in public administration education?
Is there a direct correlation between the quality of education and research we foster, and country innovativeness indexes?
Does the way in which higher education institutions are evaluated/accredited reflect the need for innovations in the public sector?
Are we doing enough, where are the reserves?
Are governments ready to utilise the potential of associations and their members in developing innovative public policies?
What are the core constraints limiting the opportunities for public administration associations and public administration educational institutions to foster innovation governance in the public sector?