The Working Group intends to deal with the often unpredictable nature of the CEE/FIS transitional context for public administration.  We hypothesise that the change-uncertainty phenomenon in CEE-FIS countries has a distinctly different character than change phenomena in more stable western contexts. For the 2018 NISPAcee Annual Conference contributions were invited theoretically and empirically examining manifestations of the change-uncertainty phenomenon which is pathologically disruptive to PA systems in one or more CEE/FIS countries and carry implications and consequences for PA performance.

Paper: Change Disturbances and pathological Uncertainty in CEE Public Administration: A conceptual Map and proposed Theory of low administrative Performance
Author(s):
Gyorgy Gajduschek, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Eva Zemandl, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Presenter(s):
Gyorgy Gajduschek, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

Paper: Public Administration, the Citizen and adaptive Management
Author/Presenter:
Madalina-Cristina Gogu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania

Paper: Women in the Transition in Hungary 1985-1995
Author/Presenter:
Agnes Horvath, University of Tokaj, Sarospatak, Hungary

Paper: The Hungarian Experiences with Handling Irregularities in the Use of EU Funds
Author(s):
Gyorgyi Nyikos, Ludovika University of Public Service , Budapest, Hungary
Zsuzsanna Kondor, Ludovika University of Public Service , Budapest, Hungary
Presenter(s):
Gyorgyi Nyikos, Ludovika University of Public Service , Budapest, Hungary