Panelists:

Sofia Papantoniadou, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

Louis Hersom, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

Nicolas Dubois, OECD- SIGMA, Paris, France

Ludmila Gajdosova, NISPAcee

Thomas Kerscher and Gianni Lafererra, IFB

At the Consultative Conference to be held in May in Brussels, the representatives of the Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Montenegro, the Republic of Serbia, the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, as well as the European Union represented by the European Commission should sign a protocol dealing with the establischment of the School, recalling the importance of strengthening regional co-operation and administrative capacity in the process of the Stabilisation and Association process as pointed out in the “Thessaloniki Agenda for the Western Balkans”, endorsed by the governments of the region and the Council of Ministers of the European Union in June 2003. This initiative is focused on encouraging the creation of a regional mechanism for fostering training and education in public administration reform in the region.
Aims of the panel:
-To present the Regional School of Public Administration, its objectives and its future activities to all members of the NISPAcee.
-To explain its proposed method of organisation and to reply to questions related to the role of the EU Schools of Public Administration to ReSPA and to exchange ideas and best practices.