Welcome and opening speeches

Gyorgy Jenei,  NISPAcee President

Jusuf Kalamperović, Minister of Internal Affairs and Public Administration,  Montenegro

Rajko Kuljaca, President of Municipality of Budva,  Montenegro

Svetlana Vuković, Director of Human Resources Management Authority of the Government of  Montenegro

Violetta Zentai, LGI Representative, Director of the Center for Policy Studies, CEU, Budapest, Hungary

Allan Rosenbaum, IASIA President, Florida International University, Miami, USA

Jacek Czaputowicz, Director of the National School of Public Administration, Warsaw, Poland

Montenegrin expert in public administration

Milan Marković, President of Constitutional Court, Montenegro

Presentation:  Public administration in Montenegro

Keynote presentations:

Ceremony of the Alena Brunovská Award for Teaching Excellence in Public   Administration
Presentation of the Award by Gyorgy Jenei, NISPAcee President and Ľudmila Gajdošová, NISPAcee Executive Director, to the recipient:

Mirko Vintar, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Public Administration, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Presentation: Public administration & IT: Is it time to get married?

Paper: The influence of the tax competition on the Hungarian and Austrian taxation
Author(s):
Valeria Limpok, Szechenyi Istvan University, Gyor, Hungary
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Paper: Intra-EU immigration: Polish plumber problem or positive economic ingredient?
Author(s):
Donald Fuller, American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
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Paper: Public institutions as actors in corporate social responsibility
Author(s):
Cornelia Felicia Macarie, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Simona Claudia Creţa Ioana Alexandra Tuţă
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Health care is one of the most frequently discussed, debated and reformed public service branches throughout the world.  All countries, including those in the CEE region, attempt to improve the delivery of health services with varying degrees of success. Papers in the panels compare processes and outcomes of health reforms in the CEE region, including explanations for successes and failures, as well as health service delivery issues. Goals of the two panels include discussion of core problems of health reforms in CEE conditions, including problems of delivering health services; convening experts in the field to discuss further steps of co-operation; and improving links to international organizations dealing with similar issues. 

Paper: Managed care as a key element of a current reforming health care policy in the Czech Republic
Author(s):
Ivan Maly, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Paper: Why none of health reform attempts succeeded? The case of the Czech Republic
Author(s):
Marek Pavlik, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Paper: Health sector reforms in comparative perspective - An unending quest?
Author(s):
James Bjorkman, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands
James Warner Björkman
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Paper: Health care reform in Slovenia and implementation of changes
Author(s):
Stanka Setnikar-Cankar, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Panel discussions will be focused on few very sensitive topics: ethical dimension of the public policy process, the decentralization’s impact on the corruption phenomenon in the public administration, the ethics from the socio/cultural perspective and other subjects raised by the participants.

It will be an open discussion where the participants will be kindly invited to intervene for presenting experiences, examples and successfully ethic’s guidelines from their countries. We encourage the dialog with the participants for discovering the best practices for increasing the integrity of the public organizations, which institutions succeed in curbing corruption in one country or another.

During the discussions we will try to identify how the education, in general or the special training programs , in particular can influence the changing of the human resources behaviors for a more ethical one and how the results could be measured in time.

Our panel will be a discussion’s frame for exchanging best practice experiences with practitioners and engaged scholars for setting up an integrated action plan containing the most successful actions and institutions from different countries for fighting against corruption. 

Paper: The ethical dimension of the public policies process in the Romanian public sector
Author(s):
Armenia Androniceanu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Armenia Androniceanu Ramona Geanina Blaga
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Paper: The impact of decentralization on the corruption phenomenon
Author(s):
Ani Matei, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Florin Marius Popa, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Florin POPA, PhD candidate
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Paper: Social role of public organization ethics building in local governance in the Balkans
Author(s):
Sherman Wyman, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, United States
Rod Erakovich, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, United States
Rodney Erakovich, School of Management, Texas Wesleyan University
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The purpose of the panel is to provide a forum for discussion of and sharing experiences on the use of policy analysis within governments and the teaching and training of policy analysis in academic and governmental institutions.  The papers and presentations show the challenges in teaching policy analysis in various countries and the discussion will give an opportunity for the exchange of information on the experience of how policy analysis contributes to achieving a more sustainable economic, social and political environment.  The panel also serves as a place where the participants might highlight achievements of policy analysis as an academic discipline and  its value within governments.  The participants will exchange information on the best practices. with a view to having greater acceptance of public policy analysis.

The Fair is a new NISPAcee initiative. The purpose of the Fair is to encourage members and other interested individuals and institutions to engage in creative thinking and identifying possible new projects, activities, partners and donors etc., to come up with ideas for discussion during the Fair and to reach decisions by the participants on the proposals that could be further developed and coordinated by NISPAcee. Identification of possible relevant donor organisations will be also discussed.

The Fair would provide opportunities for networking, development of partnerships, identifying demand-driven project development and for the strengthening of the umbrella and coordination role of NISPAcee on the joint activities of members.

Several initiatives have been selected for the Fair programme to be presented and discussed. Additional proposals from the conference participants are also welcome for presentation during discussions.

Project title: The UNDP Regional Centre for Public Administration Reform (RCPAR)

Presenters:

Anne Caroline Tveoy, Policy Specialist, RCPAR

Panos Liverakos, Team Leader, RCPAR
The Regional Centre for Public Administration Reform is a fairly new five-year regional project launched by the United Nations Development Programme, Bratislava Regional Centre and primarily financed by the Hellenic Government. The project aims at facilitating professional networking and co-operation between the countries in the region of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Thematically, the Regional Centre focuses on strengthening capacities for policy-making and coordination; improving public finance management; enhancing organisation and staffing in the public sector and promoting public service delivery. Through its philosophy, design and operational mechanisms, the project offers significant opportunities for countries in the region to engage in the formulation and implementation of multi-country initiatives funded by the Regional Centre. Network members, consisting of practitioners, academics and other experts from the countries in the region, are actively encouraged to submit ideas and develop proposals, involving a minimum of three countries in the region, within one of the thematic areas. The funding available for each initiative is around US$100,000, and the project aims at generating at least six initiatives per year. Guidelines and application templates are available at www.rcpar.org. UNDP sees the project as a major anchor for regional programming on public administration reform in the coming years.

 

Project title: Establishing the Eurasian Institute for Leadership Development in Public Administration at Siberian Academy for Public Administration

Presenter: Marina V. Tyasto, Siberian Academy for Public Administration, Russian Federation

The aim of this proposal is to develop best leadership training technologies, train the trainers and disseminate new courses and training among educational institutions in Siberia, other regions of Russia and the countries of NIS, especially Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan).  EILDPA, as a geopolitical site for international collaboration between East and West, will promote Leadership as a driving force for changes and particularly for introducing and developing good governance education programmes in Eastern Russia and neighbouring Asian countries.

The UNESCO Chair “Leadership in Public administration and management of socio-economic processes” at SAPA, as an academic umbrella, will promote the concept of leadership for human development educational programmes for diverse target groups from all sectors in Siberia and Asian countries and will form and widen the Eurasian educational space. Partners are welcome!

 

Project title: Civil Service Capacity Building for Change Management

Presenter: Nuripa Mukanova, Academy of Management under the President of KR, Kyrgyzstan

Despite lasting efforts to reform the public management in the Kyrgyz Republic, the issue still rests on the lack of a high professional civil service that will serve as change agents. The problem remains to be a lack of training programmes that shift formal training from classroom teaching to problem solving. The proposed fellowship project has been designed to support practical policy and public management reforms by building capacities of talented and committed government officials who are well placed to influence policy, practical implementation of reforms and serve as change agents. The fellowship project will provide its fellows with training to formulate effective policy to solve particular problems, to determine particular steps required for its implementation and evaluate progress against agreed milestones.

The proposal will be presented to the NISPAcee community due to the invaluable worldwide experience that NISPAcee has accumulated in providing such training and projects. What we would like to achieve during the Fair is to attract possible international partners and to learn about possible donors of such a project.

 

Paper: The OECD and public management reform
Author(s):
Leslie Pal, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
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Paper: The rise of anti-corruption policies.
Author(s):
Lars Johannsen, Aarhus University, Arhus C, Denmark
Karin Hilmer Pedersen, Aarhus University, Arhus C, Denmark
Karin Hilmer Pedersen
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Paper: State-driven development, politicized administration: is this configuration effective enough? (experiences in Hungary)
Author(s):
Laszlo Vass, Budapest Metropolitan University, Budapest, Hungary
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Paper: Estimation of corruption and non-academic behavior in the Romania publiv sector: public administration, health and educarion sector
Author(s):
Marius Profiroiu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Tudorel ANDREI, Ph.D. Professor, Faculty of Cibernetics ,Statistics and Economic Computation, Statistics and Econometrics Department, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania Marius PROFIROIU, Ph.D. Professor, Faculty of Management , Administration and Public Management Department, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania Alina PROFIROIU, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Faculty of Management , Administration and Public Management Department, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania Monica NEDELCU, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Faculty of Management , Management Department, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
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NISPAcee introduced a new WG at the annual NISPAcee Conference in Bratislava (2008).
Based on the outcomes of the first meeting, the working group decided to focus on the problem of city-regions because of their increasing importance everywhere in the world and the specific post-communist process of quick suburbanisation. Cities become the centres of the new service- and knowledge-based economies, while their governance becomes more complex.

The working group will focus on three challenges the CEE and NIS countries
presently face:

1. The governance problem. Large cities have more and more important suburbs. The agglomeration and the city tend to form a more and more unified functional unit in terms of economic processes, job market, transportation and social life. This functional merging is often hindered by the fragmentation of metropolitan areas: the central city is relatively small, while suburbs preserve their autonomy. Finding a solution for this challenge is an important item on the agenda in many countries.

2. The developmental problem. City-regions are the motor of change in the world, and also in post-communist countries. The communist economy, based on forced industrialisation, has been transformed into post-industrial economy in metropolitan areas. Successful transformation countries have successful cities. Public administration reforms are also
expected to contribute to the success of city-regions.

3. The decentralisation problem. City-regions are very important, sometimes so important that they dominate the life of the country. Big cities, typically capitals, tend to over-centralise economic, social and political life. The political elite, rich businesspersons and famous actors
mostly live in the capital. Such big cities successfully divert resources to the detriment of other areas. Well-designed policies are needed to rectify that problem.

Paper: Metropolitan discourse in Poland and Germany – so far though so near?
Author(s):
Pawel Swianiewicz, Wroclaw University of Enviornmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
Marta Lackowska,University of Warsaw, Department of Local Development and Policy
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Paper: Country report on urban policy in Georgia
Author(s):
Nino Gerkeuli, Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi 8, Georgia
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Paper: Policy Analysis: Investigations of the success and failure of policies
Author(s):
Nuripa Mukanova, Anticorruption Business Council, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
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Paper: International capacity building: A partnership of community – Kragujevac, Serbia; Rajasthan, India; and Sri Lanka
Author(s):
Rod Erakovich, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, United States
Presenter and author: Rodney Erakovich, PhD, Assistant Professor of Management and Public Administration, School of Business Administration, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort, Worth, Texas. rerakovich@txwes.edu Author: Raymon R. Bruce, PhD, Fulbright Senior Specialist and Adjunct Professor, University of Texas at Arlington and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, New Mexico, USA, raybruce@comcast.net Presenter and Author: Dusan Sipovac, International Office Manager and Coordinator, Center for Public Administration, , Faculty of Law, University of Kragujevac, Serbia; dsipovac@yahoo.com Author: Sangeeta Sharma, PhD, Coordinator, Special Assistance Program, Municipal Capacity Building, Department of Public Administration, University of Rajasthan, India, sangeetajpr2004@yahoo.co.in Author: S. K. Kataria, PhD, Special Assistance Program, Municipal Capacity Building, Department of Public Administration, University of Rajasthan, India, skkataria64@rediffmail.com
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The Working Group studies Information and Communication Technology (ICT) applications in the area of public administration and analyzes their impact on the relationships between government (administration) and business, government and citizens, and government departments between each other. The special geographical focus of the studies and analyses are in the Central and East European (CEE) countries. The public administrations in these countries share some common problems related mostly to the transition from very rigid bureaucratic administrative practices, commonly used in the past, to modern, more flexible, governance policies and approaches. Thus, the special interest of the workgroup is to evaluate the contribution of ICT applications to the transition process and its success. Apart from the transition problems, most CEE countries are also concerned with the readiness, i.e., the level of technological development that allows for implementation and proper use of ICT solutions in public administration, as well as the sophistication of the developed ICT applications, which usually lag behind the similar indicators in other EU countries. Papers presented by WG members contribute mostly to the exchange of best practices and experiences between CEE countries and provide valuable materials for education at a higher vocational and academic level. WG objective is to establish a common framework for facilitating a more formal exchange of best practices, where the transfer of knowledge can be monitored, documented, and evaluated, or facilitate comparative analysis of good practices that would go beyond single country borders.

Paper: TOM (Today I decide) portal: A case study of estonia
Author(s):
Kristina Reinsalu, e-Governance Academy, Tallinn, Estonia
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Paper: Civil service corps versus private workers performing public duties. Commonalities and differencies.
Author(s):
Patrycja Joanna Suwaj, The Jacob of Paradies University, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
Robert Suwaj
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Paper: Civil service at a glance - a comparative study case between Romania and Sweden
Author(s):
Iulia Cristina Popescu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
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Paper: The regulation of the conflict of interests in the Romanian administrative system
Author(s):
Florin Marius Popa, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Ani Matei, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Prof.dr. Ani MATEI
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Paper: An identification of civil servants’ needs. Case study: North-West Development Region, Romania
Author(s):
Simona Claudia Creta, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Cornelia Felicia Macarie Ioana Alexandra Tuţă
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Public Administration Reform forms an important tier of public administration in each CEE country. A contemporary problem is the small amount of comparative and empirical research in the theme of PA Reform in the CEE countries.

The activity of this Working Group aims to provide a structured forum on the dynamics of public administration reform in the NISPAcee region, including New EU member countries, non EU countries, all post-communist countries including Western Balkan as well as Caucasus countries and Central Asia. Public Administrative Reform is described as any restructuring of the administrative part of the public sector in order to solve organizational and/or societal problems associated with this structure and intended as promoting a professional, merit-based and neutral civil service.

The activities of the proposed Working Group  provide an opportunity for academics and practitioners to meet, reflect upon, and discuss their experiences in a structured fashion.

The ongoing and radical transformation of the public administration in Central European countries raises a series of interesting theoretical questions, questions that have a serious practical relevance. Democratization theory and the focus on the political institutions represented the first framework of analysis for the changes that took place in CEE.  The EU accession negotiations opened the territory for a second, technocratic defined agenda of directed change. The transformation in many of the Central European countries seems to have been successful. Eight Central European states did become EU members in 2004, and two other states in the region following step in 2007.

The trajectories of change that the Balkans and Central Asian Countries followed after 1989 were characterized by different sets of confrontations. For the Balkans, the 90’s brought not only challenges associated with state formation and wars. The reconstruction, first addressed within the political reform and accession to the EU, was framed as a goal, but the political evolutions (with the exception of Slovenia) hindered the administrative transformation. Central Asian Countries pursued the path of transformation slower, and without the prospect of EU accession. The impact of international organizations was more diverse than in the CEE, encompassing both Western European and North American influences. These different paths give a unique opportunity to investigate the differences in process and outcomes of PA reform that starts because of internal pressures (demand based) and that starts on the basis of external incentives (supply based).

These developments result in a number of theoretical and empirical questions. For instance, was the Public Administrative Reform mainly administrative in character or was it also intended to serve the public side of public administration? Were (re)developing of the civic spirit and civil involvement related, and if so, according to what mechanisms, to the maturing of the internal demand to reform public sector institutions? Was PA Reform mainly internally or externally based? Had citizens and civil society organizations something to say in promoting and requesting reform in the field of public administration, and if, so, what was it and how was that accomplished? Which factors influenced the success of domestic demands to reforms PA institutions?

The questions addressed in this working group are:

1. What explains successful Public Administration Reform (in post-socialist countries)?
1. What are the factors that lead to the effectiveness of reform in Public Administration in post- socialist countries?
2. What relationships can be identified between the actors that assist in the development and functioning of the reform?
2. What effects are visible because of Public Administration Reform?  Does it, for instance,  lead to the development of democratic governance in post-socialist countries?  If so, what mechanisms are in place and how do they function in order to achieve this goal?
3. What can be learned from past experiences and how can processes of Public Administration Reform be improved in order to become more effective and efficient?

Paper: Decentralization of structural assistance implementation system and its influence on member state obligations concerning the use of structural aid. Case of Estonia
Author(s):
Hindrek Lootus, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
Helio Huik, Institute of Political Science and Governance, Tallinn University, Estonia
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Paper: Traditions of Public Administration in Lithuania and New Public Management in Reforms of the Education System
Author(s):
Jolanta Urbanovic, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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Paper: “Mindset reprogramming” in the process of Serbian local government reform: Systemic solutions that bring changes
Author(s):
Mirjana Stankovic, Development Consulting Group, Belgrade, Serbia
Bora Obradovic, Robert Sundberg
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Paper: Aspects of reforming public administration in Albania
Author(s):
Blerta Selenica, Council of Ministers of Albania, Tirana, Albania
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Working Group focuses this year on municipal asset management in the NISPAcee region in the context of fiscal decentralization. The main goal of the research is to review the experience of the individual countries using the case method.

Property is one of the basic pre-conditions for autonomous local government. All the post-communist countries went through the process of public property devolution, which started after the new democratically elected parliaments approved the basic laws. Regardless the approaches to property devolution the individual countries applied, at the moment municipalities in all the countries in the region own various types of property and have to manage it.

Next to the elaborated country studies a few papers related to various issues of local government finance will be presented.

Paper: A comparative framework to study municipal asset management in CEE and CIS countries
Author(s):
Mihaly Lados, HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Budapest, Hungary
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Paper: Municipal asset management: A case of a small town in Southern Bohemia
Author(s):
Lucie Sedmihradska, University of Economics of Prague, Prague , Czech Republic
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Paper: Managing local public utilities companies by municipal holding company: Case of Győr, Hungary
Author(s):
Istvan Szabo, Szechenyi Istvan University, Gyor, Hungary
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Paper: Do municipal assets need more effective management? (Case of Ukraine)
Author(s):
Sergii Slukhai, Taras Shevchenko National University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Bovsunivska Iryna, Sokrovolska Natalia
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Paper: Municipal asset management: Case of the Republic of Moldova
Author(s):
Eugenia Busmachiu, Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Boris Morozov
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The development of civil servants' administration skills is one of the conditions for an increase in public service professionalism, impartiality and transparency. The civil servants' continuous training system is closely related to the strengthening of administrative capacities and new quality creation according to the conditions of the Europe and Eurasia. The main objective of public administration and public policy is to create a civil servants' training system, which would be integrated and governed by central and local government and to evaluate the development of the system and related programmes.
The following relevant problems related to improvement of public servants training and professional development will be discussed: new challenges to develop public servants training system under conditions of globalisation, EU enlargement and knowledge society establishment; progressive experience of public servants' training accumulated through international practice; establishment and development of public servants training systems, development and implementation of national and international strategies for improvement of such systems.
The main attention will be paid to the following issues: new challenges for the improvement of public servants training, studies and qualification quality; new experience accumulated in CEE countries, members of the EU, while improving public servants qualification and organising teaching and studies; new phenomena and problems which silhouetted after EU enlargement; integration of scientific research elements into processes of training and qualification improvement.
The results of the workgroup will be characterised by a resolution. It will determine the main priorities of the work group: progressive experience of public servants training accumulated in the world practice, EU countries and other countries; new challenges, new opportunities and new teaching technologies which are to be taken into consideration under conditions of EU enlargement; experience of public servants training accumulated; analysis of current situation; development of public servants training systems and implementation of long-term strategies; development and implementation of international programmes and projects in the sector of public servants training.

Paper: Development of master’s and doctoral study programmes in public administration in Latvia
Author(s):
Inesa Vorontchuk, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Inesa Vorontchuk and Edvins Vanags
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Paper: Civil servants and institutional approach of the sustainable development – Case Study , Romania
Author(s):
Dan Gabriel Manoleli, Civil Society Development Foundation, Bucharest-3, Romania
Dan Manoleli* and Rodica Ştefănescu**
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Paper: Training civil servants in public economics and finance as a key issue to increase policy making capacity in CEE countries
Author(s):
Lesya Ilchenko-Syuyva, National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", Kyiv, Ukraine
Olexandr Kilievych, National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", Kyiv, Ukraine
Oleksandr Kiliievych
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Paper: How to link organizational goals and competences in public organizations?
Author(s):
David Ferraz, ISCSP/UTL - School of Social and Political Sciences/Technical University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
Helena Rato; Conceicao Baptista
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Paper: Adapting to a changing world: Municipal response to declining population numbers
Author(s):
Walter Bartl, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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Paper: Elements of good governance at local level: Romanian Administrative System
Author(s):
Cristi Iftene, Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania
Marius Văcărelu, Researcher
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Paper: Challenges for the state government to maintain competitive industrial model of Bulgarian regions development
Author(s):
Kremena Georgieva, Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", Varna, Bulgaria
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Paper: The possible reversal of decentralization in Pakistan: State policy and citizen feedback
Author(s):
Andrew Golda, Urban Institute, Washington DC, United States
William J. Cartier, Andrew Golda, Ritu Nayyar-Stone
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Paper: Metropolies and big cities as "regions locomotives". Analisys of regional development strategies in Poland
Author(s):
Dominika Wojtowicz, Kozminski University, Warsaw, Poland
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Paper: Romanian model of metropolitan areas in local development – Intercommunity development associations
Author(s):
Emilia Lucia Catana, Dimitrie Cantemir university, Tirgu Mures, Romania
Marius Cristian Catana
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Paper: Large industrial cities of Russia: In search of new development paradigm
Author(s):
Irina Turgel, The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Paper: Development beyond the Central City: Eco-Infrastructure in Ulcinj, Montenegro
Author(s):
Gretchen Mikeska, Urban Institute, Washington DC, United States
Gretchen Mikeska, P.E.; Dr. John Tabor
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Paper: SEKAP project (Electronic System of Public Administration Communication) as an innovative solution of public services integration on regional level
Author(s):
Agnieszka Pawlowska, Rzeszow University, Rzeszow, Poland
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Paper: Czech POINTs – the Czech showcase?
Author(s):
David Špaček, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Paper: E-government implementation in Romania. From national success to international example
Author(s):
Ovidiu Stoica, University "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Iasi, Iasi, Romania
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Paper: e-Government Projects in Lithuania: Problems and Prospects
Author(s):
Maksim Afanasjev, Lithuanian Institute of Public Administration, Vilnius, Lithuania
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Paper: Law in action. The problem of political patronage in the process of appointing high-rank posts in civil service in Poland
Author(s):
Kaja Gadowska, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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Paper: Human resources management reform in the Ukrainian civil service
Author(s):
Ivanna Ibragimova, Ukrainian Civil Service Human Resources management Reform project (CBIE Project), Kyiv, Ukraine
Larissa Bezo, Sylvia Pollock
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Paper: Civil servants in Romanian public administration from the legal and managerial point of view
Author(s):
Armenia Androniceanu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Armenia Androniceanu Bogdan Nastase
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Paper: Workforce training as part of public institutions reforms in Poland and Russia: How to turn rule-oriented public servants into public managers?
Author(s):
Omar Scharifi, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Eschborn, Germany
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Paper: Requirements on leadership qualification in CEE countries
Author(s):
Hans Rieger, DBB Akademie, Bonn, Germany
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Paper: Quality management systems - a new instrument for the development of Bulgarian administrative reform
Author(s):
Svetla Mihaleva, Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", Varna, Bulgaria
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Paper: Institutional transfers in Romanian public administration or “For us it is different”
Author(s):
Veronica Junjan, University of Twente, AE Enschede, Netherlands
Dorina Maria Nastase
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Paper: Transformation of the local election law in Poland and other post-communist countries
Author(s):
Agnieszka Czarkowska, Stanislaw Staszic School of Public Administration in Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
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Paper: Reform efforts in public administration and changing of geographic backgroud in Hungary
Author(s):
Zoltan Hajdu, HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Budapest, Hungary
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Paper: Management of municipal housing stock in Bulgaria
Author(s):
Nadezhda Bobcheva, Oborishte DIstrict (Part of Sofia Greater Municipality), Sofia, Bulgaria
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Paper: Municipal asset management in Bulgaria: A case study of municipal enterprises in Blagoevgrad
Author(s):
Desislava Stoilova, South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
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Paper: Municipal assets management in Estonia
Author(s):
Sander Pollumae, Ministry of Justice of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia
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Paper: Asset management in Belarus local government: centralization vs. decentralization
Author(s):
Yuri Krivorotko, Tallinn, Estonia
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Paper: Illegally used municipal land management in Armenia: Case of Yerevan
Author(s):
Lianna Mkhitaryan, AdInfoSys Management Institute, Yerevan, Armenia
Artashes Arakelyan, AdInfoSys Management Institute, Yerevan, Armenia
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Paper: Differences in selecting working staff and possibilities in proffesional development among government and self governed administration workers
Author(s):
Paula Anna Borowska, Stanislaw Staszic School of Public Administration in Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
Malgorzata Wenclik, Stanislaw Staszic School of Public Administration in Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
Małgorzata Wenclik
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Paper: Differences in selecting working staff and possibilities in proffesional development among government and self governed administration workers
Author(s):
Paula Anna Borowska, Stanislaw Staszic School of Public Administration in Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
Malgorzata Wenclik, Stanislaw Staszic School of Public Administration in Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
Acar, Ozdemir
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Paper: Measuring Students Satisfaction - An analysis of the public administration undergraduate program quality
Author(s):
Horia Mihai Raboca, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Adina Solomon
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Paper: Don’t we need to attend school anymore? An analysis of differences between the school-aged population and the population enrolled in schools
Author(s):
Dana Mihaela Mortelmans, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Presenter(s):

Paper: The role of legislation in supporting the development of public management education
Author(s):
Lucian Chiriac, Petru Maior University, Targu Mures, Romania
Zsuzsanna-Katalin Szabo, Petru Maior University, Targu Mures, Romania
Presenter(s):

Paper: Social policies and their representation in the written press
Author(s):
Cecilia Deme, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Presenter(s):

Paper: Challenges and reference points points for trasformation of the Bulgarian administrative system
Author(s):
Pavel Pavlov, Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", Varna, Bulgaria
Krasimir Nedyalkov, Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", Varna, Bulgaria
Presenter(s):

Paper: Functional interrelation among Bulgarian municipalities and their constituent territorial structures – governmental policies and practices
Author(s):
Maria Velikova, Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", Varna, Bulgaria
Presenter(s):

Paper: Selected problems of efficiency of Slovak hospitals
Author(s):
Juraj Nemec, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Presenter(s):

Paper: Economic interests in Czech health care sector – empirical study
Author(s):
Zuzana Kotherová, Charles University, Prague 1, Czech Republic
Presenter(s):

Paper: Performance appraisal of Hospital treatment: Concept, policy implementation,evaluation
Author(s):
Milena Vladimirova, Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Prof. Manliev
Presenter(s):

Paper: Privatization of health care in Poland – aims, models and effects
Author(s):
Agnieszka Zemke - Gorecka, Bialystok University, Bialystok, Poland
Presenter(s):

The Forum will serve universities with EAPAA accredited educational programmes and for universities interested in EAPAA accreditation.

Information about the EAPAA, established in 1999, and all related documents for accreditation of public administration programmes can be accessed through their website http://www.eapaa.org/. The Forum aims to provide institutions and individuals from the NISPAcee region with an opportunity to learn in more details about EAPAA businesses and also with an opportunity to contribute with comments and proposals on the EAPAA activities and functioning. Invited speakers will share with the conference participants their experiences of already successful accreditations and preparation for accreditation. These speakers include the General Secretary of EAPAA and representatives of programmes which have already been accredited. Opportunities for accreditation of PA programmes from CEE countries will be discussed. Members and potential members of EAPAA are invited to participate.

Working session I   - in  the meeting room Zeta

Moderator and rapporteur:
Biljana Nikolovska Zagar, Civil Servants Agency, Macedonia

Themes: State civil servant – in general; How to attract and select the best candidates; Should we plan the employment/staffing plans; What is the best way of selection; Announcement of vacancies; Announcement procedures and the time period for the realization of them; How to eliminate nepotism, and the policy influence on the recruitment process?

Working session II - in  the meeting room Bojana

Moderator and rapporteur:

Damir Ahmetovic 

Themes: The Recruitment process and selection; the Commission process for the selection of capacities;  Commissions are skilled for the selection of candidates trained to do their job appropriately? Qualification of assessment (testing, interwievs, etc);  The list of best candidates; Is the recruitment process based on the merit-system?

Paper: The end of administrative structures
Author(s):
Marek Debicki, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Anetta Jaxa Debicka
Presenter(s):

Paper: The unity of the social system - Emergence of diversity
Author(s):
Cristina Elena Nicolescu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Presenter(s):

Paper: Good governance in Bulgaria: Perception, action, results, appraisals
Author(s):
George Manliev, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Prof.George Manliev
Presenter(s):

Paper: Reforming public administration and its strategic partnering for sustainable communities: Lessons learned and challenges ahead
Author(s):
Rodica Stefanescu, Ecological University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Zbigniew Bochniarz, The University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
Dan Gabriel Manoleli, Civil Society Development Foundation, Bucharest-3, Romania
Dr. Zbigniew Bochniarz, Drd. Rodica Stefanescu, Dr. Dan Manoleli
Presenter(s):

Paper: City-regions - Engines or blockers of fiscal decentralization in Bulgaria
Author(s):
Desislava Stoilova, South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Presenter(s):

Paper: Decentralization of the Croatian roads sector. Should cities take over the roads?
Author(s):
Sasa Drezgic, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Presenter(s):

Paper: Territorial administrative reform of Lithuania and its setback: Specific position of suburban municipalities
Author(s):
Liudas Mazylis, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
Presenter(s):

Paper: Building a metropolitan area model for the Romanian administrative space
Author(s):
Catalin Daniel Dumitrica, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Presenter(s):

Paper: Informational technologies and communications in the Romanian local public administration
Author(s):
Armenia Androniceanu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Armenia Androniceanu Irina Georgescu
Presenter(s):

Paper: Modernizing bureaucracy through e-governance in Romania
Author(s):
Cristi Iftene, Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania
Presenter(s):

Paper: Barriers in implementing e-government – Romanian study case
Author(s):
Catalin Vrabie, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Presenter(s):

Paper: Is there space for senior civil servants hybrid management models in political-administrative systems?
Author(s):
David Ferraz, ISCSP/UTL - School of Social and Political Sciences/Technical University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
Presenter(s):

Paper: Prestandards education of public administration (BA) in opinions of graduate students in Poland
Author(s):
Julita Sintniewska, Stanislaw Staszic School of Public Administration in Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
phd Dorota Konopka
Presenter(s):

Paper: Occupational standards in civil service in line with European qualifications framework - a solution for Romania
Author(s):
Virgil Pamfil, Regional Training Center for Local Public Administration - Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Georgeta Ghete, Regional Training Center for Local Public Administration - Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Georgeta GHETE -DANAU and Virgil PAMFIL Regional Training Centre Bucharest, Romania
Presenter(s):

Paper: Professional competence exams, and education and training in the civil service in Slovenia – the present situation and trends
Author(s):
Polonca Kovač, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Presenter(s):

Paper: Modernize to cooperate? Transitions of Russian border security administration
Author(s):
Anna-Liisa Heusala, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Presenter(s):

Paper: Towards human security and good governance: Public administration reform in Ukraine
Author(s):
Tetyana Malyarenko, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
Presenter(s):

Paper: Why is it so difficult to reform bureaucracy in transit countries? (The Russian Case)
Author(s):
Alexander Obolonsky, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation
Presenter(s):

Paper: Public service integration in Kazakhstan: Why alternative-access rather than single-access?
Author(s):
Saltanat Janenova, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Presenter(s):

Paper: Public service reform in Mongolia
Author(s):
Oyunchimeg Dovdoi, Open Society Forum Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Presenter(s):

Paper: Asset management practice in Georgia: Case study of Mtskheta municipality
Author(s):
Paata Mirziashvili, International Center for Civic Culture, Tbilisi, Georgia
Nino Gerkeuli, Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi 8, Georgia
Presenter(s):

Paper: Evaluation of municipal assets in Russian Federation
Author(s):
Elena Tselishcheva, The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russian Federation
Presenter(s):

Paper: Public private partnership in water supply and sewage services in Poland. Analysis of possible application
Author(s):
Agnieszka Kopanska, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Presenter(s):

Paper: Factors influencing the choice of the public service provider
Author(s):
Marketa Rezuchova, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Presenter(s):

Paper: Vocational training system of public servants in Russia: To be or not to be?
Author(s):
Tatyana Chernyak, The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russian Federation
Presenter(s):

Paper: Human resource development system in the context of public management reform
Author(s):
Jurgita Siugzdiniene, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
Presenter(s):

Paper: UNESCO Leadership chair at Siberian Academy for public administration as an opportunity for capacity building in civil servants training
Author(s):
Marina V. Tyasto, Kaunas, Lithuania
Presenter(s):

Presentations of the rapporteurs of both working sessions:

14.00-14.15 Working session I
14.15-14.30 Working session II

Paper: The capital of Bulgaria - Sofia, as a city and a municipality: challenges, opportunities and policies for future development
Author(s):
Yuliyana Galabinova, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
Presenter(s):

Paper: Urban competitiveness: Concept, factors, model
Author(s):
Jolita Sinkiene, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
Presenter(s):

Paper: Governance in Slovenian cities between party politics and new wave of management
Author(s):
Uros Pinteric, Faculty of Organisation Studies in Novo mesto, Novo mesto, Slovenia
Uroš Pinterič
Presenter(s):

Paper: The applications of e-government for the local administrations in Turkey: A study through the example of Izmir metropolitan municipality
Author(s):
Tanju Tosun, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
Presenter(s):

Paper: One-stop government: Critical analysis of the concept and its implementation in the selected countries
Author(s):
Mateja Kunstelj, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mateja Kunstelj, Mirko Vintar
Presenter(s):

Paper: Pursuing a Master diploma: promotion or job-securing strategy?
Author(s):
Veronica Junjan, University of Twente, AE Enschede, Netherlands
Presenter(s):

Paper: Civil service reform in Serbia – early implementation challenges
Author(s):
Aleksandra Rabrenovic, Institute of Comparative Law, Belgrade, Serbia
Milena Lazarevic
Presenter(s):

Paper: Continuity and discontinuity; Polish Civil Service Reforms, Politicians and the Post-communist Legacy
Author(s):
Tatiana Majcherkiewicz, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Cracow, Poland
Presenter(s):

Paper: The problem of the Europeanization in Russian history and the modern administrative reform in Russia
Author(s):
Yelena Shaskolskaya, The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russian Federation
Sergey Melkishev, Russian Federation
Melkishev
Presenter(s):

Paper: Reform process in Bulgaria: Challenges and perspectives after joining EU
Author(s):
Polya Katsamunska, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Presenter(s):

Paper: EU prints on national land: The case of administrative reforms in CEE Countries (1998-2006)
Author(s):
Diana - Camelia Iancu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Presenter(s):

Paper: Organisational adaptation to institutional change: The case of the Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation
Author(s):
Corina Georgiana Antonovici, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Presenter(s):

Paper: The NGOs in local services in Transdanubian region
Author(s):
Laszlo Kakai, University of Pecs, Pécs, Hungary
Presenter(s):

Paper: Registration of real estate and updating the registry on real estate in the municipalities of Vasilevo, Bosilovo and Novo Selo
Author(s):
Maksim Acevski, Association of Finance Officers of Local Governments & Public Enterprises, Veles, Republic of North Macedonia
Zoran Jankulovski, Association of Finance Officers of Local Governments & Public Enterprises, Veles, Republic of North Macedonia
Zoran Jankulovski Slavko Lazovski
Presenter(s):

Paper: State budgeting accounting system creation.
Author(s):
George Allen, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Presenter(s):

Paper: Political economy insights to multi-level government financing mechanisms in Hungary
Author(s):
Judit Kalman, HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Budapest, Hungary
Presenter(s):

Programme:
Opening
Annual report of activities
Financial report
Future plans
Elections
Other
Discussions

Paper: Governance, cities and new ICTs: E-democracy in European urban contexts
Author(s):
Giovanni Tocci, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
Presenter(s):

Paper: The problems of interaction between municipalities and non-govrenmental organizations in Lithuanian municipalities: View from the social models
Author(s):
Arvydas Guogis, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Arvydas Guogis and Andrius Stasiukynas
Presenter(s):

Paper: From doorstep to city hall and back: Participatory practices in Bucharest, Eindhoven, Košice, and Ljubljana
Author(s):
Laurens De Graaf, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands
Daniel Klimovsky, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Diana - Camelia Iancu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Daniel Klimovsky, Uros Pinteric, Diana – Camelia Iancu
Presenter(s):

Paper: Opportunity of the next step for the management information systems in administration: A technological or a sociocultural matter?
Author(s):
Florin Ionita, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Ioan Radu Cleopatra Sendroiu
Presenter(s):

Paper: Ex-ante evaluation of e-government projects: Which method to use?
Author(s):
Tina Jukic, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mirko Vintar
Presenter(s):

Paper: Wiki as a knowledge database in public administration: The service of public administration legislation advice as developed in the context of Slovenia
Author(s):
Mitja Decman, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Presenter(s):

Paper: K- government – Taking e-government on the next level
Author(s):
Yana Stoeva, Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Lina Stoeva
Presenter(s):

Paper: Emotional and partnership intelligence of the team’s members in the administrative activities of the public entities or institutions
Author(s):
Mimoza Bogdanoska Jovanovska, University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bitola, Republic of North Macedonia
Senior Lecturer Gheorghe Săvoiu, PhD Mimoza Bogdanoska Jovanovska, MA
Presenter(s):

Paper: Sustainability of governance and civil service reform in Albania
Author(s):
Eralda Methasani Cani, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
Eralda (Met-Hasani) Cani
Presenter(s):

Discussion in the WG about the continuation 2010 and priority topics (facilitation Hans Rieger, Patrycja Suwaj).

Paper: Restoring professionalism: What can public administration learn from social psychology?
Author(s):
Iwona Sobis, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Michiel de Vries, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Michiel S. de Vries
Presenter(s):

Paper: The risks of hybrid organisations: Expectations and evidence
Author(s):
Taco Brandsen, EAPAA (European Association for Public Administration Accreditation), Enschede, Netherlands
Taco Brandsen Philip Karré Jan-Kees Helderman
Presenter(s):

Paper: Quality management and citizens satisfaction - selected practice of Czech public administration
Author(s):
David Špaček, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Svatava Nunvarova
Presenter(s):

Paper: Public administration reform in the countries on transition view from change management process perspective
Author(s):
Witold Mikulowski, Polish Association for Public Administration Education, Gdansk, Poland
Presenter(s):

Paper: Performance measurement in the public sector at national and local levels –some applications to Slovenia
Author(s):
Aleksander Aristovnik, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Presenter(s):

Paper: Local taxes: Theory and the practice
Author(s):
Gabor Kovacs, Szechenyi Istvan University, Gyor, Hungary
Mihaly Lados, HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Budapest, Hungary
Presenter(s):

Paper: State regulation of human resources development and public sector employees qualification improvement in Central and Eastern Europe
Author(s):
Eugenijus Chlivickas, Training Centre of the Ministry of Finance, Vilnius, Lithuania
Presenter(s):

Paper: New experience and particularities of training of public servants in strategic planning on central, regional and local level
Author(s):
Valeriy Tertychka, National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", Kyiv, Ukraine
Presenter(s):

Paper: The quality of preparation of public administration employees and managers in the context of current reforms in Russia
Author(s):
Vera Menshova, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation
Presenter(s):

Paper: Managerial skills and administrative capacity
Author(s):
Pavlina Yamukova, Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", Varna, Bulgaria
Presenter(s):

Guided tour to Kotor

15:00 – Departure by buses from the Hotel “Splendid”

-         Sightseeing Kotor

-         Boat trip to Perast, around islands Sveti Đorđe and Gospa od Škrpijela, Tivat

18:30 - Arrival by buses from Tivat to the Hotel “Splendid”