Panel chairs:
Tina Jukic, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Edoardo Ongaro, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Keith Shaw, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

This Panel represented the fourth type of panel according to the NISPAcee panels’ classifications (informative panels for providing information on a current issue or for disseminating the outcomes of projects, research activities or innovative programmes to Conference participants).

 

Aligned with that, the aims of the Panel were:
o    To present the initial results of the EU-funded project "Co-Production and Co-Governance: Strategic Management, Public Value and Co-Creation in the Renewal of Public Agencies across Europe”.
o    To discuss the challenges in strategic renewal of public administrations across Europe.

 

Two sessions were organised (each 90 minutes long). Within each session, two presentations were given:

 

Session 1:
-    Key Insights from a Literature Review on ‘Downwards Facing’ Models of Strategy in Public Agency Settings (Ferlie et al.)
-    Collaborative Innovation in the Public Sector: Theoretical Background and Practical Implications (Jukić et al.)

 

Session 2:
-    Exploring Strategy Making in ‘non-New Public Management’ Public Services Settings: The Case of European Union Agencies (Ongaro & Ferlie)
-    The Inspiration from Open Government, Public Engagement and Agile Governance: A Case study of the Tax E-filing System Reform in Taiwan (Jung)

 

25 participants attended each of the two sessions and very fruitful discussions provided important input into our work.