The panel aims to discuss and review the practices of the Policy Planning and Coordination (PDC) Systems, as a horizontal pilar of good public administration. Main The focus of the panel is on practices of how policy planning and coordination is organised in NISPAcee countries and what the main implications, challenges and opportunities are. The scope of this panel goes beyond simple policy analysis methods and, in addition, concentrates on institutional, procedural, technical and capacity related issues on policy planning and coordination, regarding methodologies for situation analysis, results-oriented thinking, data generation and analysis, impact assessments, monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), standardised reporting, etc. in the public sector.
Policy Development and Coordination is one of the 6 pillars of the European Principles of Public Administration. The idea of European Administrative Space (EAS) largely stands on these principles. The degree of their application in practice is seen by the European Union as an indication of the capacity of the national public administration of a candidate country to effectively implement the acquis. Considering that such a systematic approach to PDC only appeared in 2014, the panel will bring together academicians and practitioners to discuss main patterns, challenges and achievements in this regard in terms of the national PDC process as well as in terms of the EU integration process for some NISPAcee countries and beyond. The panel will also build on the European Public Administration Country Knowledge (EUPACK) research project – an initiative that enhances knowledge and understanding of the status and reform dynamics of public administration in EU member states.
This is the second consecutive year the panel is being organized in the frame of the NISPAcee annual conference. This year’s panelcalls for theoretical papers as well as papers describing practical experiences on the application of horizontal policy development and coordination practices in the national public administration system, covering, but not limited, to the following topics:
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Challenges and best practices of regulating and standardizing government’s policy planning, monitoring, and evaluation systems.
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Experience of coordination and hierarchy of a central, sectoral and institutional policy planning, monitoring and evaluation
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Approaches to quality of legislative drafting, regulatory management and co-ordination especially vis a vis acquis transposition.
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Practical solutions and best practices of NISPAcee countries in PDC.
Potential or Invited participants:
Scholars in Public Administration, Practitioners in National Public Administrations, International Consultants in the area of Good Governance; International Organisations, promoting European Principles of Public Administration and Good Governance.
Expected Results:
Conference papers and journal publications; Increased peer exchange among practitioners and academics of the NISPAcee countries and beyond; Topic sensitized for further academic research; Increased knowledge of the PDC as such, and Enhanced Network.
From participants of this panel full paper is required before the conference.
Deadline of full paper submission is 10th of May 2023.
You can find manuscript guidelines on THIS LINK.