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Central European Public Administration Review accepted for inclusion in Scopus

Central European Public Administration Review - new issue has been published

Call for applications for Public Sector Innovation and eGovernance MA programme

UNPAN Partners’ Newsletter July – August – September 2023

INVITATION:KosovaPAR2023 Conference on PAR for an Agile and Resilient Governance

DPIDG/DESA and the International Budget Partnership (IBP) Handbook for Auditors

CEPAR new issue Vol 21 No1 (2023)

Call for papers for EGPA 2023 Conference, Zagreb, Croatia, 5-7 September 2023

Freedom House NEW REPORT: Global Freedom Declines for 17th Consecutive Year

Call for PIONEER (Public Sector Innovation and eGovernance) application

NISPAcee e-publications available on the web-site

NISPAcee e-publications available on the web-site

NISPAcee Journal in Clarivate Analytics (former Thomson Reuters)

The NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy is listed in Clarivate Analytics (former Thomson Reuters): Emerging Sources Citation Index and Web of Science.

NISPAcee Journal in Scopus

The NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy

is listed in SCOPUS. CiteScore 2022: 2,4; SNIP 2022: 0,875; SRJ: 0,336
 

The NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy is ranked in The Journal Impact Factor Quartile Q3 within field of public administration.

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Trans-European Dialogue TED2024

The Trans-European Dialogue TED2024 Conference on the topic: Digital governance in the age of AI: evolving policies, regulations, and practices was held on 7-8 March 2024, in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

It was organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, in cooperation with NISPAcee and EGPA.
 

March 8, 2024

NISPAcee Mourns the Loss of its Former President, Gyorgy Jenei

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our Former President Gyorgy Jenei, Professor Emeritus and Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, on February 4, 2024. He served in the NISPAcee Steering Committee in 2007 - 2013, and as the NISPAcee President in 2008 - 2010 and 01/2012 – 05/2012. We are mourning the loss of our friend and professional colleague, who made an incredible contribution to the field of public administration and policy. In all his capacities he was also a constant contributor to NISPAcee’s development and helped achieve the organisation’s international recognition not only in the region, but world-wide.

February 9, 2024

REGISTRATION for 32nd NISPAcee Annual Conference 2024 is OPEN!

 
The conference is organized in cooperation with the Caucasus University, Tbilisi, Georgia
 

We are pleased to invite you to register for the 32nd NISPAcee Annual Conference 2024, that includes activities and research on various topics of Public Administration.

Term and place: May 23rd – 25th of 2024, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Deadline for registration of presenters, chairs and coordinators: April 10, 2024.
Deadline for registration: May 05, 2025.

You can see more information at: conference webpage.

December 14, 2023

Review of the UNDESA/IASIA Standards of Excellence for PA Education and Training

Review of the Standards of Excellence for Public Administration Education and Training
adopted in 2008 is organized by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA).
 
NISPAcee representatives Calin Hintea, NISPAcee Immediate Past President and Ludmila Gajdosova, NISPAcee Executive Director participate in the UNDESA/IASIA Task Force appointed for the Review. First online meeting of the Task Force was held on April, 18, 2023.
 
Europe Regional Workshop on the Review of the Standards of Excellence for Public Administration Education and Training was held online on October 5, 2023. Updated Standards will be published by the end of 2024.
 
 

October 6, 2023

EAPAA Board Meeting and General Meeting 2023

The EAPAA (European Association for Public Administration Accreditation) Board and General meetings were held in Zagreb, Croatia within the EGPA Annual Conference 2023 on September 7, 2023.
 
Prof Gyorgy Hajnal, Corvinus University, Hungary (former NISPAcee President) was elected the new Chair of the EAPAA Board. EAPAA Board members representing NISPAcee Juraj Nemec (NISPAcee Steering Committee member) and Ludmila Gajdosova (NISPAcee Executive Director) participated in the meetings as well.


September 15, 2023

Report: Summary Report of the The 31st NISPAcee Annual Conference


The 31st NISPAcee Annual Conference

REPORT

Main Conference Theme:
THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ENABLED THROUGH EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Term: May 25-27, 2023
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Organized in cooperation with
the National Academy for Public Administration in Serbia





June 21, 2023

The ASPA International Public Administration Award 2023

The AWARD was presented to the NISPAcee President Calin Hintea on March 22, 2023 by the the Award Committee: Chair James Perry, ASPA President Allan Rosenbaum, ASPA International Director Pan Suk Kim and ASPA International Director Bill Shields. The Award Ceremony was held online within ASPA’s 2023 Annual Conference International Assembly (American Society for Public Administration).
 

March 23, 2023

Mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals in the Curricula of PA Schools

The Presidential Summit on "Mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Curricula of Schools of Public Administration” organized by UNDESA was held online, via Zoom, on 27 February, 2023. The NISPAcee President Calin Hintea and the NISPAcee Executive DirectorLudmila Gajdosova participated in the Summit.

 

March 10, 2023

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NISPAcee is perceived as a major partner in the region of Eastern Europe and in the European Neighbourhood

Rolet Loretan, General Director of the International Institute of Administrative Science, Belgium, p. 374

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NISPAcee has had a decisive role in public administration education – including public law, public economics, public policy and public management – in the region as it has developed strategic and action oriented partnerships with academicians and practitioners of modern democracies

Gyorgy Jenei, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Public Policy and Management at Corvinus University, Hungary, p. 21

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NISPAcee has also helped to build bridges and networks among academicians and practitioners in the CEE region and the West

Gyorgy Jenei, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Public Policy and Management at Corvinus University, Hungary, p. 19

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NISPAcee is not only an institution, but a living community which continues to make a positive and significant difference to create a better Europe in a better world

Geert Bouckaert, professor of Public Management at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, The Netherlands, p. 360

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What has been important for me personally is that NISPAcee was a platform to make good friends. That is why I would like to wish NISPAcee to continue being a platform for creating international friendships between its members. I have learned a lot from you, and I am sure that our discussions helped to build my personality and my personal skills and I know wherever fate puts us, we will always remain good friends.

Barbara Kudrycka, Minister of Science and Education, Poland, p.347-348

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NISPAcee is specific among the Public Administration societies of the world in that it always had a remedial, or melioristic, element as well, i.e. the role to improve the academic standards of Public Administration as a scholarly discipline in the former Second World

Wolfgang Drechsler, Professor and Chair of Governance at the Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, p. 378

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NISPAcee has become a prominent core organization for those specifically concerned with Central and Eastern Europe

Gyorgy Jenei, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Public Policy and Management at Corvinus University, Hungary, p. 19

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the NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy; this important step marks the third milestone in the life of NISPAcee

Mirko Vintar, Professor of Administrative Information Systems and E-government at the Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, p.30

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NISPAcee has modelled in itself the kinds of success and contributions to public service that it is seeking to further in its members. It has built strong and motivational social bonds among leaders in public-service education and broken down regional barriers to cooperation. It has planted the seeds for good scholarship and significantly advanced the quality of policy analysis in the region.

Michael Brintnall, Executive Director of the American Political Science Association, United States, p. 367-368

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The atmosphere of warmheartedness and the spirit of courtesy, within the context of scientific rigour, always characterised our meetings in NISPAcee and made us not only academic partners but also genuine friends ! A long life to NISPAcee!

Rolet Loretan, General Director of the International Institute of Administrative Science, Belgium, p. 375

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Mzia was very much charmed by the warm and friendly atmosphere in NISPAcee, and she gained many friends during her travels and work for the Association. She had a real sense of being a member of a very large family, and I would like to underline this important achievement of NISPAcee. Her experience from NISPAcee was widely applied in Georgia

Malkhaz Mikeladze, Georgian Ambassador in Mexico, Georgia, p. 341

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IIAS and NISPAcee address the challenges of public administration in different geographic regions and environments, but both are striving to make a contribution for improving public administration; to create a forum where academics and practitioners meet and discuss the emerging problems to find common solutions

(Rolet Loretan, General Director of the International Institute of Administrative Science, Belgium, p.374)

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NISPAcee is one of the leading organisations in the domain of public administration that has a large network in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Republics. In the 20 years of its history, the organisation was able to produce results, make significant contributions to the area of public-administration research and excel in many areas of their work

Rolet Loretan, General Director of the International Institute of Administrative Science, Belgium, p. 374

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NISPAcee is always ready to help in the initial phase of exchange of contacts and information. But NISPAcee is active on the highest stage creating bilateral and multilateral institutionalised partnerships as well

Gyorgy Jenei, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Public Policy and Management at Corvinus University, Hungary, p. 49

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NISPAcee has influenced the development of public administrations in Central and Eastern Europe in many ways and has contributed to a better transfer of knowledge and experience from Western Europe and the USA

Mirko Vintar, Professor of Administrative Information Systems and E-government at the Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, p. 24

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NISPAcee has always demonstrated the value of networking, dialoguing, and experience and information sharing

Haiyan Qian, Director of the Division for Public Administration and Development Management, United N p. 349

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NISPAcee has become one of the most important producers of knowledge and information about political institutional and ad¬ministrative development throughout Central and Eastern Europe

Allan Rosenbaum, Professor of Public Administration, Director of the Institute for Public Management and community Service at Florida International University, United States, p. 355

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NISPAcee promoted the development of new, multidisciplinary public-policy and management teaching programmes and of new research projects. There was a basic need to have access to Western social science and practical experienc¬es and NISPAcee established East-West personal contacts, organised meetings, workshops and conferences

Gyorgy Jenei, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Public Policy and Management at Corvinus University, Hungary, p. 49

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I am not afraid to say that NISPAcee is one such framework, which for a long period, on many occasions together with the United Nations Department of Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM), relentlessly worked to help enhance the role, prestige, performance and professionalism of the public service

Haiyan Qian, Director of the Division for Public Administration and Development Management, United N , p. 350

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Several joint events have taken place brought NISPAcee and IASIA members together. These include two very successful semi¬nars in China. The first of these occurred in 2010 in Beijing and the most recent one took place in Guangzhou in 2012

Allan Rosenbaum, Professor of Public Administration, Director of the Institute for Public Management and community Service at Florida International University, United States, p. 356

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