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| NISPAcee News 2011, Volume XVIII - No. 1 |
January 2011 |
Dear Readers,
We are sending you a new issue of the NISPAcee Newsletter in electronic format.
We hope that you enjoy and welcome this issue and, of course, we would appreciate receiving any feedback on this issue of the e- Newsletter. This will help us to incorporate any suggestions you may have regarding its further improvement.
This issue will provide you with an extensive report of various activities implemented during the winter time. We cordially invite all individuals as well as institutions to contribute to the next issues.
All submissions are welcome at whatever time submitted to the managing editor Mr. Juraj Sklenar, e-mail: sklenar@nispa.org.
Yours sincerely,
Ľudmila Gajdošová, NISPAcee Executive Director
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NISPAcee Announcements
Reports of NISPAcee Activities
News from Other Institutions
Events from Other Institutions
NISPAcee Publications
Other Interesting Publications
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NISPAcee Announcements
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The 19th NISPAcee Annual Conference
 "Public Administration of the Future"
May 19-22, 2011, Varna, Bulgaria
Conference venue: Hotel Melia Grand Hermitage, Golden Sands Resort
Organised in co-operation with Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", Varna, Bulgaria
Online Registration for the conference is open from the start of January till March 31, 2011
All information at: www.nispa.org/conference2011
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Collaboration of NISPAcee with the ICPA-Forum and JCPA
LETTER OF AGREEMENT
Collaboration of NISPAcee with the ICPA-Forum and JCPA
In November 2010 the Letter of Agreement was signed between the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee), the International Comparative Policy Analysis Forum (ICPA-Forum) and the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice (JCPA, Rountledge: Oxford, UK).
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The 4th Trans-European Dialogue
9-11 February, Vienna, Austria, 2011
Law and Public Management Revisited
There are several topics to address for this debate:
1. Theories and Practice of Law versus Management:
2. Law versus Public Management, the reform agenda:
- Legality vs. discretion: the role of courts and the pressure of public managers.
- Deregulation
- Transparency and public administration
- Speeding up administrative proceedings for effectiveness
- The issue of "Better regulation”
3. Institutional issues:
The institutional issues are interrelated with issues of PA reform.
Format of the meetings:
· There’s going to be a limited number of participants (app. 30).
· There is a focus on dialogue and discussions. Therefore, there are no formal
presentations of papers; there are some keynotes to start a debate and participants
contribute with the elements of their research. There is a selection of people based
on research conducted and paper proposals. A selection of these papers will be
published.
· In principle, there is a series of topics to be covered with co-chairs for the debates
after a key note per topic.
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New Role of NISPAcee in EAPAA
EAPAA Organisation
EAPAA was founded in 1999 and was reformed in 2010. EAPAA now has two formal corporate members: the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) and the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee). The member programmes of these organisations can be affiliated to EAPAA.
EAPAA Accreditation
Accreditation is open to all academic level Public Administration programmes in universities and comparable institutes. An institution may apply for accreditation when it thinks it is ready for accreditation of one or more of its programmes.
Accreditation Categories
There are several accreditation categories:
· bachelor programmes
· master programmes
· combined or comprehensive programmes
· executive/mid-career master programmes
Accreditation Services Fees
To cover the costs of the activities of EAPAA, both EGPA and NISPAcee charge EAPAA affiliated programmes a Accreditation Services Fee (EGPA: €400; NISPAcee: € 300). The costs of the accreditation procedure are to be assumed by the programme applying for accreditation. See for details the EAPAA website.
How to apply for affiliation
Applications for affiliation can be sent to the EAPAA secretariat. It is also possible to use the application form on the EAPAA website: (http://www.eapaa.org).
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The NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy
Call for Papers
The NISPAcee Journal is predominantly devoted to public administration and public policy issues in Central and Eastern Europe. The main goal is to publish top quality papers based on own empirical research carried out in Central and Eastern Europe, theoretical papers developing general public administration and public policy theory, or their specific dimensions in the region.
Microsite of the Journal: http://www.nispa.org/journal.php
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NISPAcee MEMBERSHIP
Presently, the NISPAcee enlists 123 Institutional members (from 24 countries), 25 Associate members (from 13 countries), 20 Individual members (from 11 countries).
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Reports of NISPAcee Activities
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SlovakAid project Georgia
 Managing Public Investments at the Municipal Level in Georgia
Supported by: SlovakAid, a Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Programme
The project "Managing Public Investments at the Municipal Level in Georgia" has been implemented by NISPAcee, in co-operation with the Project Partner Institution "The National Association of Local Authorities of Georgia” (NALAG). The project is supported by SlovakAid; began in November 2010, and the project's activities are scheduled to last for a period of one-and-a-half years.
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SlovakAid project Georgia - Preparatory meeting
Managing Public Investments at the Municipal Level in Georgia
Supported by: SlovakAid, a Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Programme
The preparatory meeting, which was the first joint activity, was held at the beginning of December, 2010. The core project team of experts and project management met to jointly discuss the project plan, the coordination of all individual project activities, the timetable and division of roles and responsibilities.
Juraj Nemec, Slovak Project Leading Expert, Giongi Tabatadze, Vice-mayor of Rustavi, Kakha Gurgenidze, Chairman of Rustavi City Council, David Melua, Georgian Project Coordinator / NALAG Executive Director
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Urals International Conference
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY: CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
YEKATERINBURG, Russia
November 25-26,2010
ORGANIZERS and PROGRAMME
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CAG-IASIA-IIAS-NISPAcee-ASPA International Symposium
on "Governmental Response to the Global Financial Crisis"
On November 8 – 13, 2010 Chinese Academy of Governance (CAG) and Guangxi Institute of Public Administration hosted joint CAG-IASIA-IIAS-NISPAcee-ASPA International Symposium on "Governmental Response to the Global Financial Crisis”.
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News from Other Institutions
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Events from Other Institutions
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March 4, 2011 - March 5, 2011
Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe: Before, After, In the process?
Venue: Cracow, Poland
Organizer(s): Institute of European studies and Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University
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March 8, 2011 - March 10, 2011
International Scientific Conference
INNOVATIONS IN MODERN MANAGEMENT
Venue: Krakow - Zakopane, Poland
Organizer(s): Faculty of Management and Social Communication,Jagiellonian University, Poland
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March 8, 2011 - March 10, 2011
Innovations in Modern Management
Venue: Krakow - Zakopane
Organizer(s): Faculty of Management and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University, Poland
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March 11, 2011 - March 11, 2011
12th International Conference "Public Sector Transition: Innovation Prospects"
Venue: St.Petersburg, Russia
Organizer(s): the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University, Russia.
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March 11, 2011 - March 13, 2011
Questioning European Values: (Re)Constructions of Europe
Venue: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Organizer(s): Educational Research Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia & Consortium in Humanities (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Slovenia)
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March 23, 2011 - March 24, 2011
5th Internationa Scientific-Practical Conference
Geopolitics, Geoeconomics and International Relations Problems. NATO and EU Expansion to the East
Venue: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Organizer(s):
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April 1, 2011 - April 1, 2011
Management Theory and Practice:
Synergy in Organisations
Venue: Tartu, Estonia
Organizer(s): Institute of Business Administration of the University of Tartu
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April 21, 2011 - April 23, 2011
VII International Interuniversity Scientific Conference "Russia & Modern World: Problems of Political Development"
Venue: Moscow, Russian Federation
Organizer(s): Institute of Business & Politics
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May 6, 2011 - May 7, 2011
Public Administration, Technology & Innovation
Venue: Tallinn, Estonia
Organizer(s): The Department of Public Administration at Tallinn University of Technology and the journal Halduskultuur - Administrative Culture
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May 26, 2011 - May 29, 2011
Jean Monnet International Conference
Human Security and Security Strategy: Institutions and Policies in a European Perspective
Venue: Kiev, Ukraine
Organizer(s): Dr. Tatyana Malyarenko, Donetsk State University of Management
Prof. Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham
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June 6, 2011 - June 24, 2011
Summer Programme on International Affairs and Multilateral Governance 2011
Venue: Geneva, Switzerland
Organizer(s): Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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June 13, 2011 - June 18, 2011
Annual Conference of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration
Venue: Faculty of Economics of the University of Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
Organizer(s): IASIA
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June 16, 2011 - June 17, 2011
11th European Conference on eGovernment - ECEG 2011
Venue: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Organizer(s): Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana
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June 17, 2011 - June 18, 2011
Political Neutrality of Public Administration in the 21 st Century
Venue: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Organizer(s): Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana
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June 19, 2011 - June 22, 2011
III. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE "e-Governance"
Venue: Sozopol at Black Sea, Bulgaria
Organizer(s): Technical University-Sofia, Bulgaria
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June 19, 2011 - July 3, 2011
1st Summer School of the Faculty of Economics TU of Košice: Policy Making and Politics at the Local Level: V4 countries and other CEE countries in comparative perspective
Venue: Kosice, Slovakia
Organizer(s): Faculty of Economics, Technical University of Kosice
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June 28, 2011 - June 29, 2011
Multinational Conference "Improving the Quality of Public Services "
Venue: Moscow, Russia
Organizer(s): State University – Higher School of Economics
University of Maryland School of Public Policy
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
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NISPAcee Publications
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Other Interesting Publications
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Centralised Purchasing Systems in the EU (2011), SIGMA Papers No. 47
Author(s): Piotr-Nils Gorecki, Valérie Forges
Publisher: OECD
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This study provides a comparative analysis of existing centralised purchasing institutions in selected EU Member States in terms of organisation, coverage, objectives and rationale, financing models, types of framework agreements and call-off systems, as well as the information technology used, and it examines success factors, risks and future challenges.
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The Right to Open Public Administrations in Europe: Emerging Legal Standards, SIGMA Papers No. 46
Author(s): Mario Savino
Publisher: OECD
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The aim of this paper is to explore the most problematic aspects of information access legal regimes and to provide some guidelines to policy makers, including legislators, governments and public administrators. The analysis is based on the comparison of Freedom of Information Acts (FOIAs) and their administrative/judicial enforcement in 14 EU member states and the EU institutions.
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