Invitation
The 23rd NISPAcee Annual Conference
May 21-23, 2015, Tbilisi, Georgia
organised in cooperation with the Caucasus University, Tbilisi, Georgia
The Main Conference Theme: Insourcing and/or outsourcing: How do they contribute to the public administration reform?
The annual conferences of NISPAcee focus on a significant theme, which facilitates a better understanding of important issues regarding the administrative development and policymaking capacity in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The conferences include experts, scholars and practitioners who work in the field of public administration in Central and Eastern Europe (including all countries covered by NISPAcee's membership, the Russian Federation, Caucasus and Central Asia), as well as from many other regions and countries of the world.
The focus of the 23rd NISPAcee conference is on the evaluation of the concept of outsourcing (or externalisation, in broader terms), its successes, failures and challenges, with the focus on the conditions of transitional countries in the NISPAcee region. Theoretical papers from various perspectives, assessing the concept of outsourcing and its environment in the NISPAcee region, but especially empirical studies on processes and results, are invited.
Working Groups and Sessions
Main Conference Theme
General Session
Working Groups:
I. Working Group on Local Government
II. Working Group on e-Government
III. Working Group on Integrity in Public Governance
IV.Working Group Public Administration Reform
V. Working Group on Regional Development and Inter-regional Cooperation
VI. Working Group on Public Finance and Public Finance Management
VII. Working Group Public Policy Analysis Development Issues
VIII. Working Group on Public Administration Education
IX. Working Group on Local Public Policies
X. Working Group on Transition, Change and Uncertainty
XI. Working Group on Islamic Public Administration
Panel on Open Government
Panel on Health Systems in Transition: Problematic Politics of Raising Revenue and Delivering Health Care
CONFERENCE DEADLINES
-Selection results on Applications with the Paper Proposals: November 30, 2014
-Conference online registration (obligatory for all paper presenters): March 31, 2015 CET 24:00
-Conference payments (obligatory for all paper presenters): April 10, 2015
-Submission of the final paper: April 10, 2015
-Extended conference online registration (with after-deadline fee 100€ / only for participants without papers): April 29, 2015
-Conference payments for extended conference online registrations (with after-deadline fee 100€ / only for participants without papers): May 4, 2015
All details on the conference page: www.nispa.org/conference2015
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