CONFERENCE 2013
Preliminary conference structure
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
09.30 – 11.00 / 15.30 - 18.00 Pre-conference Programme for Young Researchers: "How to improve your paper”
14.00 – 19.00 Steering Committee meeting
17.30 – 19.00 EAPAA Site Visit team members training
Chairs: Theo van der Krogt, Taco Brandsen
Thursday, May 16, 2013
9.00 – 11.00 Opening plenary session
Chair: Mirko Vintar, NISPAcee President
Mirko Vintar, NISPAcee President
Serbian representatives:
Nikola Selakovic, Minister of Justice and Public Administration
Vladimir Bumbasirevic, Rector of the University of Belgrade
Milan Martic, Dean of the Faculty of Organizational Sciences
Mirjana Drakulic, Chair of the organizing committeeUNDESA (United Nations Department of Social Affairs) representative to be confirmed
Theo van der Krogt, EAPAA General Secretary (European Association for Public Administration Accreditation), Enschede, Netherlands
Taco Brandsen, EGPA Steering Committee representative (European Group of Public Administration), Brussels, Belgium
Michiel de Vries, IASIA President (International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration), Brussel, Belgium
Stephen E. Condrey, President-Elect of ASPA (American Society for Public Adminitration), Washington DC, United States
Ethel
Williams,Vice President of
NASPAA (National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration), Omaha, United States
Alena Brunovska Award Ceremony and presentation of a paper by a winner Calin Hintea, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Science, Babes-Bolyai University, topic: Public administration
schools in CEE: Strategic choices for the future
Mzia Mikeladze Award Ceremony
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break
11.30 - 13.00 Serbian panel (preliminary programme to be confirmed)
Moderator: Dragoljub Kavran
Topics and speakers:
· Regulatory reform in Serbian administration, Dobroslav Milovanovic, Belgrade University, Faculty of Law
· Reform of Serbian public administration, Vladana Jovic, Deputy Minister for Justice and Public Administration
· International cooperation of schools and institutions for administration, Mirjana Drakulic, Belgrade University, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 16.00 Working Groups Sessions 1
16.00 –16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00 Working Groups Sessions 2
18.00 – 20.00 Welcome cocktail, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
Friday, May 17, 2013
9.00 – 10.30 Working Groups Sessions 3
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 - 12.30 Panel Sessions and Forums I
· General Session 1
· Colloquium of Practitioners Session 1
14.00- 15.30 Working Groups Sessions 4
15.30 –16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.00 Panel Sessions and Forums II.
· General Session 2
· Colloquium of Practitioners Session 2
· ReSPA Panel
The presentation: 'The Capacity Needs Assessment of the WB Public Administrations - study conducted by ReSPA'
· EAPAA Panel – How to prepare for accreditation
17.15 – 18.15 Business Meeting
Agenda:
· Report of activities 2012
· Financial report
· Future plans
· Elections
· Other
19.30 – 21.00 Dinner, Hotel M
Saturday, May 18, 2013
9.00 –11.00 Working Groups Sessions 5
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break
11.30 – 13.00 Closing Plenary Session
11.30 - 12.30 Round Table on the Main Conference Theme
Moderators:
Profiroiu Marius, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Faculty of Management, Bucharest, Romania
Palne Kovacs Ilona, Centre for Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Trans-Danubian Research Institute, Pecs, Hungary
Chair: Mirko Vintar, NISPAcee President
· Closing – Awards Ceremony – Merit Awards, Comparative paper, The Best conference paper by a PhD student
· Invitation for the next year conference 2014
15.00 – 18.00 Sightseeing tour - guided tour through the city center of Belgrade (time to be confirmed)
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