WG Programme Coordinators:

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Bernadette Connaughton, University of Limerick, Ireland;
E-mail: Bernadette.Connaughton@ul.ie
Georg Sootla, Tallinn University of Educational Sciences, Estonia;
E-mail: gsootla@tpu.ee
B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburg, USA;
E-mail: bgpeters+@pitt.edu


NISPAcee Project Manager:

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Viera Wallnerova, Email: wallnerova@nispa.org

Report from the meeting of the WG in Ljubljana, May 2006.

In Ljubljana the working group extended its focus on the interaction of politicians and bureaucrats to include issues of coordination and policy advice. A great deal of executive work involves attempting to make government policies more coherent and to govern in a coordinated and effective manner. In all, thirteen papers were presented on themes - including the role and functions of the Office of Prime Minister and Office of President in several CEE countries and the role of special advisers in selected East and Western states. In the forthcoming year the working group will work on the presentation of a revised protocol reflecting principally interest in the roles of elites, functions and coordination processes in the "administration of the summit" of government. The coordinators would welcome the participation of new members interested in these issues.


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Call for papers 2006 for the WG on Politico-administrative Relations