Project "Capacity Building of Caucasus
Academic Public Administration Programmes on the basis of EU Administrative
Principles”
Activity: Project workshop
Date: May 21, 2014
Venue: Budapest, Hungary
The new project"Capacity
Building of Caucasus Academic Public Administration Programmes on the basis of
EU Administrative Principles” supported by the International Visegrad Fundwill help to share the knowledge and
experiences of V4 and Caucasus countries in Public Administration the teaching,
training and research necessary for institutional and administrative capacity
building, based on EU administrative principles, which include the rule of law,
efficiency, effectiveness, openness, transparency, integrity and citizens’
participation. The project outcomes will facilitate the reform processes in the
Caucasus region, preparation for EU integration and regional cooperation and
awareness of the importance of Public Administration performance.
The representatives of the
coordinating institution NISPAcee, Caucasus institutional
partners LTD Caucasus University (Georgia), Russian-Armenian (Slavonic)
University (Armenia), Khazar University (Azerbaijan) and Visegrad
individual partners met for the first time on May 21, 2014 in Budapest, Hungary during the 22nd NISPAcee Annual Conference.
Within the project workshop the leading
project expert, Mr. Juraj Nemec (Slovakia), introduced the developed draft of
the Guidelines for monitoring and analysis of existing PA programmes in Caucasus
and proposed a process for monitoring and evaluation. The representatives of
the Caucasus partners, Mr. Sergi Kapanadze (Georgia), Ms.
Ani Avetisyan (Armenia) and Mr. Mukhtar Hajizade (Azerbaijan),
commented on the proposed guidelines and presented the first monitoring results
from their countries. The preliminary aforementioned results and evaluating
process were discussed by all project partners and it was agreed that the final
guidelines would be developed by the end of May 2014.
In the framework of the discussions
which followed, the project partners discussed the next steps, responsibilities
and timetable for the planned project activities. Ms.
Ludmila Gajdosova invited them to participate in the 22ndNISPAcee Annual conference sessions and to consult on the issue of capacity
building of Public Administration Programmes in the Caucasus region with the main
European actors and experts who participated in the conference.