CALL FOR REGIONAL CONFERENCE

Building Democratic Governance on the basis of EU Administrative Principles in the Caucasus Region

 

Date: March 5, 2015

Venue: Caucasus University, 10 A. Politkovskaya Str., 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia 7th Floor, Professor Mzia Mikeladze Conference Room

Project: Capacity Building of Caucasus Academic PA Programmes on the basis of EU Administrative Principles

Supported by: International Visegrad Fund, www.visegradfund.org

Coordinator: NISPAcee - The Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe, www.nispa.org
Caucasus institutional partners:	V4 individual partners:
LTD Caucasus University , Georgia Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, Armenia Khazar University, Azerbaijan	Juraj Nemec, Slovak Republic Gyorgy Gajduschek, Hungary David Spacek, Czech Republic

 

Target group / eligible participants from Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia:

- Universities, academic staff: PA programme lecturers, trainers, researchers,

- Students: advanced MA level students working in the sphere of Governance & Public Administration & potential PhD students,

- PA officials,

- Representatives of civil society organisations,

- The media

 

 

Programme:

9:00 – 9:30	CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
9:30 – 11:00	WELCOME AND OPENING
	KEYNOTE SPEECHES
	- Building Democratic Governance in the EU, especially in EU New Member States
	- Building Democratic Governance on the basis of EU Administrative Principles in the Caucasus Region
	- The Role of Education in Building Democratic Governance
	- Discussion
11:00 – 12:00	QUALITY, EVALUATION AND ACCREDITATION OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES
	- Higher Education System in the EU
	- Quality Assesment, Evaluation and Accreditation Systems in the EU - European and Worldwide Accreditation of Public Administration Programmes (EAPAA, CIAPA)
	- Discussion
12:00 – 12:30	Break
12:30 – 14:00	PRESENT STATUS AND CHALLENGES FOR CAUCASUS ACADEMIC PA PROGRAMMES
	Higher Education in Public Administration in: - Georgia
	- Armenia
	- Azerbaijan
	- Discussion
14:00 – 14:15	MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
14:15 – 14:30	ROLE OF NETWORKING CLOSING
14:30 – 15:30	Lunch break
15:30 – 17:00	Individual consultations on curricula development of PA programmes with project experts based on request (collected within the morning session)

 

Working language: English

 

Participation fee: The participation of the selected participants is free-of-charge.

 

 

Support for selected participants from Azerbaijan:

The travel costs of selected participants from Azerbaijan can be reimbursed (by bank transfer) up to a maximum of 250 Euro based on the request and original financial documents (to be submitted by 10.3.2015 at the latest).

The accommodation for selected participants from Azerbaijan for max 2 nights on March 4-6, 2015 will be arranged and covered by the organisers through the V4 grant.

 

Support for selected participants from Armenia:

For selected participants from Armenia there will be a minibus service leaving from the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, 123, O.Emin, Yerevan, Armenia on March 4, 2015 at 10:00. After the conference the minibus will leave from Caucasus University, returning to Yerevan on March 5, 2015 at 15:30.

The accommodation for selected participants from Armenia for max 1 night on March 4-5, 2015 will be arranged and covered by the organisers through the V4 grant.

 

Support for selected participants from Georgia (living at a distance of more than 100 km from Tbilisi):

The travel costs (by public means) of selected participants from Georgia can be reimbursed (by bank transfer) up to 50 Euro based on the request and original financial documents (to be submitted by 10.3.2015 at the latest).

The accommodation for selected participants from Georgia for 1 night on March 4-5, 2015 will be arranged and covered by the organisers through the V4 grant.

 

Application process:

If you are interested please send the following info:

Name, title:

Position:

Institution, department:

Address, country:

E-mail:

Phone:

Request for support: Yes / No

If yes – please supply information on travel costs

 

Deadline for applications: February 18, 2015

As the number of possible participants is limited, applications will be accepted based on the available funds, relevance and date of submission. All applicants will be informed about the selection results ASAP.

 

Contact:

Ms. Irena Melua, Caucasus University, imelua@cu.edu.ge

Ms. Elena Zakova, NISPAcee, zakova@nispa.org