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30th NISPAcee Annual Conference 2022
organized in cooperation with
the Faculty of Business and Public Administration of the University of Bucharest
Deadline for application with paper proposals is January 24, 2022
Main Conference Theme:
Crises, Vulnerability and Resilience in Public Administration
Term: June 2 - 4, 2022
Venue:University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Format: Planned as a physical conference with an opportunity to present online. (The final decision will be taken by the NISPAcee Steering Committee in February 2022 according to the development of the Covid -19 pandemics.)
Call for papers and the on-line application with paper proposals will be opened by the December 22, 2021 with a deadline for paper submissions January 24, 2022.
Online registration for the conference will be opened in February 2022.
The
Mzia Mikeladze PhD Thesis Award aims to promote research by young scholars on
public administration and public policy in the NISPAcee region.
Nominations to
be submitted by extended deadline: January 31, 2022.
Nominations
can be made by the NISPAcee member institution where the thesis
has been defended.
29th NISPAcee Annual Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Date: October 21-23, 2021
Main theme of the conference: "Citizens' Engagement and Empowerment - The Era of Collaborative Innovation in Governance"
Organised in cooperation with Faculty of Public Administration, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
200 participants from 40 countries participated in the 29th NISPAcee Annual Conference.
At this NISPAcee annual conference in 2021 were presented papers that invigorated discussion about possible ways of citizens' empowerment in the CEE region, in connection to its developments/tradition, governance practices, regulatory framework, financial capacity, public policy, digitalisation processes, human resource management and public administration itself.
Mzia Mikeladze PhD Thesis Award 2020 presented to
Petra Durman, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, for her PhD thesis:The Influence of Organisational Variables on the Process and the Results of Participation in Public Administration.
Mzia Mikeladze PhD Thesis Award 2021 presented to
Zoltán Török, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary, for his PhD thesis: Understanding Large Scale Policy Change / National Policy Reform Under External Constraints.
NISPAcee Best Graduate Student Paper Award presented to
Steven Nõmmik, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia for his paper: Cross-organisational collaboration management of digital innovation in the public sector – the case of the Estonian Employment Register
Award for the Best Comparative Paper Presented at the 29th NISPAcee Annual Conference presented to
Katarína Staroňová, Comenius University, Slovakia and
Marek Rybár, Masaryk University, Czech Republic for their paper: Still Hiding in the Shadows? Political Advisers in Central and Eastern Europe
The Business Meeting was held during the NISPAcee Annual Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia on October 22, 2021. Three NISPAcee Steering Committee members were re-elected for their second term in the SC:
Calin Hintea, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania,
Juraj Nemec, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic,
Eka Akobia, Caucasus School of Governance, Caucasus University, Georgia.
Theme: Bureaucratic Transformations: Longitudinal Perspectives on Local and (Supra)National Public Administration on Local and (Supra)National Public Administration
Term: 24-25 February 2022, Bergen, Norway
Format: The conference will be organized using a
hybrid format whereby participants can either join us in person in Bergen or
participate digitally through Zoom (digital participants will receive a Zoom link upon payment of the registration fee).
Organized jointly by NISPAcee and EGPA in cooperation with Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen
Participants can submit their appplication for participation before the EXTENDED deadline of 31 December 2021.
The
NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy is currently accepting
manuscripts for publication in the next issue.
Online system for paper submissions: "Submission
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The final Intellectual Output IO8 of the NISPAcee PAQUALITY project has been finalized and published. This output represents a comprehensive overview and summary of
the findings and knowledge gained and experience resulting from the
activities of the PAQUALITY project launched between 2018 - 2021 by
NISPAcee in cooperation with major partners, namely EAPAA, Masaryk
University, Corvinus University of Budapest, Ljubljana University,
Babes-Bolyai University and other HEIs from the new member states.
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NISPAcee promoted the development of new, multidisciplinary public-policy and management teaching programmes and of new research projects. There was a basic need to have access to Western social science and practical experienc¬es and NISPAcee established East-West personal contacts, organised meetings, workshops and conferences
Gyorgy Jenei, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Public Policy and Management at Corvinus University, Hungary, p. 49
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I would like to highlight the cooperation has been in development of United Nations Public Administration Network- UNPAN, of which NISPAcee became one of the first institutional members
Haiyan Qian, Director of the Division for Public Administration and Development Management, United Nations, p. 350
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the NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy; this important step marks the third milestone in the life of NISPAcee
Mirko Vintar, Professor of Administrative Information Systems and E-government at the Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, p.30
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Several joint events have taken place brought NISPAcee and IASIA members together. These include two very successful semi¬nars in China. The first of these occurred in 2010 in Beijing and the most recent one took place in Guangzhou in 2012
Allan Rosenbaum, Professor of Public Administration, Director of the Institute for Public Management and community Service at Florida International University, United States, p. 356
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NISPAcee is not only an institution, but a living community which continues to make a positive and significant difference to create a better Europe in a better world
Geert Bouckaert, professor of Public Management at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, The Netherlands, p. 360
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NISPAcee has done all that a professional community should – carried out its projects effectively and given identity, collegiality and visibility to its members. It has clearly moved what may have been isolated individual scholars and schools into a stronger, mutually reinforcing network
Michael Brintnall, Executive Director of the American Political Science Association, United States p. 367
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NISPAcee is an important forum for the exchange of experiences, knowl¬edge and new ideas in the public administration domain in the region
Gyorgy Jenei, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Public Policy and Management at Corvinus University, Hungary, p. 20
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NISPAcee today is extremely successful from the point of view of “academic” outputs – it would be difficult to find any other international organization with so many publications issued in a relatively short time and with so many academic activities
Juraj Nemec, Professor of Public Finance and Public Management at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, Czech Republic, p. 386
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NISPAcee has had a decisive role in public administration education – including public law, public economics, public policy and public management – in the region as it has developed strategic and action oriented partnerships with academicians and practitioners of modern democracies
Gyorgy Jenei, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Public Policy and Management at Corvinus University, Hungary, p. 21
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It is very good that the mission of NISPAcee gives prominence to excellence in research, to the implementation of international standards in the achievement of research projects and to the promotion of theoretically-sound, practice-oriented MA / BA programmes and doctoral studies.
Jacek Czaputowicz, Head of the Methodology of European Studies Unit at the European Institute, Warsaw University, Poland, p. 385
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Anyone who has been exposed to the development of the field of public-administration education and training in Central and Eastern Europe will recognize and understand the importance of NISPAcee to the development of public-administration education and training in the region
Allan Rosenbaum, Professor of Public Administration, Director of the Institute for Public Management and community Service at Florida International University, United States, p. 354
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NISPAcee has modelled in itself the kinds of success and contributions to public service that it is seeking to further in its members. It has built strong and motivational social bonds among leaders in public-service education and broken down regional barriers to cooperation. It has planted the seeds for good scholarship and significantly advanced the quality of policy analysis in the region.
Michael Brintnall, Executive Director of the American Political Science Association, United States, p. 367-368
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IIAS and NISPAcee address the challenges of public administration in different geographic regions and environments, but both are striving to make a contribution for improving public administration; to create a forum where academics and practitioners meet and discuss the emerging problems to find common solutions
(Rolet Loretan, General Director of the International Institute of Administrative Science, Belgium, p.374)
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NISPAcee has contributed to a unique transformation without any historical precedents. It means that NISPAcee has had to cope with unique challenges of the changing politico-administrative requirements
Gyorgy Jenei, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Public Policy and Management at Corvinus University, Hungary, p. 41
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NISPAcee is one of the leading organisations in the domain of public administration that has a large network in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Republics. In the 20 years of its history, the organisation was able to produce results, make significant contributions to the area of public-administration research and excel in many areas of their work
Rolet Loretan, General Director of the International Institute of Administrative Science, Belgium, p. 374
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NISPAcee has become one of the most important producers of knowledge and information about political institutional and ad¬ministrative development throughout Central and Eastern Europe
Allan Rosenbaum, Professor of Public Administration, Director of the Institute for Public Management and community Service at Florida International University, United States, p. 355
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I am not afraid to say that NISPAcee is one such framework, which for a long period, on many occasions together with the United Nations Department of Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM), relentlessly worked to help enhance the role, prestige, performance and professionalism of the public service
Haiyan Qian, Director of the Division for Public Administration and Development Management, United N , p. 350
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NISPAcee is always ready to help in the initial phase of exchange of contacts and information. But NISPAcee is active on the highest stage creating bilateral and multilateral institutionalised partnerships as well
Gyorgy Jenei, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Public Policy and Management at Corvinus University, Hungary, p. 49
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NISPAcee’s annual conferences not only are interesting for public-administration researchers, but also for those who are (more) involved in public-administration teaching (the reason of existence of most, if not all, NISPAcee members)
(Theo van der Krogt, Secretary – general at European Association for Public Administration Accreditation, The Netherlands, p. 371)
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Many of the NISPAcee “core” members served and serve in top positions on the level of national governments
Juraj Nemec, Professor of Public Finance and Public Management at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, Czech Republic, p. 387
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The Steering Committee elected Calin Hintea the new NISPAcee President for two years term.
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