This Master class is designed for young scholars from the NISPAcee regions who have already written a paper and who want to improve on it. The Master Class is scheduled in such a way as to allow participants to work on their papers for the conference themselves just before the conference. The master class will take place in the conference hotel before the official opening. The class is sponsored by LGI and free of charge for the selected participants.

Based on the applications 12  participants have been accepted for the Master Class.

The Master Class will be conducted by Professor Dr. Michiel de Vries (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands) He is also the chair of working group IV on Public Administration Reform and member of the editorial board of numerous journals in Public Administration and Dr. Marlies Honingh, Assistant Professor (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands). 

Master Class Schedule:

WEDNESDAY,     MAY 18th,  2011                                                           

09.00-10.30 h
- will feature a general presentation by the workshop leader on what constitutes a good paper, as well as discussion how to improve the introduction section of one’s own paper. The participants will get a text by email before May 1^st , which they have to have read before the first meeting.
Meeting room: ORPHEUS

Coffee break: 10:30

10.30-15.00
Participants will after the first meeting with the workshop leader be expected to work on their own introduction and mail the improved texts to the workshop leader before 15.00 to the e-mail addresses: [email protected] and [email protected]

Coffee break: 15:30

15.30 – 18.00
- will consist of individual meetings with the workshop leaders going through the improved texts on the introduction, one by one, discussing the changes made and the changes still necessary. These are 20 minutes sessions each. Given the number of applicants, these sessions will be conducted by either Prof. Dr. Michiel S de Vries, or by Dr. Marlies Honingh.

Meeting room 1: ORPHEUS
Meeting room 2: REZOS

19.30-20.30 h
A general presentation about the structure of conclusions of papers as well as a discussion on how this would apply to the applicants’ papers
Meeting room: ORPHEUS

20.30 until next morning:
Participants will be expected to work on their conclusions section and work further on their improved introduction section and mail the final texts to the workshop leaders before 08.00 h May 19th.

THURSDAY,  MAY 19, 2011

09.00-11.30
will be used for individual meetings between applicants and workshop leaders going through the improved texts on the introduction and of the conclusions. Given the number of applicants, these sessions are divided among Prof. Dr. Michiel S de Vries, or by Dr. Marlies Honingh.
Meeting room 1: ORPHEUS
Meeting room 2: REZOS

Coffee break: 10:00

11.30-13.00 will be used to discuss the improved manuscripts in the group as a whole as well as an evaluation of the course.
Meeting room: ORPHEUS

Master Class is conducted by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Drechsler (TU Tallinn, Estonia), first winner of the Alena Brunovska Award for teaching excellence and recent NISPAcee Steering Committee member. 

Based on the applications 8  participants have been accepted for the Master Class.

Master Class Schedule:

9.00 – 11.00 

will feature a general presentation on what makes a good slide show for the current context. Participants will then be expected to work on their own slide shows and mail them to the workshop leader by 14.00(E-mail: [email protected])

Meeting room: SPARTAK

Coffee break: 10:30

16.00 – 20.00  will consist in going through all slide shows together, one by one, discussing and implementing changes.
Meeting room: SPARTAK

Coffee break: 16:00

THURSDAY,  MAY 19, 2011

9.00 – 13.00

participants will present their papers with the finalized and polished slide shows for final rehearsal.

Meeting room: SPARTAK

Coffee break: 10:00

2nd  Day - MAY 19th - THURSDAY

Thursday, May 19, 09.00-11.30 h will be used for individual meetings between applicants and workshop leaders going through the improved texts on the introduction and of the conclusions Given the number of applicants, these sessions are divided among prof. dr. Michiel S de Vries, or by dr. Marlies Honingh.
Meeting room 1: ORPHEUS
Meeting room 2: REZOS

Thursday, May 19, 11.30-13.00 h will be used to discuss the improved manuscripts in the group as a whole as well as an evaluation of the course.
Meeting room: ORPHEUS

The workshop will inform potential site visit team members on:

· the EAPAA criteria and procedures for accreditation

· the purpose of the site visit and the role of site visit team members

· some pitfalls in conducting a site visit

All conference attendants are welcome, however, a potential academic EAPAA site visit team member:

· is a senior public administration scholar (full or associate professor);

· has more than 5 years of experience in public administration teaching on the master level;

· has preferably experience with programme evaluation and/or accreditation;

· is willing to serve in an EAPAA site visit team abroad (2-3 days) while only the travel and lodging costs are covered;

· has some international experience;

· is speaking English, German or French.

If you want to participate, please send an email to [email protected]!

Welcome  and opening speeches:

Mzia Mikeladze,  NISPAcee President, Caucasus University, Caucasus School of Governance, Tbilisi, Georgia

Anna Nedyalkova, Rector, Varna Free University 'Chernorizets Hrabar', Bulgaria

Tsetska Tsacheva, The President of the National Assembly, Bulgaria (The Congratulatory letter on her behalf will be read by Mrs. Daniela Petrova)  

Meredith A. Newman, American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Immediate Past President, Florida International University, Department of Public Administration, Miami, Florida, Unietd States

Toni Samuel, ASPA Executive Director, Washington DC, United States

Representative of the Local Government and Public Sector Reform Initiative (LGI)/OSI  (to be confirmed), Budapest, Hungary

Panel of the high level Bulgarian representatives on the topics:

New Challenges towards the Bulgarian Public Administration:

Keynote presentation

Presentation: "Performance and Accountability in Times of Economic Crises"

Ceremony of the Alena Brunovská Award for Teaching Excellence in Public Administration

Presentation of the Award by Mzia Mikheladze, NISPAcee President and Ľudmila Gajdošová, NISPAcee Executive Director, to the recipient:

Vass Laszlo, Professor, Budapest School of Communication and Business, Budapest, Hungary

Conference announcements

Paper: Importance of historical conditions for development of local government: Slovakia and Slovenia in comparative perspective
Author(s):
Daniel Klimovsky, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Uros Pinteric, Faculty of Organisation Studies in Novo mesto, Novo mesto, Slovenia
Uroš Pinterič
Presenter(s):

Paper: Path dependency and the reform of local institutions in Poland
Author(s):
Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Presenter(s):

Paper: Responses to the crisis of local autonomy in Estonia: Centralisation vs. multilevel governance perspective
Author(s):
Georg Sootla, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
Sulev Laane, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
Sulev Lääne
Presenter(s):

The main theme of the working group is the further improvement of the established learning platform in several directions:

1. Introducing Transfer Studies in the Platform

In each case , the presenters will study and analyse the conditions under which the showcase might be transferred to other NISPAcee countries. The goal then is to study and analyse the conditions for establishing interest for transferring these cases.

2. Extending the Initial Set of Showcases in the Platform

Extension of the initial set of exemplary cases included in the platform by contributing new innovative cases of using ICT applications in the public administrative domain.

3. Addressing the Main Conference Theme

Snellen Igance, Todorovski Ljupco (The Netherlands, Slovenia): Opening

Paper: Public administration of the future: Taming the paper dragon
Author(s):
Ekaterina Mikhaylova, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation
Presenter(s):

Paper: Whistle-blowing as an element to improve professional ethics of public servants
Author(s):
Maria Batishcheva, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation
Presenter(s):

Paper: Transparency and participation in public administration
Author(s):
Cristina Mihaela Constantinescu, National Agency of Civil Servants, Bucharest, Romania
Adriana Circiumaru, National Agency of Civil Servants, Bucharest, Romania
Adriana Circiumaru
Presenter(s):

Paper: Ethics in public services
Author(s):
Monica Nicolle Dimitriu, National Agency of Civil Servants, Bucharest, Romania
Presenter(s):

Paper: National Integrity Systems and civil service development in some South- Eastern European states. Significant aspects and comparative studies
Author(s):
Ani Matei, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Florin Marius Popa, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Assist. Florin Popa, PhD candidate
Presenter(s):

Paper: Strategies to treat and prevent corruption through increasing local government integrity, efficiency and accountability - Sokolka case study
Author(s):
Patrycja Joanna Suwaj, The Jacob of Paradies University, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
Presenter(s):

The activity of the Working Group IV aims to provide a structured forum on the dynamics of public administration reform in the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Public Administrative Reform is described as any restructuring of the administrative part of the public sector in order to solve organizational and/or societal problems associated with this structure and intended as promoting a professional, merit-based and neutral civil service.

The goals of this year build upon the results reached during the previous meetings of the WG IV members during NISPAcee Annual conferences , first as a Panel in 2007 (in Kiev) and 2008 (Bratislava) and then as a working group in 2009 (Budva) and 2010 (Warsaw).One of the conclusions of the meeting of 2010 is that although many things have improved in the area of PAR in the target region, developments do not go fast enough. Which factors are then responsible for the slowing down of the rhythm of the PAR in the CEECA?

One hypothesis derived from the discussions is that with the joining of the EU, the New EU Member States lost incentives to reform further and the process of PAR stopped. The activity of WGIV this year focuses on gathering research results aiming to test the hypothesis and the preliminary conclusions formulated during the meeting in Warsaw in 2010. The presence of non EU member states in the target region of the WG IV provides both the possibility to test in the role of the EU as incentive in PAR as well as a broad palette of alternative institutional settings where additional factors which can influence reform can be identified .

Paper: Reforming civil service: The study of 12 CIS countries
Author(s):
Munira Aminova, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Aleksey Tikhomirov, Russian Federation
Alexei Tikhomirov
Presenter(s):

Paper: Post EU accession reforms in Central and Eastern European Countries: Who will bother?
Author(s):
Veronica Junjan, University of Twente, AE Enschede, Netherlands
Diana - Camelia Iancu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Diana-Camelia Iancu
Presenter(s):

Paper: Fulfillment of the Madrid criteria through the reforms of the public administrations of the countries from the Western Balkans
Author(s):
Mladen Karadzoski, University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bitola, Republic of North Macedonia
Presenter(s):

Paper: Decentralization of education management: Theoretical and practical issues
Author(s):
Jolanta Urbanovic, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Presenter(s):

For the year 2011 special attention will be paid to the following issues:

· accepting new challenges for the improvement of public servants training, studies and qualification quality in the future;

· new phenomena and problems which will appear in the future;

· development of democratic spirit finds 21^st century values in the process of qualification development.

· how make public administration studies and professional development quality relevant to international standards and current needs;

· the importance of internationalization and networking for teaching and professional development processes;

· sharing new experience accumulated in CEE countries, members of the EU, while improving public servants qualification and organizing teaching and studies;

· international cooperation: its cultivation not only in CEE countries, but also within the EU and Europe focusing on the EU quality parameters;

· how training content of professional development should be relevant to networking determined by the EU enlargement and perspectives of the EU cooperation with Russia and other CIS countries;

· possibilities for application of the experience accumulated by 'old' EU countries as well as the USA or other Western countries in CEE countries;

· opportunities for dissemination and application of Central and Eastern countries experience in Russia and other CIS countries and opportunities for applying experience from Russia and other CIS countries;

· integration of scientific research elements into processes of studies, training and qualification improvement by networking and internationalization;

· necessity to conduct and expand scientific researches in the sector of civil servants and public administration specialists, studies and professional development.

Paper: Transfer of innovation in methodologies for European officials: Follow up on a joint learning path
Author(s):
Ales Svoboda, Institute for Public Administration Prague, Prague 4, Czech Republic
Lukas Jirsa, Institute for Public Administration Prague, Prague 4, Czech Republic
Jirsa Lukas
Presenter(s):

Paper: Fostering the future. Identifying and developing leaders for tomorrow – the case of the Newton programme
Author(s):
Kulli Toomet-Bjorck, Government Office of the Republic of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia
Presenter(s):

Paper: Formation and development of innovation professional competences of young candidates pool for public service: Principles, approaches, methods (experience in specialist training in SAPA)
Author(s):
Tatyana Chernyak, The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russian Federation
Presenter(s):

The Working Group will meet for the first time with the intention of establishing within NISPAcee an economically-oriented Working Group. Financing of public administration is a key factor which influences the functioning of public administration. Today, the vast majority of countries in the region faces a deterioration in public finances and is undergoing various expenditure cuts. It is therefore important to be aware of both the allocation and stabilisation impacts of these cuts. The submitted papers deal with questions such as the impact of different budgetary items on economic growth, public expenditure evaluation and efficiency, tax and debt issues and local government finance. The expected outcome of the first year’s work is a clearly defined research question and methodology for the second year of the WG’s project.

Paper: The welfare state and economic growth?
Author(s):
Lucie Sedmihradska, University of Economics of Prague, Prague , Czech Republic
Vratislav Izak, University of Economics of Prague, Prague , Czech Republic
Presenter(s):

Paper: Fiscal consolidation and the new flat rate individual income tax in Hungary.
Author(s):
Mihaly Hogye, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Presenter(s):

Paper: Public expenditures and economic growth in Bulgaria: Twenty years of experience
Author(s):
Desislava Stoilova, South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Presenter(s):

Paper: Effects of fiscal rules on economic and fiscal performance
Author(s):
Sasa Drezgic, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Vasicek, Davor
Presenter(s):

Paper: Did tax reforms in Slovenia influence foreign direct investment?
Author(s):
Maja Klun, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tatjana Stanimirovic, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Presenter(s):

The Working Group on Public Policy Analysis Development Issues was officially formed in 2010 after organizing several successful panels at NISPAcee conferences in previous years. It brings together international scholars conducting research on various aspects of public policy.
This year, the Working Group has organized panels on policy analysis (practice and theory), perspectives on the policy process, policy design and policy instruments, and evaluation and regulatory impact assessment. Papers will explore transnational spaces, political parties and other actors in the policy process, evaluation and regulatory impact assessment. Country and regional case studies include: Bulgaria, Kyrgystan, the EU, the OECD, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, and Ukraine.

Paper: Instruments of persuasion: The OECD and governance reform
Author(s):
Leslie Pal, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Presenter(s):

Paper: Transnational spaces as challenge for governance
Author(s):
Leif Kalev, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
Mari-Liis Jakobson, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
Mari-Liis Jakobson
Presenter(s):

Paper: Counting with demography: The natural economy of public service management
Author(s):
Walter Bartl, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
Presenter(s):

Paper: Looking ahead: Public decisions under increasing scarcity The case of the Romanian public administration (2007-2009)
Author(s):
Ioana Teodora Bitoiu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Presenter(s):

Paper: Past and future of public administration reform in Bulgaria
Author(s):
Polya Katsamunska, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Presenter(s):

Paper: Innovative approaches for managing municipal property management – problems and challenges in the Bulgarian practice
Author(s):
Kremena Georgieva, Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", Varna, Bulgaria
Presenter(s):

Paper: Sustainable development of Bulgarian municipalities: Opportunities and challenges in the context of the "Europe 2020" strategy
Author(s):
Maria Velikova, Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", Varna, Bulgaria
Presenter(s):

Paper: The Bulgarian experience to introduce european instruments for improving the administrative capacity: The example of “authorized economic operator”
Author(s):
Svetla Mihaleva, Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", Varna, Bulgaria
Svetla Mihaleva, Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", Varna, Bulgaria
Presenter(s):

Paper: Administrative aspects of the conflicts in implementing operational programme “Development of the competitiveness of Bulgarian economy”
Author(s):
Ivanka Bankova, Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", Varna, Bulgaria
Presenter(s):

The panels present comparative studies of cross-national health care reforms during 1990-2010. Structured multi-country research in Central and Eastern Europe creates the base for a book and may improve the success of any health care reform in the region.Health carereform is for this purpose defined as major shifts in:(a) decision-making power over the allocation of resources and (b) the distribution of financial risks in health care funding between as well as within public and private sectors.

Paper: Health reforms in CEE - Czech republic
Author(s):
Marek Pavlik, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Zuzana Kotherová, Charles University, Prague 1, Czech Republic
Ivan Maly, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Zuzana Darmopilová, Ivan Malý
Presenter(s):

Paper: Healthcare reforms: Hungary (1990-2010)
Author(s):
Sandor Gallai, Institute for Public Policy Research, Budapest, Hungary
Presenter(s):

Paper: Bulgaria - country profile regarding healthcare
Author(s):
Milena Vladimirova, Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
George Manliev, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Svetla Mihaleva, Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", Varna, Bulgaria
G.Manliev, .T.Kostadinova, N.Fescieva
Presenter(s):

Paper: HC reforms in Slovakia
Author(s):
Juraj Nemec, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Presenter(s):

Paper: Review and analysis of the healthcare system in Slovenia: 1980-2010
Author(s):
Stanka Setnikar-Cankar, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Veronika Petkovsek, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Veronika Petkovšek
Presenter(s):

Launch of New NISPAcee Working Group

Until now NISPAcee is oriented most to public administration content: policies, evaluations, research, advise, etc. Now the need for (high) quality of educational programmes is growing (in the light of the European Educational Policy), the need for more knowledge on educational technology is growing. We think within NISPAcee there is room for more attention for public administration education as an object for discussion and exchange of ideas. The object of the Working Group is Public Administration Education in its broadest sense (curriculum development, curriculum technology, e-learning, teaching technology, best practices, research on education, quality assurance, modern management of public administration programmes, a.s.o.). Starting in 2012, there will be paper sessions, a training-session, and a session on a new research project about public administration learning outcomes.

Potential participants are all those NISPAcee members that are involved in the management of public administration programmes and/or interested in public administration educational technology. During this first meeting the Working Group will inform the participants about its plans for the future.

EAPAA Advisory Panel

Since 1-1-2011 EAPAA has new statutes. No longer public administration programmes can be member of EAPAA. Instead EAPAA now has two corporate members: EGPA and NISPAcee.

However, the communication between EAPAA and public administration programmes that have interest in accreditation is very important. Therefore EAPAA has an Advisory Panel. All EAPAA affiliated programmes (the former members) explicitly are invited to the Advisory Panel meetings which are organised during the annual NISPAcee conference in May and the annual EGPA conference in September.

During the Advisory Panel meetings information will be given about relevant developments in- and outside EAPAA on accreditation. Advice will be asked from the participants on certain issues, and changes in the EAPAA accreditation criteria and procedures will be explained.

This year the following issues are on the agenda:

1. Institutional accreditation and EAPAA accreditation
2. EAPAA’s internal self-evaluation
3. Internationalisation
4. Competences and learning outcomes
5. New EAPAA website and news service

Paper: An assessment of the impact of past and present policies on regional differences in Romania
Author(s):
Ioana Acsinia, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Presenter(s):

Paper: An unknown past, an uncertain future for Romanian regions
Author(s):
Mihaela Victorita Carausan, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Presenter(s):

Paper: Administration 2.0. A study on the necessity of placing the region as a territorial administrative unit in Romania
Author(s):
Cristi Iftene, Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania
Presenter(s):

Paper: The future of public administration in Romania between centralization and decentralization
Author(s):
Catalin Daniel Dumitrica, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Presenter(s):

Paper: The socio-economic effects of the public administration reforms in the 1990s on local government in Poland
Author(s):
Mariusz Sienkiewicz, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland
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Presenter(s):

Paper: e-democracy in Europe - regulations, challenges, best practices
Author(s):
Kristina Reinsalu, e-Governance Academy, Tallinn, Estonia
Presenter(s):

Paper: A Comparative Review of Three Back-Office Benchmarking Studies
Author(s):
Mimoza Bogdanoska Jovanovska, University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bitola, Republic of North Macedonia
Ljupco Todorovski, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nusa Erman, Ljupco Todorovski
Presenter(s):

Paper: Comparative analysis of e-government strategies of cis countries
Author(s):
Munira Aminova, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Presenter(s):

Paper: Electronic governance, premise for implementation of electronic democracy
Author(s):
Iulia Grigorovici, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Ani Matei, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Ph.D. Professor Ani Matei, Ph.D. Student Iulia Grigorovici
Presenter(s):

Paper: Citizen's charter
Author(s):
Adriana Circiumaru, National Agency of Civil Servants, Bucharest, Romania
Presenter(s):

Paper: Competitiveness of municipal entities as a factor of the oblast economy and entrepreneurship development
Author(s):
Lydia Goverdovskaya, International Market Institute, Samara, Russian Federation
Sergei Perov, International Market Institute, Samara, Russian Federation
Goverdovskaya Lydia, Perov Sergei
Presenter(s):

Paper: Moebius strip in civil service law: On spoils system and bureaucracy in Romania (1990-2010)
Author(s):
Diana - Camelia Iancu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Mihai Ungureanu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Mihai Ungureanu
Presenter(s):

Paper: Civil service in its own perception – research on the functioning of the civil service in Poland
Author(s):
Agnieszka Jezierska, Lech Kaczynski National School of Public Administration, Warsaw, Poland
Marcin Gorski, Lech Kaczynski National School of Public Administration, Warsaw, Poland
Dr. Marcin Gorski
Presenter(s):

Paper: The challenges for civil service in Neo-Weberian State: Case of Lithuania
Author(s):
Oksana Mejere, Vilnius University Siauliai Academy, Siauliai, Lithuania
Rita Toleikiene, Vilnius University Siauliai Academy, Siauliai, Lithuania
Mejere Oksana & Toleikiene Rita
Presenter(s):

Paper: Human resources outsourcing in the municipality administration on the example of municipality of Varna
Author(s):
Alexandra Parashkevova, Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", Varna, Bulgaria
Presenter(s):

Paper: Reframing professionalism as a multi-layered concept in the context of public administration reform
Author(s):
Taco Brandsen, EAPAA (European Association for Public Administration Accreditation), Enschede, Netherlands
Marlies Honingh, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Taco Brandsen, Jan-Kees Helderman, Marlies Honingh
Presenter(s):

Paper: Organizational Reform in a Complex Political and Inter-Governmental Environment
Author(s):
Allan Rosenbaum, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States
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Natalya Kolisnichenko and Allan Rosenbaum
Presenter(s):

Paper: The limits of leadership
Author(s):
Iwona Sobis, Goteborg University, Goteborg, Sweden
Frits Van Den Berg, Patom, Gouda, Netherlands
Michiel de Vries, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Frits van den Berg and Michiel S de Vries
Presenter(s):

Paper: Play the long game – not the logframe – why the EC’s Backbone strategy does not measure up
Author(s):
Ronald G. Young, Goteborg, Sweden
Presenter(s):

Paper: New public administration as statesmanship
Author(s):
Todor Tanev, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Presenter(s):

Paper: New quality creation by promoting participatory approaches to community development
Author(s):
Inesa Vorontchuk, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Brigita Baltaca, BA School of Business and Finance, Riga, Latvia
Brigita Baltaca
Presenter(s):

Paper: Internationalization processes in the context of modern culture governance: Public servant training perspectives
Author(s):
Audrone Pauliukeviciute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
Alvydas Raipa, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
professor Alvydas Raipa
Presenter(s):

Paper: Public administration in Russia: Youth construct the future
Author(s):
Vera Menshova, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation
Presenter(s):

Paper: The development two-level education system for higher professional training of public employees on an example of North-Western Academy of public administration (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Author(s):
Sergey Melkishev, Moscow, Russian Federation
Yelena Shaskolskaya, The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russian Federation
Dr. Elena ShaskolskayaAssociate ProfessorDepartment of History and world politics North-West academy of public administration, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
Presenter(s):

Paper: The relative efficiency of education and R&D expenditures in the new EU member states
Author(s):
Aleksander Aristovnik, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Presenter(s):

Paper: The reform of the public expenses in Romania – expectations and results
Author(s):
Ovidiu Stoica, University "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Iasi, Iasi, Romania
Florin Oprea, University "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Iasi, Iasi, Romania
Seyed Mehdian, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, United States
Presenter(s):

Paper: Monitoring and evaluation of central government public expenditure programs in Ukraine: Current state and needs for improvement
Author(s):
Sergii Slukhai, Taras Shevchenko National University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Kostiantyn Sosnovskyi, Ernst & Young, Kyiv, Ukraine
Presenter(s):

Paper: Anti-crisis financial policy in Russia: Goals, methods and effectiveness.
Author(s):
Liudmila Nikolova, St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Yulia Radionova, St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Kozlovskaya E.
Presenter(s):

Paper: Effectiveness of public expenditures as a new challenge of fiscal policy
Author(s):
Elena Tselishcheva, The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russian Federation
Malutina Larisa
Presenter(s):

Paper: Public Debt and the relation between financial stability and debt in Albania
Author(s):
Doriana Matraku, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
Presenter(s):

Paper: Party influence on policy formation: Powerful or marginal? The case of Kyrgyzstan, 2000-2009
Author(s):
Aida B. Alymbaeva, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Presenter(s):

Paper: Identifying quasi-legitimate actors in the policy-making process: Case Macedonia
Author(s):
Veli Kreci, South East European University, Tetovo, Republic of North Macedonia
Philip Murphy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Philip J. Murphy
Presenter(s):

Paper: The integration of the social policies from Romania in the European social space. Empirical researches and case studies
Author(s):
Ani Matei, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Ilinca Stemat, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Ilinca Stemat, Ph.D. Candidate
Presenter(s):

Programme:

Opening
Annual report of activities
Financial report
Future plans

"NISPAcee - ASPA Memorandum of Understanding"

                   - Document signing ceremony

"NISPAcee - EAPAA Memorandum of Understanding"

                   - Document signing ceremony

Other

Discussions

Paper: How past reforms change the future? Local governance reforms and their impact on mayor’s ability to influence the municipal development
Author(s):
Michaela Batorova, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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Paper: The local referendum in Poland after 20 years of transformation
Author(s):
Monika Sidor, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland
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Paper: Networking of local governments in Europe
Author(s):
Laura Kovacs, University of Pecs, Pécs, Hungary
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Paper: Decentralization of the government in Bulgaria – former decisions, recent reforms, future consequences
Author(s):
Yuliyana Galabinova, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Paper: The place of common law institutions in the system of the state bodies and local governments (the example of courts of aksakals of the Kyrgyz Republic)
Author(s):
Natalia Alenkina, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
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Paper: Developing citizens safety. A joint venture between police and citizens, by the use of software applications.
Author(s):
Catalin Vrabie, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
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Paper: Polish administrative proceedings via e-mail
Author(s):
Artur Modrzejewski, Bialystok University, Bialystok, Poland
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Paper: eGovernment and its policy and projects in Czech territorial self-government
Author(s):
David Špaček, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Paper: Implementation of the performance appraisal system in the Bulgarian public administration
Author(s):
Mariana Dimitrova, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Paper: Improvement of systems for development of the civil servants – key element of effective and modern policy in the field of human resources in public administration
Author(s):
Pavlina Yamukova, Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", Varna, Bulgaria
Asst. P. Yamukova
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Paper: Correlations between job satisfaction and career management in diplomacy A comparative perspective
Author(s):
Simona Sora, Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bucharest, Romania
Armenia Androniceanu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
PhD Professor Armenia Androniceanu, Răzvan Corbos, PhD Professor Assistant
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Paper: The impact of staff from the new member states on management and culture in the European Commission
Author(s):
Carolyn Ban, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Paper: Understanding Public Administration Reforms in Clientalistic Uzbekistan: the Interplay between Law and Social Norms
Author(s):
Rustamjon Urinboyev, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Paper: Reformation of the system of public administration in Ukraine: Problems and strategic priorities
Author(s):
Olena Babinova, Administration of the President of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Paper: Restructuring the state - civil society interaction in Russia: The case study of the socially - oriented NGOs
Author(s):
Zaira Jagudina, University of Skovde, Skovde, Sweden
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Paper: Delegation of power – step towards public engagement or public administration reform mistake?!
Author(s):
Nikoloz Shekiladze, Georgian Institute of Public Affairs, Tbilisi, Georgia
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Paper: Regional personnel policy during the reform of civil service
Author(s):
Olga Khomutova, The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Paper: The ERA(smus) of world-wide public administration studies
Author(s):
Mihaela Victorita Carausan, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
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Paper: Leadership UNESCO chair and future search conference as a method of creating future together
Author(s):
Marina V. Tyasto, Bucharest, Romania
Tyasto M.V., Head of International Relations Department, Siberian Academy for Public Administration (SAPA)
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Paper: Searching for buoy in the deep fiscal waters
Author(s):
Ioana Teodora Bitoiu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Madalina Cocosatu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
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Paper: Labour taxation and personnel expenditure in the Romanian public sector
Author(s):
Maria Andrada Georgescu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Dana Mihaela Mortelmans, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
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Paper: Tendencies of budgetary expenditure management: Challenges of the second wave of crisis in Belarus
Author(s):
Yuri Krivorotko, Bucharest, Romania
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Paper: The Hungarian non-profit sector after the economic crisis
Author(s):
Laszlo Kakai, University of Pecs, Pécs, Hungary
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Paper: Fiscal policy in the republic of Moldova
Author(s):
Eugenia Busmachiu, Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Boris Morozov, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, United States
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Paper: Assessment of public registers in Bulgaria as a single point of information
Author(s):
Iva Yolovska, Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Roumiana Tsankova, Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Roumiana Tsankova
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Paper: Article management control and its standards in budgetary units in self-government-the new challenge of quality in the area of public finances.
Author(s):
Malgorzata Wenclik, Stanislaw Staszic School of Public Administration in Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
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The second part of the Main Conference Theme sessions will be a roundtable discussion, open to all conference participants, by some of the most important and well-known American experts on Public Administration, both distinguished intellectuals and active institutional managers. As United States theory and practice of Public Administration is both in constant, crucial interchange with and quite distinct from its counterparts in the NISPAcee region, yet often agenda-setting and trail-blazing, this roundtable should provide us with a unique and important perspective on how Public Administration will develop in and for the future.

Participants:

Michael Britnall, Executive Director, American Political Science Association (APSA), Washington DC, United States

Meredith Newman, Florida International University, Department of Public Administration, Miami, Florida, United States

Ban Carolyn, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School Public and International Affairs, Pitsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Allan Rosenbaum, Florida International University,  Miami, Florida, United States

Paper: Integration vs. disintegration: Dilemma for the European Union
Author(s):
Donald Fuller, American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
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Paper: Changing world, changing Hungarian taxation policy
Author(s):
Valeria Limpok, Szechenyi Istvan University, Gyor, Hungary
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Paper: Organizational culture of public institutions in Romania
Author(s):
Cornelia Felicia Macarie, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Sorin Dan Sandor, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Simona Claudia Creta, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Sorin Dan Sandor Simona Claudia Creta
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Paper: New and old managers of Romanian public administration
Author(s):
Anca Monica Marin, Research Institute for Quality of Life, Bucharest, Romania
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Paper: National savings as the determinant of growth: Case of Uzbekistan
Author(s):
Aziz Klebleyev, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
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Paper: Patterns of health care reforms in economies under transition: A case of Russia
Author(s):
Tatiana Chubarova, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Paper: Successes and challenges of health reforms in Armenia
Author(s):
Lianna Mkhitaryan, AdInfoSys Management Institute, Yerevan, Armenia
Lianna Mkhitaryan
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Paper: Health care reform: Campaigning versus governing
Author(s):
Marian Palley, University of Delaware, Newark, United States
Howard A. Palley, University of Maryland, College Park, United States
Howard A.Palley
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Paper: Ministry of Public Administration in the Republic of Macedonia: Necessity and future challenge in Health Reform
Author(s):
Branko Dimeski, University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bitola, Republic of North Macedonia
Aleksandra Patoska, University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bitola, Republic of North Macedonia
Aleksandra Patoska, PhD
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The goal of the meeting is threefold:

· to inform the attendees about the EAPAA accreditation process in general (application, self-evaluation, site visit and decision by the EAPAA Accreditation Committee);

· to point out the most important elements in the preparation of programmes for EAPAA accreditation: when is a programme ready for accreditation, and what is needed to write an adequate self-evaluation report

· to sketch the requisites and procedure to become an EAPAA site visit team member.

Title of the Project:

The Creation of a Software Prototype for Online Education of Public Administration - Support of the Dissemination of the Applied Research Results

Speakers: Ludmila Malikova, Comenius University, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

                  Luba Vavrova, Comenius University, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

The focus of our e-learning project "The Creation of a Software Prototype for Online Education of Public Administration - the Support of the Dissemination of the Applied Research Results” is to support the research and development in the Bratislava region, with special emphasis on the transfer of knowledge and technologies that are elaborated by research and development into actual use in practice. The Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Institute of Public Policy and Economics has already developed several study programmes and is successfully using this system for the benefit of both students and teachers.

The project is EU-funded and managed by a team of experts from the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Institute of Public Policy, which belongs to the Comenius University in Bratislava, the Faculty for Chemistry and Food Technology of the Slovak University of Technology (STU) in Bratislava and EDEA PARTNERS a.s.

Further dissemination will be aimed at institutions of public administration in order to connect the survey results with practice and to support the participation of those organisations on implementing knowledge into practice. Part of the dissemination will be the creation of a publication that will analyse the results of the surveys, which were part of previous activities. Newlyy created partnerships will also be aimed at the promotion of participation in project activities by experts from public institutions, providing technical support for the implementation of the software prototype and expanding this e-learning system into public colleges within the region of Central and Eastern Europe

Title of the Project:

CEMSDI project, co-financed by ICT Policy Support Programme (CEMSDI - Civil-servant Empowerment for Multi Media Service Delivery ICT-enabled)

Speaker: Irina Zálišová, European Projects and Management Agency (EPMA), Prague, Czech Republic

The project focuses on capacity building of civil servants and other practitioners, forming part of the service delivery chain in territories in need of active e-Inclusion and e-Government policies. The project uses DLA (Digital Local Agenda) as a key instrument in achieving its goals. Five specific pilot actions at European level in Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain and the UK will validate the training and empowerment instruments created by the CEMSDI network of e-Government experts.

The aim of the presentation is to help the Czech Region, Vysocina, to investigate the applicability of the Digital Local Agenda to enrich training in public administration in CEE and Eastern countries and to invite NISPACee members to co-operate.

Title of the Project:

Democratic Governance of Multi-ethnic Communities

Speaker: Polya Katsamunska, University of National and World Economy, Department of Public Administration, Sofia, Bulgaria

In any democratic society it is very important to lead mult-iethnic relations effectively - particularly those relevant to achieving democratic governance of Multi-ethnic Communities. Public administrators must pay more attention to this issue. This topic is highly sensitive and significant to the NISPAcee regions as Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia are countries with diverse ethnic compositions.

The aim of the presentation is to raise awareness of the importance of this issue and investigate opportunities for the renewal of the NISPAcee Working Group (WG) on Democratic Governance of Multi-ethnic Communities. The WG aims to focus on facilitating a better understanding of important issues regarding administrative development and policymaking capacity in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

What were/are the issues public administrators face/focus on and how have they been managed? What lessons have been learned and what were the public administration responses to them? We are extremely interested to hear about experiences from scholars and practitioners - what were the successes/failures and effective tools/mechanisms of democratic governance of multi-ethnic communities?

Title of the Project:

An International Interdisciplinary Field Research of Local Self-governance in Small Towns and Villages in Russia: Institutional Environment and Self-Organisation in Close Communities

Speaker: Vasiliy Skalon, Higher School of Economics, Institute of the State and Municipal Administration, Moscow, Russian Federation

The main goal of the project is for young scientists from Russia and Europe to have a more comprehensive image of local communities and local self-organisation in the Russian hinterland (and self-organisation in general) and its problems and peculiarities in comparison with European countries.

The aim of the presentation is to find participants and other people interested in the project to share ideas on the various forms of conducting the research and to discuss further steps. A critical review of the proposed research would also be beneficial.

The presentation will contain the following information:

- A description of the project.

- A summaryof similar field research projects, conducted by the speaker in 2008-2010.

- Justification of the chosen methods of research.

- The argument for the scientific value of the proposed research and suggested scientific benefits for the would-be participants.

- Announcement of the current issues in the realisation of the project and options for participation.

Paper: Local administration at municipal level as a factor for local development in Bulgaria (past and future administration perspectives)
Author(s):
Magdalena Ivanova, Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", Varna, Bulgaria
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Paper: Municipal management quality in small towns of Russia: Institutional approach.
Author(s):
Vasiliy Skalon, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Paper: Managerial re-designing – a way into the future for public administration
Author(s):
Dana Mihaela Mortelmans, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
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Paper: How the decentralization process influx to the current and further development of the municipality of Strumica
Author(s):
Evgenija Gramatikova, Association of Finance Officers of Local Governments & Public Enterprises, Veles, Republic of North Macedonia
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Paper: e-Procurement in Romania: From national success to international example
Author(s):
Ovidiu Stoica, University "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Iasi, Iasi, Romania
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Paper: Application of cloud computing in the public sector - the Hungarian case
Author(s):
Maria Bordas, Ludovika University of Public Service , Budapest, Hungary
Katalin Kristo, Ludovika University of Public Service , Budapest, Hungary
Maria Bordas - Katalin Kristo
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Paper: eGovernment skills training in the Czech Republic
Author(s):
Zdenka Silhova, Institute for Public Administration Prague, Prague 4, Czech Republic
Ales Svoboda, Institute for Public Administration Prague, Prague 4, Czech Republic
Lukas Jirsa, Institute for Public Administration Prague, Prague 4, Czech Republic
Ales Svoboda, Lukas Jirsa
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Paper: Public service motivation among undergraduates in public administration
Author(s):
Simona Claudia Creta, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Sorin Dan Sandor, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Sorin Dan Sandor
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Paper: Romanian system of professional training for public administration - evolution and involution
Author(s):
Dragos Dinca, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Catalin Daniel Dumitrica, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Catalin Dumitrica
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Paper: Motivational systems of the civil servants in EU countries. Changes determined by the economic crisis
Author(s):
Mirela Nicoleta Fataciune (Badalan), National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
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Paper: Being competent and being trained: Challenges for the employees in the public service
Author(s):
Albena Taneva, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Paper: In search for coordination of Croatian public administration
Author(s):
Teo Giljevic, Institute of Public Administration, Zagreb, Croatia
Goranka Lalic Novak, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Gordana Marcetic, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Gordana Marčetić ,Teo Giljević, Goranka Lalić Novak
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Paper: Introduction of programme - based budgeting in Serbian public administration – towards more effective implementation of reforms. A case study
Author(s):
Mirjana Stankovic, Development Consulting Group, Belgrade, Serbia
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Paper: Ten years of implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement: Revisiting the principle of just and equal representation of minority groups in public administration in Macedonia
Author(s):
Marija Risteska, , ,
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Paper: The impact of external assistance: The case of public service reform and capacity building in Albania
Author(s):
Artan Karini, American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
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Paper: Training diplomats in the 21st century a comparative EU perspective
Author(s):
Simona Sora, Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bucharest, Romania
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Paper: Human resources in the public sector: Education and training systems for PA speacialists in the context of internationalization and networking
Author(s):
Eugenijus Chlivickas, Training Centre of the Ministry of Finance, Vilnius, Lithuania
Borisas Melnikas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Prof Habil Dr Borisas Melnikas
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Paper: Developments of fiscal autonomy in Estonia: Income tax change
Author(s):
Viktor Trasberg, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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Paper: Influence of EU grants on local government spending behaviours. Case study for Polish rural municipalities.
Author(s):
Agnieszka Kopanska, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Andrzej Porretta-Tomaszewski
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Paper: Municipal bond boom in Hungary: Focusing on the analysis of local financial management
Author(s):
Gabor Kovacs, Szechenyi Istvan University, Gyor, Hungary
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Paper: Unused possibilities for land taxation in Republic of Macedonia as additional source income of the local self government units (LSGUs)
Author(s):
Maksim Acevski, Association of Finance Officers of Local Governments & Public Enterprises, Veles, Republic of North Macedonia
Zoran Jankulovski, Association of Finance Officers of Local Governments & Public Enterprises, Veles, Republic of North Macedonia
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Paper: Instruments of policy analysis. The impact assessment development by public authorities in Romania. Case study
Author(s):
Tatiana-Camelia Dogaru (Cruceanu), National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Ani Matei, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Dr. Ani MATEI
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Paper: Regulatory Impact Analysis policy implementation in Ukraine: Strengths and weaknesses
Author(s):
Olexandr Kilievych, National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", Kyiv, Ukraine
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Paper: Challenges of development of evaluation capacities in Slovak republic, Poland and Ukraine
Author(s):
Iryna Kravchuk, Ukrainian Evaluation Association, Kyiv, Ukraine
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1. Evaluation of the sessions

2. Discussion about next year's theme

Paper: Developing a new approach for civil servant appraisal in Ukraine
Author(s):
Ivanna Ibragimova, Ukrainian Civil Service Human Resources management Reform project (CBIE Project), Kyiv, Ukraine
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Paper: Slovenian criteria on top public officials selection: Theory, regulation, implementation and case law 2003-2011
Author(s):
Polonca Kovač, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Paper: Growing leaders: Innovations in the competence development system of Estonian top civil service
Author(s):
Eve Limbach-Pirn, Government Office of the Republic of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia
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Paper: Dynamics of institutional structure in Romania between 1990 – 2010. Case study – central public administration
Author(s):
Corina Georgiana Antonovici, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
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Paper: Structural dynamics of Hungarian central government agencies
Author(s):
Gyorgy Hajnal, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
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Paper: Optimization of organizational structures in the municipal administration - a prerequisite for the implementation of administrative reform
Author(s):
Pavlina Yamukova, Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", Varna, Bulgaria
Angel Poryazov, Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", Varna, Bulgaria
Authors: Assoc.Prof. Dr. Angel Poryazov, Asst. Pavlina Yamukova
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Paper: Management of public administration reform in Romania - Distinctive features
Author(s):
Marius Profiroiu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Alina Profiroiu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Andrei Tudorel, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Alina PROFIROIU Tudorel ANDREI Marius PROFIROIU
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Paper: Extending the practice of independent evaluations in Romania - from the European funded programs to the national public policies
Author(s):
Marian Nica, Ottawa, Canada
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Paper: Program evaluation as policy implementation instrument: Case for Ukraine
Author(s):
Valeriy Tertychka, National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", Kyiv, Ukraine
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• Theme: "Public Administration of the future: What have we learned, where do we go from here? "
  

Moderator: 

Tiina Randma-Liiv, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia

Discusants:

Geert Bouckaert, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Public Management
Institute, Leuven, Belgium

Wolfgang Drechsler, Tallin University of Technology, Faculty of Social
Sciences, Department of Public Administration, Tallin, Estonia

Allan Rosenbaum, Florida International University, Department of Public Administration, Miami, Florida, United States

• The Best Graduate Student Paper - Presentation of the Award to the winner by the Chair of the Selection Committee Prof. Violeta Panovska - Boskoska, Bulgaria
  
• The Best Comparative Paper presented at the Conference - Presentation of the Award to the winner by the members of the Selection Committee Prof. Tiina Randma-Liiv, Estonia and Prof. Juraj Nemec, Slovakia
  
• NISPAcee Merit Award - Presentation of the Award to the recipients by the NISPAcee Prezident Mzia Mikelade and NISPAcee Executive Director Ľudmila Gajdošová:
  

• Violeta Panovska - Boskoska, Dean, Faculty of Administration and Information Systems Management, Bitola, Macedonia