WG3
Public Administration Reform in CEE and CA
In fragile territories, policymakers usually need to understand the intricacies of different (e.g., political, economic, social) contexts, correctly identify the adequate set of needed resources and manage internal and external interventions in a coordinated, accountable, and timely manner. All this effort, complemented by a process of co-designing the new services, would eventually help communities regain their trust in state and its authorities and reconstruct their inner ties.This Working Group has an outstanding tradition of bringing together thinkers and doers of public administration reforms throughout and beyond the CEE Region and the Caucasus.
Important information
From participants of this working group full paper is required before the conference.
10/04/2024
Deadline of presenters registration (obligatory for all Paper Presenters, Coordinators and Chairs)
*05/05/2024 - Late registration (available for all participants without: Paper Presenters, Coordinators and Chairs)
10/05/2024
Deadline of full paper submission*
*in case you apply for awards deadline is 10/04/2024
Register for 32nd NISPAcee Annual Conference 2024
Call for papers
Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Central Asia are no strangers to conflicts: the past decades have been tumultuous, and reforms aimed at rebuilding and strengthening fragile institutions have been numerous. Different tempos, the same players and largely congruent agendas have given rise to stable nations and highly fragmented and volatile territories.
This Working Group has an outstanding tradition of bringing together thinkers and doers of public administration reforms throughout and beyond the CEE Region and the Caucasus.
We invite you to join us and share your more recent projects and research focusing on (but not limited at):
1. Experiences with post-conflict reconstructions at local and central levels of government. We particularly encourage scholars and policymakers involved in reforms instituted for post-conflict reconstruction and conflict prevention to share their insights. What lessons have you learnt? What are the factors that are prone to success or doomed to failure? How can we measure better governance, and to whom do we send our readings?
2. Digitally driven reforms and their impact on building better governance in post-conflict territories: have donors or other actors used digitally enhanced technologies to help the reconstruction process? What eventually helps the reform designers to produce more inclusive, effective and agile services? Is community engagement expected, desired or feared in AI-driven reconstruction and conflict prevention?
3. Where do we stand, and how can we help? Papers exploring the impact of academic works on the quality of governmental responses when facing crisis are welcome.
Successful applications can be submitted in the form of a research or policy paper. Exceptionally, essays of the highest quality discussing governmental and societal resilience and the impact of scholarly work on policymaking are accepted.
Abstracts of research papers should include:
- minimal literature review
- a straightforward question and methodology
- and briefly discuss the main (expected) results.
The sessions of our WG are expected to be highly engaging. Participants are strongly encouraged to discuss their findings and recommendations, network, and share their insights and knowledge with a multi-culturally rich community. The most qualitative and innovative research focusing on the CEE region and the Caucasus will be fast-tracked for publication in a collective (internationally peer-reviewed) volume.
References
de Groot, O. J., Bozzoli, C., Alamir, A., & Brück, T. (2022). The global economic burden of violent conflict. Journal of Peace Research, 59(2), 259–276. https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433211046823
Englebert, P. & Tull D. M. (2008), Postconflict Reconstruction in Africa: Flawed Ideas about Failed States. International Security 2008; 32 (4): 106–139. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/isec.2008.32.4.106
Girod, D. (2015), Explaining Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Oxford University Press.
Langer, A. & Brown, G.K. (eds.) (2016), Building Sustainable Peace. Timing and Sequencing of Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Peacebuilding, Oxford University Press.
Coordinators
Dr. Diana-Camelia Iancu
Faculty of Public Administration, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania, dciancu@gmail.com
Camelia Iancu is Dean of Public Administration at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA Bucharest, Romania). She is IAU Fellow and expert of the Group on the European Charter of Local Self-Government at the Council of Europe. Diana has an active interest in educational policies and she is member of different quality assurance bodies and accreditation committees focused on public administration education and training: EAPAA (European Association for Public Administration Accreditation), ICAPA (International Commission on Accreditation of Public Administration education and training programs) and ARACIS (Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education).
Diana Iancu holds a PhD in Public Administration (2018) and she is associate professor in Comparative Public Management in SNSPA Bucharest. She has previously worked for Radboud University, Nijmegen School of Management (the Netherlands) and assumed different academic assignments in Slovenia, France, Spain, USA and Greece. Her research interests include political-administrative relations in transitional democracies, local government development and sustainability in higher education.
Dr. Veronica Junjan
Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, V.Junjan@utwente.nl
Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Science, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. Her current research focuses on investigating decision-making processes and public performance management, particularly within the mechanisms and dynamics of public sector reform associated with EU multi-level governance. Since 2008 she has been involved as co-Chair in the coordination of the work of, first the Panel, then the Working Group on Public Administration Reform in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
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