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MAIN THEME
Polycrisis and multi-level governance: Impacts, lessons learned, challenges and opportunities
Governments around the world have faced various crises in the past few years. However, these crises have not been separated and one can consider this recent period a period of polycrisis. In addition, due to spill-over effects and synergies, those crises hit governments and their policy intentions in a significant way. In some cases, planned policies had to be adjusted, in some other cases planned policies had to be suspended or even completely changed in terms of their objectives. Such circumstances have challenged governments, and unsurprisingly, many of them were not ready to deal with the polycrisis appropriately. More precisely, the polycrisis have uncovered insufficient capacities of many governments, and a volatile nature of this polycrisis have clearly tested the flexibility of policy making at various levels.
Working groups
WG1
Local Government
The Local Government Working Group invites submissions for the 2025 conference focusing on the recent transformations in local governments across the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region. The recent period, characterized by overlapping and interconnected crises—often referred to as a polycrisis—has severely affected the capacity of local governments to effectively implement their planned policies.
WG2
Digital Government
The Digital Government Working Group invites innovative papers on the influence of information communication technologies (ICT) on government, public administration, public policy and the public sector. NISPAcee’s focus and differentiation of regarding this topic is discovering some of the special challenges originating from the CEE region but also contributing to the general discourses on the digital transformation of citizens, institutions and governance.
WG3
Public Administration Reform in CEE and CA
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Caucasus and Central Asia have faced a myriad of challenges in recent decades, from economic crises and political upheavals to natural disasters and health emergencies. These crises often require complex, multi-level governance responses that span local, national, and international boundaries. As such, understanding the effectiveness, coordination, and adaptability of crisis management mechanisms in this diverse region is crucial for improving future responses and resilience.
WG4
Politico-Administrative Relations in CEE
The theme of Politico-Administrative Relations (PAR) and its focus on observing the roles and interplay between ministers and senior bureaucrats endures, both as a scholarly enquiry and as a practitioner concern.
WG5
Public Finance and Public Financial Management
The topic of the WG is public finance, which plays a vital role in providing essential public services and goods. The WG deals with the financial management of existing resources, which includes both microeconomic and macroeconomic dimensions and whose effectiveness is critical for creating an enabling environment at all levels for sustainable development.
WG6
Evidence-Based Public Policy Making
WG7
Public Administration Education
WG8
Non-Governmental Organisations in CEE
WG9
The Rule of Law & Public Administration
WG10
Human in Public Administration
Panels
Panel
Cyber Security and AI Reforms for Smart Cities
Panel
Mainstreaming hybridity in CEE - Public policies for hybrid governance
Sessions
MAIN THEME
Polycrisis and multi-level governance: Impacts, lessons learned, challenges and opportunities
Governments around the world have faced various crises in the past few years. However, these crises have not been separated and one can consider this recent period a period of polycrisis. In addition, due to spill-over effects and synergies, those crises hit governments and their policy intentions in a significant way. In some cases, planned policies had to be adjusted, in some other cases planned policies had to be suspended or even completely changed in terms of their objectives. Such circumstances have challenged governments, and unsurprisingly, many of them were not ready to deal with the polycrisis appropriately. More precisely, the polycrisis have uncovered insufficient capacities of many governments, and a volatile nature of this polycrisis have clearly tested the flexibility of policy making at various levels.
Session
Pre- Conference PhD Semminar
Session
Open Session