Theme: "Public sector in 2025: What role for outsourcing?”
Venue: Holliday Inn, Tbilisi, Georgia
Chair/Moderator:
Veiko Lember,Head of
Department, Senior Research Fellow, Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation
and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia Senior Research Fellow
in Public Management and Policy, and Head of Ragnar Nurkse School of
Innovation and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia.
His main research interests are in public administration and innovation
policy. His recent works have covered issues such as public procurement
of innovation, demand-side innovation policy, public-private
partnerships, contracting out, co-production, and coordination in the
public sector. His most recent book includes "Public Procurement,
Innovation and Policy: International Perspectives” (Springer, co-edited
with Rainer Kattel and Tarmo Kalvet).
Speakers/discussants:
Tony
Bovaird, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Emeritus Professor
of Public Management and Policy at the Institute of Local Government Studies
and Third Sector Research Centre, University of Birmingham, UK. His research
covers strategic management of public services, outcome and performance measurement
in public agencies, evaluation of public management and governance reforms, and
user and community co-production of public services. He has carried out
research for UK Research Councils, the European Commission, many UK government
departments, Scottish Government, Welsh Government, LGA, Audit Commission, National
Audit Office, and many other public bodies in the UK and internationally. He is
a member of the Scientific Board, German Research Institute for Public
Administration and the Local Government Reference Panel of the UK National
Audit Office. He is co-author (with Elke Loeffler) of Public Management and Governance (Routledge, 3rd edition, 2015).
Norma
Mansor, University of Malaya, Malaysia, Visiting Professor, Tallinn University
of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia Appointed as Secretary to the
Malaysian National Economic Advisory Council (NEAC) in the Prime Minister’s
Department in 2008. Prior to the appointment, she was Director of Institute of
Public Policy and Management and subsequently was appointed as Dean of Faculty
Economics and Administration, University of Malaya since 2004. Currently, she
is Professor at the Department of Administrative Studies and Politics and
Director of Social Security Research Centre (SSRC), University of Malaya. She
has written more than 100 academic reports, articles and chapters in books on
topics ranging from public policy, public administration and governance. She is
Editor in Chief of Institutions and Economies andserves as as editorial
board member of several journals. At present she is a Visiting Professor at the Ragnar
Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance of the Faculty of Social Sciences,
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia.
Adil M. Khan, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Professor at the School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane
(Australia) and also former Chief of Socio-Economic Governance and Management
Branch of the Division for Public Administration and Development Management of
the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), New York.
Prof. Khan possesses more than 35 years of working experience in international
development and public policy, held senior policy levels positions in a
developing country, at the United Nations HQs in New York and in academia.He has
also been a visiting professor at the Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
(2005-2008) and gave guest lectures at Harvard University, University of
Pennsylvania, USA etc. Prof. Khan carried out numerous development governance
related consultancy works for the World Bank, UNDP, the Asian Development Bank,
AusAid etc. Prof. Khan has
published extensively on various issues of international development especially
on political economy of development and governance. He is also the Principal
Author of the 2008 UN World Public Sector Report, "People Matter: Civic Engagement in Public Governance.” Prof. Khan
is editorial board member of several international journals and has been the
imitator/editor-in-chief of the journal,
Sustainable Development and for sponsoring a special issue in Sustainable
Development on the spiritual dimension of sustainability, awarded 1996 UNEP
award.Prof. Khan’s
research interest/area of expertise include but not limited to capacity
building in participatory governance; results based monitoring and evaluation; civic
engagement in corruption control; design and conduct of short training courses on
processes and methods of inclusive public policy and civic based governance;
programme evaluation; team leadership; policy dialoguing etc. In recognition of
his pioneering work in participatory governance at the UN, Prof Khan was
awarded a Plaque of Recognition at the UN HQs in New York by the UN Committee
of Experts on Public Administration in 2008. He was also nominated for the 2005
United Nations UN Manager of the Year Award.
Frank Vram
Zerunyan, J.D., University of Southern California, USA Professor of the Practice of Governance at the Sol Price School of Public
Policy and Director of Executive Education at USC Price Bedrosian Center on
Governance, University of Southern California, USA. His key areas of expertise include Local
Governments, Public Private Partnerships, Civic Leadership, Land Use,
Regulation and Executive Education. He teaches graduate courses on
Intersectoral Leadership, Business and Public Policy, International Issues in Public
Policy as well as International Laboratory. He also lectures locally and
globally to build capacity and foster leadership among public executives
worldwide. Prof. Zerunyan has
more than 25 years of comprehensive and multi-sectorial experience as a lawyer,
consultant, director, board member, professor and public servant. Frank has
been honored as one of Southern California Magazine’s Super Lawyers since 2004,
The Legal Network’s Top Lawyers in California, Marquis’ Who’s Who in America
and American Law and Government institutions like the California Assembly, the
California Senate, the County of Los Angeles and various city governments for
his leadership in the public sector. He has acted as a policy advisor and
counsel to the Armenian National Committee of America in Washington DC. Frank
also served as chairman of the Board of Governors of the worldwide Armenian Bar
Association. In January of
2013, Prof. Zerunyan was appointed to an ad hoc experts committee on capacity
building in public administration at the United Nations Division for Public
Administration and Development Management in the Department of Economic and
Social Affairs. In that capacity, he lectures and conducts capacity building
seminars at UN headquarters in New York as well as at UN Forums around the
world.
About the Theme: Outsourcing has proven to be one of the
most enduring marketisation strategies that governments have pursued around the
globe. Over the course of the past several decades – and in spite of mixed
results – the role of outsourcing in public sector outlays has slowly, albeit
steadily, increased. Yet, there is no clear evidence available demonstrating
that outsourcing has led to more efficient and smaller public sectors as was
anticipated by the proponents. At the same time, outsourcing has proven to be a
useful strategy for governments to spur innovation, gain access to new
knowledge and empower citizen organisations. Due to rapid technological change,
governments, more than ever before, need to strike a good balance between the
risks and opportunities of outsourcing. What then, does the future hold for
public sector outsourcing? What are the new outsourcing strategies emerging
globally? What lessons can we learn from different parts of the world? These
questions will be explored during the roundtable discussion.