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The 29th NISPAcee Annual Conference

The 29th NISPAcee Annual Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 21 - October 23, 2021

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Excellent conference. I really enjoyed the papers, speakers, schedule and location and great staff!
D.B., United States, 27th NISPAcee Annual Conference 2019, Prague

...relating to public administration and policy. Good opportunities for networking.
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...to detail and I really enjoyed the supportive and encouraging atmosphere there. Thank you!
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...both in terms of academic quality and logistics, and also social events. It was a true joy.
E.Z., Bulgaria, 27th NISPAcee Annual Conference 2019, Prague

...The special programmes were really excellent and we took home many varied experiences.
P.N., Hungary, 27th NISPAcee Annual Conference 2019, Prague

...Sessions were interesting, scholars were engaging and all the social events were amazing!
B.K., Kazakhstan, 26th NISPAcee Annual Conference 2018, Iasi

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Report 2021

Meeting of the Working Group on Local Government

WG Programme Coordinators:
Maria Murray Svidroňová, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic and Matej Bel University Banska Bystrica, Slovakia,
Iga Jeziorska, Corvinus University of Budapest,

Gyorgy Hajnal, NISPAcee President / Professor, Head of Department, Corvinus University of Budapest / Senior Researcher, Institute for Political Science, Center for Social Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (IPS CSR HAS), Hungary,

Place: 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"

7 papers were presented in the frame of 2 working group sessions:

The Working Group 8: Non-Governmental Organisations in Central and Eastern Europe held two sessions at the 2021 Ljubljana NISPAcee conference, with six papers prepared by seven authors and co-authors.
All papers contributed to the understanding of the role and performance of NGO's in the region, with the first (physical) session focusing on the role of NGOs in public and political life and the second session addressing more diverse issues. This year, the work in our group focused on country-cases, with two papers focusing on Hungary, one on Poland, one on Moldova, one on Croatia and one on Romania. Thematically, we have discussed the role of NGOs in local elections in the context of ethical campaigning and limiting the prevalence of negative campaigns; the role of NGO representatives in local advisory boards; the developments of NGO-related regulations – their legal and policy environment; the role of NGOs in the implementation of the cohesion policy; and the social responsibility of student NGOs.