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We are excited to invite you to the 33rd NISPAcee Annual Conference, titled:
"Polycrisis and Multi-Level Governance: Impacts, Lessons Learned, Challenges and Opportunities.”
Dates: May 22–24, 2025
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Pre-conference activities: May 21, 2025
This premier event, organized in cooperation with the University of Economics in Bratislava, brings together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to discuss key challenges and opportunities in public administration and governance in the context of ongoing crises and transformations.
Key Highlights:
- Inspiring keynote sessions
- Panel discussions and academic presentations
- Networking opportunities with experts across the region
Important Deadlines:
- Paper presenters: Register by April 10, 2025
- General registration closes: May 06, 2025
Register Now!
Visit your NISPAcee user profile to register: https://www.nispa.org/user/
Join us in Bratislava and be part of the conversation shaping the future of governance and public administration in a time of polycrisis.
NISPAcee deeply mourns the loss of two esteemed colleagues who profoundly shaped our community and the field of public administration. Both belonged to the founding figures and supporters of NISPAcee in its early years.
† László Váradi, a former member of the NISPAcee Steering Committee (1995–2001) and President of NISPAcee (1997–2000) while actively serving at Corvinus University of Budapest, passed away in Novemebr 2024. His leadership and dedication left an enduring legacy in NISPAcee.
† Jak Jabes, a former Steering Committee Advisor (1994–2000), representative of SIGMA/OECD in Paris, France, passed away on December 15, 2024. His impactful work fostered collaboration and excellence in public administration across the region.
We honour their memory and celebrate their lasting contributions to our shared mission.
It is with profound sorrow that NISPAcee marks the passing of our cherished colleague and lifelong partner, †Dr. Fabienne Maron, on December 30, 2024. She belonged to the main actors of EGPA and IIAS, the main partners of NISPAcee.
Fabienne Maron was deeply admired for her professionalism and her remarkable ability to provide exemplary service to the IIAS and EGPA communities. She was always ready to engage with partners in a spirit of mutual respect and fruitful cooperation. Her kindness, support, and dedication touched the lives of all who had the privilege of working with her.
We honor her memory and the lasting impact she has had on our community.
The NISPAcee Steering Committee, Chaired by Eka Akobia, reviewed the past as well as planned activities of NISPAcee and decided on all relevant issues. The Steering Committee invites all of you to the 33rd Annual NISPAcee Conference.
This week, we gathered in Bratislava to finalize plans for the upcoming 33rd NISPAcee Annual Conference, happening on May 22–24, 2025!
A heartfelt thank you goes out to our dedicated Slovak university representatives — Erika Pastoraková, Tomas černenko, Daniel Klimovský, Katarina Staroňova, Mykola Sidák, Beáta Mikušová Meričková, Nikoleta Jakuš Muthová, and Silvia Ručinská. Their support and insights are helping us craft an event that will inspire meaningful discussions on polycrisis and multi-level governance.
We’re eager to welcome participants from across Europe and beyond for an engaging exchange that promises to shape the future of public administration and governance. See you in Bratislava!
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Review of the Standards of Excellence for Public Administration Education and Training adopted in 2008 is organized by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA).
The Global Exterts Meeting was held on October 14-15, 2024 at the UN Headquarters in New York. Ludmila Gajdosova participated online.
EAPAA (European Association for Public Administration Accreditation) Board and General meetings were held in Athens, Greece, within the EGPA Annual Conference 2024
on September 5, 2024.
EAPAA 25th Anniversary was promoted and celebrated in Athens.
Gyorgy Hajnal, Corvinus University, Hungary (former NISPAcee President) Chair of the EAPAA Board led the meetings. Juraj Nemec (former NISPAcee President and Steering Committee member) and Ludmila Gajdosova (NISPAcee Executive Director), EAPAA Board members, represented NISPAcee in the meetings.
It is our pleasure to invite you to:
The 33rd NISPAcee Annual Conference ,
Main conference theme: Polycrisis and multi-level governance: Impacts, lessons learned, challenges and opportunities
Date:
May 22 - 24, 2025
Place:
Bratislava, Slovakia
That will be organized in cooperation with the University of Economics, Bratislava
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Several joint events have taken place brought NISPAcee and IASIA members together. These include two very successful semi¬nars in China. The first of these occurred in 2010 in Beijing and the most recent one took place in Guangzhou in 2012
Allan Rosenbaum, Professor of Public Administration, Director of the Institute for Public Management and community Service at Florida International University, United States, p. 356
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NISPAcee is perceived as a major partner in the region of Eastern Europe and in the European Neighbourhood
Rolet Loretan, General Director of the International Institute of Administrative Science, Belgium, p. 374
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NISPAcee certainly committed itself to a higher level of quality
Mirko Vintar, Professor of Administrative Information Systems and E-government at the Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, p.29
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NISPAcee has had a decisive role in public administration education – including public law, public economics, public policy and public management – in the region as it has developed strategic and action oriented partnerships with academicians and practitioners of modern democracies
Gyorgy Jenei, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Public Policy and Management at Corvinus University, Hungary, p. 21
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NISPAcee has also helped to build bridges and networks among academicians and practitioners in the CEE region and the West
Gyorgy Jenei, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Public Policy and Management at Corvinus University, Hungary, p. 19
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I would like to highlight the cooperation has been in development of United Nations Public Administration Network- UNPAN, of which NISPAcee became one of the first institutional members
Haiyan Qian, Director of the Division for Public Administration and Development Management, United Nations, p. 350
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NISPAcee has demonstrated through its conferences, its pub¬lications, its interventions that transition has happened, is happening, and will happen
Geert Bouckaert, professor of Public Management at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, The Netherlands, p. 358
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To my mind, the core NISPAcee activities of the very greatest value are: the annual conferences; other specialised conferences and workshops, mainly TEDs; the publications, especially the Journal; and the way in which relationships with partners from outside our region are maintained
Jacek Czaputowicz, Head of the Methodology of European Studies Unit at the European Institute, Warsaw University, Poland, p. 385
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NISPAcee has the capacity to catalyze needed changes – our experts drafted and submitted many analyses, recommendations, guidelines and other relevant documents
Juraj Nemec, Professor of Public Finance and Public Management at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, Czech Republic, p. 387
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What has been important for me personally is that NISPAcee was a platform to make good friends. That is why I would like to wish NISPAcee to continue being a platform for creating international friendships between its members. I have learned a lot from you, and I am sure that our discussions helped to build my personality and my personal skills and I know wherever fate puts us, we will always remain good friends.
Barbara Kudrycka, Minister of Science and Education, Poland, p.347-348
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The atmosphere of warmheartedness and the spirit of courtesy, within the context of scientific rigour, always characterised our meetings in NISPAcee and made us not only academic partners but also genuine friends ! A long life to NISPAcee!
Rolet Loretan, General Director of the International Institute of Administrative Science, Belgium, p. 375
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NISPAcee has contributed to a unique transformation without any historical precedents. It means that NISPAcee has had to cope with unique challenges of the changing politico-administrative requirements
Gyorgy Jenei, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Public Policy and Management at Corvinus University, Hungary, p. 41
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the NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy; this important step marks the third milestone in the life of NISPAcee
Mirko Vintar, Professor of Administrative Information Systems and E-government at the Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, p.30
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I am not afraid to say that NISPAcee is one such framework, which for a long period, on many occasions together with the United Nations Department of Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM), relentlessly worked to help enhance the role, prestige, performance and professionalism of the public service
Haiyan Qian, Director of the Division for Public Administration and Development Management, United N , p. 350
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IIAS and NISPAcee address the challenges of public administration in different geographic regions and environments, but both are striving to make a contribution for improving public administration; to create a forum where academics and practitioners meet and discuss the emerging problems to find common solutions
(Rolet Loretan, General Director of the International Institute of Administrative Science, Belgium, p.374)
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I do hope to see even higher expectations and new achievements for NISPAcee: for the good of young people, for the good of our countries and for the good of the entire world
Malkhaz Mikeladze, Georgian Ambassador in Mexico, Georgia, p. 342
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Many of the NISPAcee “core” members served and serve in top positions on the level of national governments
Juraj Nemec, Professor of Public Finance and Public Management at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, Czech Republic, p. 387
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NISPAcee is not only an institution, but a living community which continues to make a positive and significant difference to create a better Europe in a better world
Geert Bouckaert, professor of Public Management at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, The Netherlands, p. 360
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NISPAcee has become a prominent core organization for those specifically concerned with Central and Eastern Europe
Gyorgy Jenei, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Public Policy and Management at Corvinus University, Hungary, p. 19
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It is very good that the mission of NISPAcee gives prominence to excellence in research, to the implementation of international standards in the achievement of research projects and to the promotion of theoretically-sound, practice-oriented MA / BA programmes and doctoral studies.
Jacek Czaputowicz, Head of the Methodology of European Studies Unit at the European Institute, Warsaw University, Poland, p. 385
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