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
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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.
EGPA 2025 conference, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, August 26-29,2025
EGPA at 50: prospects for public administration across Europe
Call for papers:
Special NISPAcee-EGPA Joint Panel:
Common and Diverging Trends for Public Administration Across Western, Central, and Eastern Europe: Navigating External Shocks and Transformations Across Europe
Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 30, 2025
Selected papers from the Panel will be featured in a Special Issue of the International Review of Administrative Sciences (IRAS).
NISPAcee panel at IIAS conference (International Institute of Administrative Sciences), New Delhi, India, February 13, 2025
The panel was chaired by Daniel Klimovský, Comenius University, Slovakia, NISPAcee Steering Committee members and co-chaired by Ludmila Gajdosova, NISPAcee Executive Director.
The main goal of this panel was to discuss various administrative and democratic issues linked to the CEE region from the perspective of their recent development, the present states, or future challenges.
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.
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NISPAcee is always ready to help in the initial phase of exchange of contacts and information. But NISPAcee is active on the highest stage creating bilateral and multilateral institutionalised partnerships as well
Gyorgy Jenei, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Public Policy and Management at Corvinus University, Hungary, p. 49
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Mzia was very much charmed by the warm and friendly atmosphere in NISPAcee, and she gained many friends during her travels and work for the Association. She had a real sense of being a member of a very large family, and I would like to underline this important achievement of NISPAcee. Her experience from NISPAcee was widely applied in Georgia
Malkhaz Mikeladze, Georgian Ambassador in Mexico, Georgia, p. 341
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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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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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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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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’s annual conferences not only are interesting for public-administration researchers, but also for those who are (more) involved in public-administration teaching (the reason of existence of most, if not all, NISPAcee members)
(Theo van der Krogt, Secretary – general at European Association for Public Administration Accreditation, The Netherlands, p. 371)
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NISPAcee identifies challenges pertinent to Central and Eastern Europe, whereas IIAS identifies challenges of public administration on the worldwide basis. The cooperation of the two institutions leads to sharing innovative ideas
Rolet Loretan, General Director of the International Institute of Administrative Science, Belgium, p. 374
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NISPAcee has become one of the most important producers of knowledge and information about political institutional and ad¬ministrative development throughout Central and Eastern Europe
Allan Rosenbaum, Professor of Public Administration, Director of the Institute for Public Management and community Service at Florida International University, United States, p. 355
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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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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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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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NISPAcee today is extremely successful from the point of view of “academic” outputs – it would be difficult to find any other international organization with so many publications issued in a relatively short time and with so many academic activities
Juraj Nemec, Professor of Public Finance and Public Management at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, Czech Republic, p. 386
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NISPAcee has always demonstrated the value of networking, dialoguing, and experience and information sharing
Haiyan Qian, Director of the Division for Public Administration and Development Management, United N p. 349
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NISPAcee promoted the development of new, multidisciplinary public-policy and management teaching programmes and of new research projects. There was a basic need to have access to Western social science and practical experienc¬es and NISPAcee established East-West personal contacts, organised meetings, workshops and conferences
Gyorgy Jenei, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Public Policy and Management at Corvinus University, Hungary, p. 49
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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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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 one of the leading organisations in the domain of public administration that has a large network in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Republics. In the 20 years of its history, the organisation was able to produce results, make significant contributions to the area of public-administration research and excel in many areas of their work
Rolet Loretan, General Director of the International Institute of Administrative Science, Belgium, p. 374
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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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NISPAcee has played a very important role in helping to encourage the development of and sustain those institutions from throughout the region
Allan Rosenbaum, Professor of Public Administration, Director of the Institute for Public Management and community Service at Florida International University, United States, p. 355
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