Young Public Policy Makers Jamboree "Living out of

Daniel Klimovský is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Technical University in Košice, Slovakia and also at the Faculty of Arts, Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic. Recently he began cooperating with the Council of Europe as an independent expert. His research activities focus on policy making processes at both local and regional levels, and public administration and good governance (with special emphasis on sub-national levels). Since his graduation he has been involved in several research projects associated with the above mentioned topics.

Assisting trainer: Tomáš Jacko, Slovakia

Tomáš Jacko, BSocSc (Hons), MPA, PhD is a Research Assistant and Lecturer of Public Administration and Public Policy at the Institute of Public Policy and Economics, Comenius University in Bratislava and the Department of Public Administration and Regional Development, University of Economics in Bratislava. He holds a Bachelor‘s degree in Politics and International Relations and a Master‘s degree in Public Administration from the University of Manchester, and a doctorate in European Studies and Public Policy from Comenius University in Bratislava. From 2010 to 2012 he worked for Transparency International Slovakia as a Programme Coordinator of various projects. His main fields of interest are: New Public Management, Performance Management, Third Sector, Transparency and Corruption.

Invited practitioners:

Miroslav Beblavý, Slovakia - Member of the Slovak Parliament (since 2010) and a Senior Research Fellow at CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies (since 2009). He is also the Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. Between 2002 and 2006, he was the State Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family in Slovakia. His areas of interest include employment and social policy, education policy, fiscal policy, governance and corruption.

Milan Andrejkovič, 1st Slovak Nonprofit Service Center, Director, Slovakia

Project manager: Elena Žáková, zakova@nispa.org

Jamboree venue: Ústav vzdelávania a služieb, Bárdošova 33, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Target group: Young public policy and administration professionals from V4 countries - represented by MA and PhD students of Public Policy and Public Administration and new graduates of PA and PP who are, in some way, involved in public policy making.

Objective: To initiate and encourage cooperation and networking, and to find a new informal way of thinking for young public policy professionals and future policy makers in the V4 region.

Expected outputs: - An e-publication, with a set of selected case studies, developed by participants in the Jamboree, which could be utilised for educational activities by the project partner institutions and other NISPAcee member institutions within the V4 countries and beyond.

- An informal network of young public policy and administration professionals from V4 countries for their future cooperation in problem solving cases in practice.

NISPAcee Jamboree Programme:

March 25, 2014 Tuesday
	Arrival of participants
March 26, 2014, Wednesday
9:00 – 10:30	NISPAcee welcome.
9:00 – 10:30	Introduction of the programme and methods. Introduction of participants.
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break.
11:00 – 11:45	Interactive brainstorming lecture (dialogue between lecturer and participants): Utilisation of Formal and Informal Solutions within Public Policy Making: How to Be a Better Public Policy Maker.
11:45 – 12:45	Role playing game (for 2 groups): Devil´s advocate (Status quo instead of innovation?).
12:45 – 13:45	Lunch.
13:45 – 14:00	Energiser.
14:00 – 15:00	Out-of-the-box game (for 2 groups): How to be different (moderated brainstorming).
15:00 – 15:15	Coffee break.
15:15 – 16:00	Presentation by Slovak practitioner: Traditional and untraditional way of dealing with public policy making.
16:00 – 17:00	Moderated discussion on complex public problems (e.g. corruption) and potential /innovative/untraditional methods/tools to overcome such problems (2 groups).
17:00 – 18:00	Presentation of case studies by participants: How to think "out of the box” in dealing with serious public policy issues.
18:00 – 19:00	Dinner.
19:00 – 21:30	Social evening (Different experience, different tastes).
March 27, 2014, Thursday
9:00 – 10:30	Presentation of case studies by participants: How to think "out of the box” in dealing with serious public policy issues.
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break.
11:00 – 12:30	Presentation of case studies by participants: How to think "out of the box” in dealing with serious public policy issues.
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch.
13:30 – 13:45	Energiser.
13:45 – 15:15	Development of case studies and discussion on potential (alternative) solutions (2 groups): Mutual inspiration and potential integration of new tools/methods into existing cases.
15:15 – 15:30	Coffee break.
15:30 – 17:00	Development of case studies and discussion on potential (alternative) solutions (2 groups): Mutual inspiration and potential integration of new tools/methods into existing cases.
17:00 – 18:00	Presentations of potential modifications by participants: New ways (methods/tools) on how to deal with our issues.
18:00 – 19:00	Dinner.
19:00 – 21:30	Social evening (Bratislava in the evening).
March 28, 2014, Friday
9:00 – 9:45	Presentations by practitioner: Traditional and untraditional way of dealing with public policy making.
9:45 – 10:30	System thinking games (Group brainstorming competition): How to open the system and what can be done in the future.
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break.
11:00 – 12:30	Feedback related to developed case studies: Lessons to be learned.
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch.
13:30 – 14:30	Evaluation of the event. Closing.

Programme of the NISPAcee Jamboree includes several different activities put forward to achieve the main objective. They will allow young public policy makers to share their experience, improve their knowledge, and learn how to think "out of the box” in order to be ready to deal with various public policy issues in a more untraditional or informal way.

The jamboree activities inter alia include:

Lectures

The lecturers will argue the most fundamental issues of the relevant topics. The main goal of this activity is to show the complexity of those issues and the compelling need to study them with an interdisciplinary approach. The lectures will contain not only theoretical frameworks, but also practical examples, in order to demonstrate both traditional and untraditional solutions. The participants represent the target group for this activity.

Discussions

Every educational activity is followed by relevant discussions. Participants have an opportunity to ask questions, make brief comments and freely discuss the contents of those activities. The aim is to encourage participants to formulate their own ideas and to deal with the relevant issues with an open mind.

Case studies

The participants who take part in the event are asked to develop case studies from their own countries/cities in advance on innovations in public policy making and to present them during the jamboree in order to share their knowledge and experience. Consequently, the case studies will be discussed and developed within the joint discussions.

Presentations of the practitioners

Invited practitioner(s) will present their own experiences in the relevant field. It is expected that they will briefly present a problem area and policy tools that are utilised in order to overcome any failures or shortages. The main goal of this activity is to inspire participants and provide them with new insights.