NISPAcee panel at ASPA conference Chicago 2015
NISPAcee panel was organized on March 7, Saturday, during the ASPA conference in Chicago (March 6-10, 2015). The title of the panel was "Strategic Challenges for Public Administration Schools in Europe and US". The following papers were presented:
Illiberal or simply unorthodox? Public Administration education in Hungary and Europe: A comparative perspective, Gyorgy Hajnal, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
Addressing the Public Management Gap at the Subnational Level: How Universities from the US and Romania are Working Together and Learning from Each Other, Roger Hamlin, Michigan State University, US
Seeking Excellence in Public Administration Education: the Experience of a Bulgarian University, Polya Katsamunska University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Challenges, Experiences and Effective Practices in Central and Eastern Europe.Academic Partnerships in Public Administration, Marius Profiroiu, prof.Alina Profiroiu,Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Student public administration research teams in a study abroad course: experience at Babes-Bolyai University and University of Delaware. Arno Loessner,University of Delaware, US
Public Administration Schools in Romania and CEE: strategic challenges for the future,Calin Hintea, Babes Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Romania
The panel had an audience of more than 25 professionals from Europe, US, South America, Asia and Africa. The paper presentations werefollowedby discussions.

At the end of the panel, the MoUwas signed between NISPAcee, represented by the NISPAcee President, Professor Marius Profiroiu and AAPA (Asian Association for PublicAdministration) represented by the AAPA President, Professor Pan Suk Kim.
