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Conference venue: Hotel Reval Lietuva, Vilnius, Lithuania
Organized in cooperation with the Lithuanian Public Administration Training Association, Vilnius, Lithuania
Specific themes will include:
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The Convention and its implications for the future of European administration.
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The competences of central public administrations vis-ŕ-vis enlargement.
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Building NMS capacities to enforce the acquis communautaire.
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The roles and competences of the representatives of NMS in European institutions.
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The capacities of regional public administrations to participate in EU programs and the risks of mismanagement of EU funds.
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The hopes and fears of the population associated with enlargement.
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The Lisbon strategy and its implementation, the social and economic consequences of membership and what new institutions and approaches will be required to cope with them.
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The potential for a coordinated effort of the NMS to face the challenges of membership.
Specific themes will include:
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How to accelerate institution building and administrative learning and adaptation (e.g. learning from the administrative transformation strategies applied recently in the NMS).
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Strengthening specific administrative capacities to collaborate with the EU.
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The efficiency of such programs as Accession Partnerships and the activities covered by the Stabilization and Association Processes
Specific themes will include:
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The role of NMS in bridging EU states and CEE countries:
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Information exchange and sharing of experiences.
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Common administration capacity building.
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Paralysis of policy-making, particularly of its strategic dimension.
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How to fight against corruption and conflicts of interests.
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Facilitating administrative learning and adaptation through transfer of knowledge and experience from the old to the NMS, and from the NMS to other CEE countries:
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Networking of training and educational institutions;
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Improvement of public service exchange programmes;
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New roles and responsibilities for NISPAcee member institutions in training and research