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Focused on the links between good governance and human rights based approach to development in countries of Central and Eastern Europe and post-soviet countries, the participants of Working Group have discussed both theoretical and practical issues of public administration under transition. Whereas some presenters analyzed state-building and the constitutional/public administration reforms in newly independent states through the framework of implementation of the principles of human rights and good governance, other presenters contributed to empirical research and comparative analysis of good governance in the public management organisations at the local and national levels and in particular, in the justice system. This variety of research interests of the WG participants allowed us to explore the many notions of justice, the importance and role of justice in state building, conflict prevention as well as the functions of the key players, involved in providing justice. The Working Group participants came from the academia, civil society and policy community of countries of Central Eastern Europe, former Soviet Union and Afghanistan.
The working group covered traditional public policy issues and new issues, such as climate change, migration, social exclusion and extra-legal groups, organised crime, energy and violent conflicts. We aimed to provide comprehensive overview of why this concept may have increasing importance for policy actions.
The Working Group focused on problems of primary importance for human security in CEE and the CIS, discussing and proposing a more constructive and progressive approach to ensure human rights and development. The Working Group meetings was provided a common forum for a wide range of researchers and practitioners specialising in public administration, international relations, economics and law.
The WG is a newly established unit, focused on in-depth analyses of how the values of human rights create conditions for effective governance and economic development.
This year, the WG’s activities aimed at the development of a comprehensive approach, linking human rights, human security and good governance in order to contribute to public policy, through which human rights strengthen the efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in eastern and south-eastern European countries.
Thematically, the Working Group embraced the theoretical work on human rights and good governance (for example, the paper by Vladimir Salamatov "Institutional-behavioural parameters of public administration”), specific case studies of good governance practice in CEE and CIS countries (for example, the paper by Alex Aleshka "Georgia: the example of good governance practices for CIS countries” and the paper by Marija Risteska "Gender and inter-ethnic dialogue in Macedonia”) and themed comparative analysis, covering areas of human rights, human security, good governance and economic development (for example, the paper by Tetyana Malyarenko "Human security and development in the Eastern Partnership: a comparative study of Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova” and the paper by Marija Milenkovska "The impact of the European court of human rights on protecting human rights in the weak, post-conflict countries”).
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