EUPAN 61st Meeting of Directors General
5-6 December 2013, Vilnius, Lithuania
The 61st Meeting of the Directors General responsible for
public administration in the European Union and the European Commission was
held in Vilnius on 5-6 December 2013 under the Lithuanian Presidency of the
Council of the European Union. The Meeting, as well as other EUPAN (European
Union Public Administration Network) activities, were organised and coordinated
by the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania under the
leadership of Paulius Skardžius, Director of Public Governance Policy Department.
NISPAcee is invited to participate in EUPAN meetings as
an observer. Its Executive Director, Ludmila Gajdosova, represented NISPAcee in
the meeting in Vilnius. This contact with EUPAN enables NISPAcee to stay in
touch with public administration practice in European Union countries. The
EUPAN meetings are always focused on the urgent issues public administration
faces during the period of each Presidency.On the other hand, NISPAcee can provide EUPAN members with information
on the current state of the theory and research in public administration and
policy.
The agenda of the Meeting included the presentation of
the results of several relevant studies and projects running within EU
countries (see the Agenda of the meeting).The Lithuanian Presidency commissioned an interesting study solely for
this Meeting:
SUMMARY - STUDY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENT TRENDS IN EUROPE. The results
were presented by Dr. Vitalis Nakrošis, Public Policy and Management Institute;
Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University,
Lithuania.
More information about EUPAN and the meeting can be found
on the EUPAN website: http://www.eupan.eu/en/documents/
The resolution adopted by the participants summarises the
discussions and decisions taken during the meeting: Resolution