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NISPAcee News 2014, Volume XXI - No. 1 February 2014
Dear Readers,
We are sending you the winter issue of the NISPAcee Newsletter in e-format.
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This issue will provide you with an extensive report of various activities implemented during the summer and autumn time. We cordially invite all individuals as well as institutions to contribute to the next issues.
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NISPAcee Announcements

Reports of NISPAcee Activities

News from Other Institutions

Events from Other Institutions

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NISPAcee Announcements

The 22nd NISPAcee Annual Conference 2014, Budapest, Hungary

INVITATION

 

The 22nd NISPAcee Annual Conference 2014

"Government vs. Governance in Central and Eastern Europe”

May 22-24, 2014, Budapest, Hungary

 
 

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Project: Capacity Building of Caucasus Academic PA Programmes

Project: Capacity Building of Caucasus Academic PA Programmes on the basis of EU Administrative Principles

Supported by: International Visegrad Fund, www.visegradfund.org
 
Project period: April 2014 - March 2015
 
Project description:  To share knowledge and experience of V4 and Caucasus in PA teaching, training and research for institutional and administrative capacity building based on EU administrative principles, which include the rule of law, efficiency, effectiveness, openness, transparency, integrity and citizens’ participation. The project outcomes will facilitate reform processes, preparation for EU integration and regional cooperation and awareness of importance of PA performance (criteria for EU integration).

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Young Public Policy Makers Jamboree "Living out of stereotypes"

March 26-28, 2014 / Bratislava, Slovak Republic

 

Supported by: International Visegrad Fund, www.visegradfund.org

Organized by: NISPAcee - The Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe, www.nispa.org

Project partners: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

National School of Public Administration, Poland

Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Science, Hungary

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Project: Government vs. Governance in teaching of young academicians in V4


Supported by: International Visegrad Fund, www.visegradfund.org
 
Project period: February - June 2014
 
Project description: To bring together the young academicians and teachers in V4 region and to provide them an opportunity to discuss actual Public Administration and Policy theories and topics through participation in the 22nd NISPAcee Annual Conference organized in cooperation with National University of Public Service (Budapest) and Corvinus University of Budapest (Budapest, Hungary, May 2014). Young academicians can be there in the interactions with senior Public Administration and Policy academicians & experts, gain new experience, knowledge & contacts for their future career development.
 

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NISPAcee Offers Unpaid Internships for Young Interns

The Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe is offering the possibility for future young professionals to work with and for the biggest network in the area of public administration in Central and Eastern Europe and thereby gain useful experience for their future careers.

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Reports of NISPAcee Activities

The 7th NISPAcee – EGPA Trans-European Dialogue (TED7) 2014

The Faculty of Political, Public Administration, and Communications Sciences at Babes Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in conjunction with NISPAcee (Network of Institutes and Schools in Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe) and EGPA (European Group for Public administration) hosted in Cluj, the 7th conference of the Trans European Dialogue (TED7) on the topic of Strong Local Governments: Community, Strategy, Integration. The conference took place on 6-7 February, 2014 and brought together 35 scholars from the field of public administration from western and eastern European countries.

 
 

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IASIA Board of Management Meeting

The International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) held its Board of Management Meeting (BoM) at the Headquarters of the IIAS (International Institute of Administrative Sciences) in Brussels, Belgium. NISPAcee is a corporate member of the organization. Ludmila Gajdosova, NISPAcee’s Executive Director, participated in the meeting. She was elected a BoM member during the last elections, which were held during last year’s IASIA Annual Conference in Bahrain. The President of IASIA, Michiel de Vries, invited Ludmila Gajdosova to serve as a Vice-President for Regional and International Cooperation. In addition, Mrs. Gajdosova also serves as a co-chair of the Working Group on Education and Training.
IASIA President and IIAS General Director in the middle 
 

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EGPA Steering Committee Meeting

The European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) held its Steering Committee meeting at the IIAS (International Institute of Administrative Sciences) Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Ludmila Gajdosova, NISPAcee’s Executive Director, was invited to participate in the Steering Committee as an observer, based on the MoU signed by the two organisations in 2008.
EGPA President and IIAS General Director in the middle
 
 
 
 

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EUPAN 61st Meeting of Directors General

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.

 
 

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News from Other Institutions

European Parliament Election 2014

Elections to the European Parliament will be held in all member states of the European Union (EU) between 22 and 25 May 2014, as decided unanimously by a decision the Council of the European Union. It will be the eighth Europe-wide election to the European Parliament since the first direct elections in 1979.

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Events from Other Institutions

March 17, 2014 - March 19, 2014

Public Governance and the Role of Citizens in Shaping the Open Government Dialogue

 

Venue: Caserta, Italy

Organizer(s): MENA-OECD Governance Programme Centre and ARADO

April 24, 2014 - April 25, 2014

European Union - 10 Years after its Biggest Enlargement  

Venue: Poznan University of Economics, Poland

Organizer(s): Department of European Studies and Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence of Poznan University of Economics and Institute for Western Affairs, Poland

April 25, 2014 - April 26, 2014

Non-Western Public Administration  

Venue: Tallinn, Estonia

Organizer(s): The Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance at Tallinn University of Technology and the journal "Administrative Culture" (formerly Halduskultuur – Administrative Culture)

May 9, 2014 - May 9, 2014

The 6-th conference "Exploration, education and progress in the third millenium"  

Venue: Galati, Romania

Organizer(s): THE UNIVERSITY "DUNAREA DE JOS" GALATZ, ROMANIA, FACULTY OF LEGAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES

May 12, 2014 - May 13, 2014

Peacebuilding and Local Governance 2014  

Venue: Casa Sant Felip Neri, Barcelona, Spain

Organizer(s): The Hague Academy, The Netherlands

May 21, 2014 - May 23, 2014

Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government,  

Venue: Danube University Krems

Organizer(s): Centre for E-Governance at the Danube University Krems

May 22, 2014 - May 23, 2014

Using Citizens to Design Better Public Services: Choices, Challenges and Opportunities

 

Venue: Maastricht, The Netherlands

Organizer(s): EIPA

May 28, 2014 - May 29, 2014

Public Administration and Territorial Development: Interconnection, Challenges and Solutions beyond World Crisis  

Venue: Irkutsk, Russia

Organizer(s): Baikal State University of Economics and Law, Faculty of World Economy and Public Administration Economics, Public Administration Department

June 2, 2014 - June 4, 2014

E-Governance  

Venue: Sozopol, Bulgaria

Organizer(s): Technical University of Sofia – R & DS, Faculty of Management, Research and Education Centre for e-Governance

June 13, 2014 - June 17, 2014

International Congress of the IIAS: Rethinking Responsibility and Accountability of Public Administration in Times of Globalization, Decentralization and Privatization  

Venue: Ifrane, Morocco.

Organizer(s): The International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) in close collaboration with the
University Al Akhawayn Ifrane, The Ministry of Interior and ENA Morocco

June 27, 2014 - June 29, 2014

Networks in the Global World 2014: Bridging Theory and Method: American, European, and Russian Studies  

Venue: St Petersburg, Russia

Organizer(s): Centre for German and European Studies, Saint Petersburg State University, Council of Young Scientists, Bielefeld University, International Sociological Association, Junior Sociologists Network

June 30, 2014 - July 4, 2014

The Annual Conference of IASIA: Good governance: the position of students, scholars
and practitioners
 

Venue: Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Organizer(s): The International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) in close
collaboration with the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU)

July 7, 2014 - July 11, 2014

Summercourse Decentralisation and Local Governance  

Venue: The Hague, The Netherlands

Organizer(s): The Hague Academy, The Netherlands

September 8, 2014 - September 19, 2014

The XVII International Summer School on regulation of local public services  

Venue: Turin, Italy

Organizer(s): Turin School of Local Regulation

September 10, 2014 - September 12, 2014

EGPA Annual Conference  

Venue: German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer and the German Research Institute for Public Administration, Speyer, Germany

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