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NISPAcee News 2015, Volume XXII - No. 2 July 2015
Dear Readers,
We are sending you the summer issue of the NISPAcee Newsletter in e-format.
We hope that you enjoy and welcome this issue and, of course, we would appreciate receiving any feedback on this issue of the e-Newsletter. This will help us to incorporate any suggestions you may have regarding its further improvement.
This issue will provide you with an extensive report of various activities implemented during the spring and summer 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

NISPAcee Publications

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NISPAcee Announcements

24th NISPAcee Annual Conference - Invitation

Invitation for the 24th NISPAcee Annual Conference by Marius Profiroiu, NISPAcee President and Ivan Kopric, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
 
Applications with a Paper Proposal closed.
RESULTS of PAPER PROPOSAL SELECTION are PUBLISHED.
On-line Registration to be opened in December 2015
Conference Leaflet

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24th NISPAcee Annual Conference - Main conference theme

The main conference theme:

"Spreading Standards, Building Capacities:

European Administrative Space in Progress”

 
 
 

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Reports of NISPAcee Activities

Chinese Society of Administrative Reform

This was the major objective of a visit by a Chinese delegation to the NISPAcee Headquarters in Bratislava on July 3, 2015. The delegation was led by WEI Liqun, President of China’s Society of Administrative Reform. Other members of the delegation included WANG Manchuan, Secretary General, WANG Lu, Executive Deputy Secretary, HU Qingping, Division Director and HU Xianzhi, Division Director. The delegation was accompanied by PAN Weiwang, China's Ambassador to the Slovak Republic and WANG Ruixiang, Head of the Political Section and Spokesman of the Embassy of the P.R. of China in the Slovak Republic.
 

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NISPAcee and UNDP Cooperation

On June 30, 2015 UNDP representatives Robert Bernardo, UNDP Policy Specialist on Capacity Development and Institutional Strengthening, Elena Danilova-Cross, UNDP Programme Specialist on Poverty and Inequality and Marta Diavolova, Programme Adviser from UNFPA visited NISPAcee Headquarters in Bratislava.
 

 
 

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Project “Civil Society decides too“

The project "Civil Society decides too", financed by the Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro, IPA 2013 Civil Society Facility Montenegro Programme began in July 2014 and should last 15 months. The project is coordinated by the Centre for Development of Non-Governmental Organisations, Montenegro in partnership with NISPAcee and NGO BONUM, Montenegro.

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Study Tour of Montenegrin CSOs to Slovakia

On June 8-11, 2015 eleven representatives of Montenegrin CSOs participated in a study tour to the Slovak Republic with the aim of learning what the principles are of the functioning of civil society in the country.
 
 

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23rd NISPAcee Annual Conference

The 23rd NISPAcee Annual Conference, organised in co-operation with the Caucasus University, Tbilisi, Georgia, was attended by 300 participants from 40 countries worldwide. This included 24 CEE countries covered by NISPAcee’s institutional membership.

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V4 Capacity Building - Conference Panel

The Panel on Quality Improvement of PA programmes in the Caucasus Region, based on European Standards, was jointly organised by NISPAcee and Caucasus University during the 23rd NISPAcee Annual Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia on May 22, 2015. It was organised in the framework of the project "Capacity Building of Caucasus Academic PA Programmes on the basis of EU Administrative Principles", supported by the International Visegrad Fund.

 

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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".

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V4 Capacity Building - Regional conference

The regional conference on Building Democratic Governance on the Basis of EU Administrative Principles in the Caucasus Region was organised by NISPAcee and Caucasus University in Tbilisi, Georgia on March 5, 2015. It was organised in the framework of the project "Capacity Building of Caucasus Academic PA Programmes on the Basis of EU Administrative Principles” supported by the International Visegrad Fund. In the conference participated Approximately 60 participants participated in the conference from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, mainly from different universities - PA programme lecturers, trainers, researchers, students and also PA officials, representatives of civil society organisations and the media were invited.

 
 

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V4 Capacity Building - Final project workshop

The workshop on Curricula Building of PA programmes in Caucasus countries was jointly organised by NISPAcee and Caucasus University in Tbilisi, Georgia on March 3-4, 2015. It was organised in the framework of the project "Capacity Building of Caucasus Academic PA Programmes on the basis of EU Administrative Principles” supported by the International Visegrad Fund.

 

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News from Other Institutions

Sustainable Public Procurement Principles

Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) Principles adopted by the 10YFP SPP Multistakeholder Advisory Committee

 

The SPP Principles will assist countries and organizations in gaining a common understanding of sustainable public procurement, also helping the Programme progress towards its two objectives of building the case for SPP and supporting SPP implementation on the ground.

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NISPAcee Publications

NISPAcee Press

Contemporary Governance Models and Practices in Central and Eastern Europe

Editor(s): Polonca Kovač, György Gajduschek

ISBN: 978-80-89013-75-3

Regionalisation and Regional Policy in Central and Eastern Europe

Editor(s): Ilona Palne Kovacs, Constantin Marius Profiroiu

ISBN: 978-80-89013-73-9

The NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy | Volume VIII, Number 1, Summer 2015

Editor(s): Juraj Nemec

ISSN: 1337-9038

Price: 15 €

 

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