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The 19th NISPAcee Annual Conference
Public Administration
of the Future
May 19–22, 2011, Varna, Bulgaria
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Organised in cooperation with
Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”
Varna, Bulgaria
Conference venues
Varna Free University Hotel Melia Grand Hermitage, Golden Sands Resort
Bulgaria
Meeting Rooms
Pre-conference meetings
Master Class “How to improve your paper”
Master Class PowerPoint
EAPAA Workshop “Training for potential Site Visit Team members”
Conference meetings
REGISTRATION
Meeting room
Orpheus / Rezos
Spartak
Rezos
Meeting room
Lounge (Level "C")
Opening Plenary Session
Aula Maxima / Varna Free University
Closing Plenary Session
Satok
Panel Sessions and Forums
Working Sessions on the Main Conference Theme
Hermitage Ballroom
General Session
Lisimah
Panel on Health Care, Health Reforms and their Implementation
Spartak
NISPAcee Fair of New Projects
Rezos
EAPAA Advisory Panel
Orpheus
EAPAA Workshop “How to prepare for accreditation”
Orpheus
Working Groups
I. Working Group on Local Government
Satok
Rezos
III. Working Group on Civil Service
IV. Working Group on PA Reform
V. Working Group on Internationalization and Networking of PA Studies
VI. Working Group Fiscal Policy
VII. Working Group on Public Policy Analysis Development Issues
Lisimah
Hermitage Ballroom
Spartak
Teres
Orpheus
Specialized meeting
NISPAcee Business Meeting
Meeting of NISPAcee and ASPA Representatives
Meeting of the Coordinators of WGs / WSs and the editors of the Proceedings
Hermitage Ballroom
Odris
Hermitage Ballroom
Others
NISPAcee office
VFU office
Coffee breaks, Book exhibition
Lunches
Cotis
Bulgarian office (Level "L")
Lounge
Restaurants of the Hotels
Public Administration of the Future
May 19–22, 2011, Varna, Bulgaria
The main conference activities sponsored by:
Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative affiliated with the Open Society Institute
(LGI/OSI), Budapest, Hungary
Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”
Varna, Bulgaria
Contents
Conference Schedule. ........................................................................................................................3
Opening Plenary Session.....................................................................................................................3
NISPAcee Business Meeting................................................................................................................5
Closing Plenary Session.......................................................................................................................7
Detailed Programme............................................................................................................................9
Pre-conference Meetings.................................................................................................................... 9
Master Class “How to improve your paper”......................................................................................9
Master Class PowerPoint..................................................................................................................10
EAPAA Workshop “Training for potential Site Visit Team members”...............................................10
Working Sessions on the Main Conference Theme..................................................................... 11
General Sessions................................................................................................................................ 11
Panels and Forums............................................................................................................................. 13
Panel on Health Care, Health Reforms and their Implementation...................................................13
EAPAA Advisory Panel and Launch of New NISPAcee Working Group on Public Administration
Education..........................................................................................................................................13
EAPAA Workshop “How to prepare for accreditation”...................................................................14
NISPAcee Fair of New Projects........................................................................................................14
Working Groups.................................................................................................................................. 16
I. Working Group on Local Government..........................................................................................16
II. Working Group on e-Government...............................................................................................17
III. Working Group on Civil Service...................................................................................................19
IV. Working Group on PA Reform.....................................................................................................21
V. Working Group on Internationalization and Networking of PA Studies........................................23
VI. Working Group on Fiscal Policy...................................................................................................25
VII. Working Group on Public Policy Analysis Development Issues..................................................27
Invitation to The 20th NISPAcee Annual Conference.........................................................32
Programme note:
• The printed version of the conference programme includes only the names of authors registered for the conference
2011.
Conference Schedule
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
09:00 - 20:30 Master Class “How to improve your paper”
Room: Orpheus/Rezos Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage”
09:00 - 20:00 Master Class PowerPoint
Room: Spartak Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage”
17:00 - 20:00 Registration of participants
Room: Lounge Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” (Level "C")
Thursday, May 19, 2011
09:00 - 13:00 Master Class “How to improve your paper”
Room: Orpheus/Rezos Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage”
Room: Lounge Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” (Level "C")
12:00 - 13:30 EAPAA Workshop “Training for potential Site Visit Team members”
Room: Rezos Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage”
14:00
Departure of the buses from the Hotel Hermitage to the Varna Free University
14:45 - 14:55 Video presentation on the Varna Free University
Room: Aula Maxima Varna Free University
15:00 - 16:30 Opening Plenary Session
Welcome and opening speeches:
Mzia Mikeladze, NISPAcee President, Caucasus University, Caucasus School of Governance, Tbilisi,
Georgia
Anna Nedyalkova, Rector, Varna Free University ‘Chernorizets Hrabar’, Bulgaria
Tsetska Tsacheva, The President of the National Assembly, Bulgaria (The Congratulatory letter on her
behalf will be read by Mrs. Daniela Petrova)
Meredith A. Newman, American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Immediate Past President,
Florida International University, Department of Public Administration, Miami, Florida, United States
Toni Samuel, ASPA Executive Director, Washington DC, United States
Representative of the Local Government and Public Sector Reform Initiative (LGI)/OSI (to
be confirmed), Budapest, Hungary
Panel of the high level Bulgarian representatives on the topics:
New Challenges towards the Bulgarian Public Administration:
• the role of public administration in the contemporary world
• the public administration in the CEE countries
• the administrative reform on the contemporary stage of development
Chair of the Panel:
Daniela Petrova, Chairperson of the Culture, Civil Society and Media Committee at the 41st National
Assembly, Bulgaria
Speakers:
Andrey Kovatchev, Member of the European Parliament
Avgustina Tzvetkova, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria
Kiril Yordanov, Mayor of the Municipality of Varna
16:30 - 17:00 Coffee Break
Room: Lobby Varna Free University
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17:00 - 18:30 Opening Plenary Session - 2nd part
Keynote presentation
Geert Bouckaert, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Public Management Institute, Leuven, Belgium
Presentation: “Performance and Accountability in Times of Economic Crises”
Ceremony of the Alena Brunovská Award for Teaching Excellence in Public Administration
Presentation of the Award by Mzia Mikheladze, NISPAcee President and Ľudmila Gajdošová,
NISPAcee Executive Director, to the recipient:
Laszlo Vass, Budapest School of Communication and Business, Budapest, Hungary
The lecture of the winner of the Award : “Policy Communication: The Common Language Divides The
Actors”
Conference announcements
19:00 - 21:00 Reception at the Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”
Hosted by Prof. Dr. Sc. Anna Nedyalkova - Rector of Varna Free University ‘Chernorizets Hrabar’
Room: Restaurant Varna Free University
21:00
Departure of the buses from the Varna Free University to the Hotel Hermitage
Friday, May 20, 2011
Room: Lounge Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage”
09:00 - 10:30 I. Working Group on Local Government
Session 1: Does history matter?
Room: Satok Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage”
Session 1
Session 1: Integrity
Room: Lisimah Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage”
Session 1: Opening session and Comparative studies on PAR
Room: Hermitage Ballroom Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage”
Session 1
VI. Working Group on Fiscal Policy
Session 1: Current issues of fiscal policy
Room: Teres Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage”
Session 1: Policy analysis: practice and theory
Room: Orpheus Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage”
11:00 - 12:30 Working Session on the Main Conference Theme
General Session
Session 1: Bulgarian session
Panel on Health Care, Health Reforms and their Implementation 1
Session 1: Health care reforms in EU member states
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EAPAA Advisory Panel and Launch of New NISPAcee Working Group on Public
Administration Education
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
Room: Hotel restaurants
Session 2: Reforming LG systems
Session 2
Session 2: Specific topics
Session 2: Theory of Public Administration Reform
Session 2: Public expenditures evaluation and efficiency
Session 2: Policy process
16:30 - 18:00 NISPAcee Business Meeting
Programme:
Opening
Annual report of activities
Financial report
Future plans
“NISPAcee - ASPA Memorandum of Understanding” - Document signing ceremony
“NISPAcee - EAPAA Memorandum of Understanding” - Document signing ceremony
Other
Discussions
18:00 – 19:00 Departures by buses from the Hotel Hermitage to Albena Resort (every 10 min.)
18:00 - 18:30 Meeting of the Coordinators of WGs/WSs and the editors of the conference
Proceedings
19:30 - 22:30 Reception at the Variety Theatre, Albena Resort
Hosted by the Albena JSCo
After a short walk (about 30 minutes) along the Artists’ lane in Albena Resort the conference
participants will be welcomed at the Reception in the Variety-Theatre Albena.
The show of the VFU Academic dancing theatre will be followed by the DJ retro party.
Departure of the buses back to the Hotel Hermitage:
1st round: 21:30
2nd round: 22:30
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Saturday, May 21, 2011
Session 3: Specific LG systems
Session 3
Session 3: HR instruments
Session 3: Case studies on Central Asia, Caucasus and Eastern Europe
Session 3
Session 3: Fiscal policy in times of economic crisis
Session 3: Use of policy instruments
11:00 - 12:30 Working Session on the Main Conference Theme
Session 2: Public administration of the future: The United States perspective
General Session
Session 2
Panel on Health Care, Health Reforms and their Implementation 2
Session 2: Health care reforms in other regions
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
Room: Hotel restaurants
Session 4: Capacity & quality of LG management
Session 4
Session 4: HR system / Training
Session 4: Case studies on the Balkans
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Session 4
Session 4: Local government finance
Session 4: Policy evaluation and RIA
Session 5: Future of the Working Group on Local Government
Session 5: Discussion - plans for the next year(s)
Session 5: Leadership
Session 5: Case studies on Central Europe (EU countries)
Session 5: Discussion - plans for the next year(s)
17:30 - 19:00 Closing Plenary Session
Round table discussion
Theme: Public administration of the future: What have we learned, where do we go from
here?
As a new feature of the NISPAcee Annual Conference, the Closing Plenary Session will this time feature,
instead of the brief reports from the individual working groups, a final roundtable discussion of the Main
Conference Theme, Public Administration of the Future. We will look again at all sessions, speeches and
discussions over the course of the conference that have dealt with this overarching topic, and we will
try to distill some of the lessons learned from them, what our individual and NISPAcee’s position in the
changing context of global and regional development can be, and where we can go from here.
Moderator:
Tiina Randma-Liiv, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tallinn University
of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
Discussants:
Wolfgang Drechsler, Tallin University of Technology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Public
Administration, Tallin, Estonia
Allan Rosenbaum, Florida International University, Department of Public Administration, Miami,
Florida, United States
Award ceremony
• The Best Graduate Student Paper - Presentation of the Award to the winner by the Chair of the
Selection Committee Prof. Violeta Panovska - Boskoska, Bulgaria
• The Best Comparative Paper presented at the Conference - Presentation of the Award to the
winner by the members of the Selection Committee Prof. Tiina Randma-Liiv, Estonia and Prof. Juraj
Nemec, Slovakia
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• NISPAcee Merit Award - Presentation of the Award to the recipients by the NISPAcee President
Mzia Mikelade and NISPAcee Executive Director Ľudmila Gajdošová:
Setnikar-Cankar Stanka, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Invitation to the NISPAcee Conference 2012
Violeta Panovska - Boskoska, Dean, Faculty of Administration and Information Systems Management, Bitola, Macedonia
19:00 - 19:30 Meeting of NISPAcee and ASPA Representatives
Room: Odris Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage”
Sunday, May 22, 2011
10:00 - 14:00 Sightseeing tour “Balchik”
Room: Departure from the Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage”
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Detailed Programme
Pre-conference Meetings
Master Class “How to improve your paper”
Room:
Orpheus / Rezos Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage”
Moderator: Michiel de Vries, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
For the first time, and based on participants‘ strong expression of interest, NISPAcee is offering a workshop on how
to improve one’s paper, especially its introduction and conclusions. When readers do not like the introduction of your
paper they will not continue reading. Sometimes readers start with the conclusions. If they do not like them they will not
continue to read the paper. The quality of the introduction and conclusions of your paper is therefore crucial.
This Master class is designed for young scholars from the NISPAcee regions who have already written a paper and who
want to improve on it. The Master Class is scheduled in such a way as to allow participants to work on their papers for
the conference themselves just before the conference. The master class will take place in the conference hotel before
the official opening. The class is sponsored by LGI and free of charge for the selected participants.
Based on the applications 12 participants have been accepted for the Master Class.
The Master Class will be conducted by Professor Dr. Michiel de Vries (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands) He
is also the chair of working group IV on Public Administration Reform and member of the editorial board of numerous journals
in Public Administration and Dr. Marlies Honingh, Assistant Professor (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands).
Master Class Schedule:
09.00–10.30 h
• will feature a general presentation by the workshop leader on what constitutes a good paper, as well as discussion on
how to improve the introduction section of one’s own paper. The participants will receive a text by email before May
1st, which they have to have read before the first meeting.
Meeting room: ORPHEUS
Coffee break: 10:30
10.30–15.00
Participants will, after the first meeting with the workshop leader, be expected to work on their own introduction
and mail the improved texts to the workshop leader before 15.00 to the e-mail addresses: m.devries@fm.ru.nl and
m.honingh@fm.ru.nl
Coffee break: 15:30
15.30–18.00
• will consist of individual meetings with the workshop leaders going through the improved texts on the introduction, one by
one, discussing the changes made and the changes still necessary. These are 20 minute sessions each. Given the number
of applicants, these sessions will be conducted by either Prof. Dr. Michiel de Vries, or by Dr. Marlies Honingh.
Meeting room 1: ORPHEUS
Meeting room 2: REZOS
19.30–20.30 h
A general presentation about the structure of conclusions of papers as well as a discussion on how this would apply to
the applicants’ papers
20.30 until next morning:
Participants will be expected to work on their conclusions section and work further on their improved introduction section
and mail the final texts to the workshop leaders before 08.00 on May 19th.
09.00–11.30
Will be used for individual meetings between applicants and workshop leaders going through the improved texts on the
introduction and of the conclusions. Given the number of applicants, these sessions are divided between Prof. Dr. Michiel
de Vries, or by Dr. Marlies Honingh.
Meeting room 1: ORPHEUS
Meeting room 2: REZOS
Coffee break: 10:00
11.30–13.00 will be used to discuss the improved manuscripts in the group as a whole as well as an evaluation of the
course.
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Room:
Spartak Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage”
Moderator: Wolfgang Drechsler, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
For the first time, and based on participants‘ strong expression of interest, NISPAcee is offering a workshop on how to
optimally present one’s paper via PowerPoint© slides. This is designed for younger conference participants who have
a good paper already accepted but who could improve on how to present it, with an emphasis on the slides themselves,
and a second one on the oral presentation. The Master Class is scheduled in such a way as to allow participants to
work on their presentations for the conference themselves. It will take place in the conference hotel before the official
opening. The class is sponsored by LGI and free of charge for participants.
Master Class is conducted by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Drechsler (TU Tallinn, Estonia), first winner of the Alena Brunovska
Award for teaching excellence and recent NISPAcee Steering Committee member.
Based on the applications 8 participants have been accepted for the Master Class.
Master Class Schedule:
9.00–11.00
Will feature a general presentation on what makes a good slide show for the current context. Participants will then be
expected to work on their own slide shows and mail them to the workshop leader by 14.00 (E-mail: wjmd@arcor.de)
Meeting room: SPARTAK
Coffee break: 10:30
16.00–20.00 will consist in going through all slide shows together, one by one, discussing and implementing changes.
Coffee break: 16:00
9.00–13.00
Participants will present their papers with the finalized and polished slide shows for final rehearsal.
Coffee break: 10:00
EAPAA Workshop “Training for potential Site Visit Team members”
Thursday, May 19, 2011 12:00–13:30
Room:
Rezos Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage”
Chair:
Theo van der Krogt, EAPAA (European Association for Public Administration Accreditation), Enschede,
Netherlands
The workshop will inform potential site visit team members on:
• the EAPAA criteria and procedures for accreditation
• the purpose of the site visit and the role of site visit team members
• some pitfalls in conducting a site visit
All conference attendants are welcome, however, a potential academic EAPAA site visit team member:
• is a senior public administration scholar (full or associate professor);
• has more than 5 years’ experience in public administration teaching at the master level;
• has preferably experience with programme evaluation and / or accreditation;
• is willing to serve in an EAPAA site visit team abroad (2–3 days) while only the travel and lodging costs are covered;
• has some international experience;
• is speaking English, German or French.
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Working Sessions on the Main Conference Theme
Friday, May 20, 2011 11:00–12:30
Room:
Hermitage Ballroom Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage”
WG Programme Coordinators:
Geert Bouckaert, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Tiina Randma-Liiv, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
What is the role of the state and public administration in tackling the future challenges of globalization, economic growth,
social and demographic changes, migration and climate change? What is truly public about government management?
Which reform trajectories and instruments can be used for making governments more effective? How can we ensure
that the public service is able to attract the best and the brightest from the labour market? What will be the role of the
discipline of Public Administration in the future? This is what scholars and public service practitioners will be discussing
in Varna in 2011
Papers:
Walter Bartl, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
Paper: Counting with demography: The natural economy of public service management
Ioana Teodora Dinu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: Looking ahead: Public decisions under increasing scarcity. The case of the Romanian public administration
(2007–2009)
Saturday, May 21, 2011 11:00–12:30
Session 2: Public administration of the future: The United States perspective
Room:
Moderator: Wolfgang Drechsler, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
The second part of the Main Conference Theme sessions will be a roundtable discussion, open to all conference participants,
by some of the most important and well-known American experts on Public Administration, both distinguished intellectuals
and active institutional managers. As the United States theory and practice of Public Administration is both in constant,
crucial interchange with and quite distinct from its counterparts in the NISPAcee region, yet often agenda-setting and
trail-blazing, this roundtable should provide us with a unique and important perspective on how Public Administration
will develop in and for the future.
Participants:
Michael Britnall, Executive Director, American Political Science Association (APSA), Washington DC, United States
Meredith Newman, Florida International University, Department of Public Administration, Miami, Florida, United
States
Ban Carolyn, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School Public and International Affairs, Pitsburgh, Pennsylvania, United
States
Allan Rosenbaum, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States
General Sessions
Friday, May 20, 2011 11:00–12:30
Session 1: Bulgarian session
Room:
Lisimah Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage”
In order to include a wide array of potential contributors and to make the NISPAcee Annual Conference even more
attractive to Public Administration and Policy scholars, experts, and practitioners and to further enhance its position as
one of the most important meetings in the field internationally, the 19th NISPAcee Annual Conference again includes
General Sessions, in which papers that cover topics, which go beyond the conference or working group themes, are
presented. The only criteria for acceptance were (a) scholarly quality, (b) interest of the topic and (c) “from or about
the region”, i.e. papers should come from Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, or be about that
region.
Papers:
Polya Katsamunska, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Paper: Past and future of public administration reform in Bulgaria
Kremena Georgieva, Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”, Varna, Bulgaria
Paper: Innovative approaches for managing municipal property management – problems and challenges in the Bulgarian
practice
Maria Velikova, Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”, Varna, Bulgaria
Paper: Sustainable development of Bulgarian municipalities: Opportunities and challenges in the context of the “Europe
2020” strategy
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Pavel Pavlov, Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”, Varna, Bulgaria
Paper: Bulgarian administrative capacity for the absorption of European funds – challenges and good practices
Svetla Kostadinova, Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”, Varna, Bulgaria
Paper: The Bulgarian experience to introduce European instruments for improving the administrative capacity: The example
of “authorized economic operator”
Ivanka Bankova, Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”, Varna, Bulgaria
Paper: Administrative aspects of the conflicts in implementing an operational programme “Development of the
competitiveness of Bulgarian economy”
Saturday, May 21, 2011 11:00–12:30
Session 2
Room:
Papers:
Donald Fuller, Anglo-American University, Prague 1, Czech Republic
Paper: Integration vs. disintegration: Dilemma for the European Union
Valeria Limpok, Szechenyi Istvan University, Gyor, Hungary
Paper: Changing world, changing Hungarian taxation policy
Cornelia Felicia Macarie, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Sorin Dan Sandor, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Simona Claudia Creta, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Paper: Organizational culture of public institutions in Romania
Anca Monica Marin, Research Institute for Quality of Life, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: New and old managers of Romanian public administration
Aziz Klebleyev, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
Paper: National savings as the determinant of growth: Case of Uzbekistan
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Panels and Forums
Panel on Health Care, Health Reforms and their Implementation
Friday, May 20, 2011 11:00–12:30
Session 1: Health care reforms in EU member states
Room:
Chair:
James Bjorkman, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands
Co-chair: Juraj Nemec, University of Matej Bel, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
The panels present comparative studies of cross-national health care reforms during 1990–2010. Structured multicountry research in Central and Eastern Europe creates the basis for a book and may improve the success of any health
care reform in the region. Health care reform is, for this purpose, defined as major shifts in: (a) decision-making power
over the allocation of resources and (b) the distribution of financial risks in health care funding between, as well as
within, public and private sectors.
Papers:
Marek Pavlík, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Ivan Maly, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Zuzana Darmopilova, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Paper: Health reforms in CEE – Czech republic
Sandor Gallai, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Paper: Healthcare reforms: Hungary (1990–2010)
Milena Vladimirova, Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Svetla Kostadinova, Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”, Varna, Bulgaria
Paper: Bulgaria – country profile regarding healthcare
Juraj Nemec, University of Matej Bel, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
Paper: HC reforms in Slovakia
Stanka Setnikar-Cankar, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Paper: Review and analysis of the healthcare system in Slovenia: 1980–2010
Saturday, May 21, 2011 11:00–12:30
Session 2: Health care reforms in other regions
Room:
Chair:
Juraj Nemec, University of Matej Bel, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
Co-chair: James Bjorkman, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands
Papers:
Tatiana Chubarova, Russian Academy of Public Administration, Moscow, Russian Federation
Paper: Patterns of health care reforms in economies in transition: A case of Russia
Lianna Mkhitaryan, AdInfoSys Management Institute, Yerevan, Armenia
Paper: Successes and challenges of health reforms in Armenia
Marian Palley, University of Delaware, Newark, United States
Howard A. Palley, University of Maryland, College Park, United States
Paper: Health care reform: Campaigning versus governing
Branko Dimeski, University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bitola, Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
Aleksandra Patoska, University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bitola, Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
Paper: Ministry of public administration in the republic of Macedonia: Necessity and future challenge
EAPAA Advisory Panel and Launch of New NISPAcee Working Group
on Public Administration Education
Friday, May 20, 2011 11:00–12:30PM
Room:
Orpheus Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage”
Chair:
Netherlands
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Launch of New NISPAcee Working Group
Until now NISPAcee has been oriented most to public administration content: policies, evaluations, research, advice, etc.
Now the need for (high) quality of educational programmes is growing (in the light of the European Educational Policy),
and the need for more knowledge on educational technology is growing. We think within NISPAcee there is room for
more attention for public administration education as an object for discussion and exchange of ideas. The object of the
Working Group is Public Administration Education in its broadest sense (curriculum development, curriculum technology,
e-learning, teaching technology, best practices, research on education, quality assurance, modern management of
public administration programmes, a.s.o.). Starting in 2012, there will be paper sessions, a training-session, and a
session on a new research project about public administration learning outcomes.
Potential participants are all those NISPAcee members that are involved in the management of public administration
programmes and / or interested in public administration educational technology. During this first meeting the Working
Group will inform the participants about its plans for the future.
EAPAA Advisory Panel
Since 1-1-2011 EAPAA has new statutes. No longer can public administration programmes be members of EAPAA.
Instead EAPAA now has two corporate members: EGPA and NISPAcee.
However, the communication between EAPAA and public administration programmes that have interest in accreditation
is very important. Therefore EAPAA has an Advisory Panel. All EAPAA affiliated programmes (the former members)
explicitly are invited to the Advisory Panel meetings which are organised during the annual NISPAcee conference in May
and the annual EGPA conference in September.
During the Advisory Panel meetings information will be given about relevant developments in- and outside EAPAA on
accreditation. Advice will be asked from the participants on certain issues, and changes in the EAPAA accreditation
criteria and procedures will be explained.
This year the following issues are on the agenda:
• Institutional accreditation and EAPAA accreditation
• EAPAA’s internal self-evaluation
• Internationalisation
• Competences and learning outcomes
• New EAPAA website and news service
Speakers:
Calin Hintea, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania
Mirko Vintar, University of Ljubljana, Ljubjana, Slovenia
Saturday, May 21, 2011 11:00–12:30
Room:
Chair:
Netherlands
The goal of the meeting is threefold:
• to inform the attendees about the EAPAA accreditation process in general (application, self-evaluation, site visit and
decision by the EAPAA Accreditation Committee);
• to point out the most important elements in the preparation of programmes for EAPAA accreditation: when is a
programme ready for accreditation, and what is needed to write an adequate self-evaluation report;
• to sketch the requisites and procedure to become an EAPAA site visit team member.
Speakers:
Calin Hintea, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania
Mirko Vintar, University of Ljubljana, Ljubjana, Slovenia
Saturday, May 21, 2011 11:00–12:30
Room:
Chair:
Ludmila Gajdosova, NISPAcee Executive Director, Bratislava, Slovakia
Title of the Project:
The Creation of a Software Prototype for Online Education of Public Administration – Support of the
Dissemination of the Applied Research Results
Speakers:
Ludmila Malikova, Comenius University, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Luba Vavrova, Comenius University, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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The focus of our e-learning project “The Creation of a Software Prototype for Online Education of Public Administration
– the Support of the Dissemination of the Applied Research Results” is to support the research and development in the
Bratislava region, with special emphasis on the transfer of knowledge and technologies that are elaborated by research
and development into actual use in practice. The Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Institute of Public Policy and
Economics has already developed several study programmes and is successfully using this system for the benefit of both
students and teachers.
The project is EU-funded and managed by a team of experts from the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Institute
of Public Policy, which belongs to the Comenius University in Bratislava, the Faculty for Chemistry and Food Technology
of the Slovak University of Technology (STU) in Bratislava and EDEA PARTNERS a.s.
Further dissemination will be aimed at institutions of public administration in order to connect the survey results with
practice and to support the participation of those organisations on implementing knowledge into practice. Part of the
dissemination will be the creation of a publication that will analyse the results of the surveys, which were part of previous
activities. Newly created partnerships will also be aimed at the promotion of participation in project activities by experts
from public institutions, providing technical support for the implementation of the software prototype and expanding this
e-learning system into public colleges within the region of Central and Eastern Europe
CEMSDI project, co-financed by ICT Policy Support Programme (CEMSDI – Civil-servant Empowerment for
Multi Media Service Delivery ICT-enabled)
Speaker: Irina Zálišová, European Projects and Management Agency (EPMA), Prague, Czech Republic
The project focuses on capacity building of civil servants and other practitioners, forming part of the service delivery
chain in territories in need of active e-Inclusion and e-Government policies. The project uses DLA (Digital Local Agenda)
as a key instrument in achieving its goals. Five specific pilot actions at European level in Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain
and the UK will validate the training and empowerment instruments created by the CEMSDI network of e-Government
experts.
The aim of the presentation is to help the Czech Region, Vysocina, to investigate the applicability of the Digital Local
Agenda to enrich training in public administration in CEE and Eastern countries and to invite NISPACee members to cooperate.
Democratic Governance of Multi-ethnic Communities
Speaker: Polya Katsamunska, University of National and World Economy, Department of Public Administration, Sofia,
Bulgaria
In any democratic society it is very important to lead multi-ethnic relations effectively – particularly those relevant to
achieving democratic governance of Multi-ethnic Communities. Public administrators must pay more attention to this
issue. This topic is highly sensitive and significant to the NISPAcee regions as Central and Eastern Europe and Central
Asia are countries with diverse ethnic compositions.
The aim of the presentation is to raise awareness of the importance of this issue and investigate opportunities for the
renewal of the NISPAcee Working Group (WG) on Democratic Governance of Multi-ethnic Communities. The WG aims to
focus on facilitating a better understanding of important issues regarding administrative development and policymaking
capacity in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
What were / are the issues public administrators face / focus on and how have they been managed ? What lessons have
been learned and what were the public administration responses to them ? We are extremely interested to hear about
experiences from scholars and practitioners – what were the successes / failures and effective tools / mechanisms of
democratic governance of multi-ethnic communities ?
An International Interdisciplinary Field Research of Local Self-governance in Small Towns and Villages in
Russia: Institutional Environment and Self-Organisation in Close Communities
Speaker: Vasiliy Skalon, Higher School of Economics, Institute of the State and Municipal Administration, Moscow,
Russian Federation
The main goal of the project is for young scientists from Russia and Europe to have a more comprehensive image of local communities and local self-organisation in the Russian hinterland (and self-organisation in general) and its problems
and peculiarities in comparison with European countries.
The aim of the presentation is to find participants and other people interested in the project to share ideas on the various
forms of conducting the research and to discuss further steps. A critical review of the proposed research would also be
beneficial.
The presentation will contain the following information:
• A description of the project.
• A summary of similar field research projects, conducted by the speaker in 2008–2010.
• Justification of the chosen methods of research.
• The argument for the scientific value of the proposed research and suggested scientific benefits for the would-be
participants.
• Announcement of the current issues in the realisation of the project and options for participation.
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Working Groups
I. Working Group on Local Government
Friday, May 20, 2011 9:00–10:30
Session 1: Does history matter ?
Room:
Satok Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage”
Gabor Soos, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Arto Haveri, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
The general aim of the workshops in Varna is to explore how past developments influence the decisions and opportunities
of local governments.
Coordinators’ introductory talk
Papers:
Daniel Klimovsky, Technical University of Kosice, Kosice, Slovakia
Paper: Importance of historical conditions for development of local government: Slovakia and Slovenia in comparative
perspective
Katarzyna Radzik, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Paper: Path dependency and the reform of local institutions in Poland
Georg Sootla, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
Paper: Responses to the crisis of local autonomy in Estonia: Centralisation vs. multilevel governance perspective
Friday, May 20, 2011 14:00–16:00
Session 2: Reforming LG systems
Room:
Chair:
Papers:
Ioana Acsinia, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: An assessment of the impact of past and present policies on regional differences in Romania
Mihaela Victorita Carausan, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: An unknown past, an uncertain future for Romanian regions
Cristi Iftene, Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania
Paper: Administration 2.0. A study on the necessity of placing the region as a territorial administrative unit in Romania
Catalin Daniel Dumitrica, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: The future of public administration in Romania between centralization and decentralization
Mariusz Sienkiewicz, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Paper: The socio-economic effects of the public administration reforms in the 1990s on local government in Poland
Saturday, May 21, 2011 9:00–10:30
Session 3: Specific LG systems
Room:
Chair:
Papers:
Michaela Batorova, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Paper: How do past reforms change the future ? Local governance reforms and their impact on the mayor’s ability to
influence the municipal development
Monika Sidor, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Paper: The local referendum in Poland after 20 years of transformation
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Laura Kovács, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
Paper: Networking of local governments in Europe
Yuliyana Galabinova, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
Paper: Decentralization of the government in Bulgaria – former decisions, recent reforms, future consequences
Natalia Alenkina, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Paper: The place of common law institutions in the system of the state bodies and local governments (the example of
courts of Aksakals of the Kyrgyz Republic)
Saturday, May 21, 2011 14:00–15:30
Session 4: Capacity & quality of LG management
Room:
Chair:
Papers:
Magdalena Ivanova, Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”, Varna, Bulgaria
Paper: Local administration at municipal level as a factor for local development in Bulgaria (past and future administration
perspectives)
Vasiliy Skalon, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation
Paper: Municipal management quality in small towns of Russia: Institutional approach.
Dana Mihaela Murgescu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: Managerial re-designing – a way into the future for public administration
Evgenija Gramatikova, Municipality of Strumica, Strumica, Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
Paper: How the decentralization process influx to the current and further development of the municipality of Strumica
Saturday, May 21, 2011 16:00–17:00
Session 5: Future of the Working Group on Local Government
Room:
Chair:
1. Evaluation of the sessions
2. Discussion about next year’s theme
Friday, May 20, 2011 9:00–10:30
Session 1: Comparative analysis of show-cases
Room:
Ljupco Todorovski, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ignace Snellen, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The main theme of the working group is the further improvement of the established learning platform in several
directions:
1.Introducing Transfer Studies in the Platform
In each case, the presenters will study and analyse the conditions under which the showcase might be transferred to
other NISPAcee countries. The goal then is to study and analyse the conditions for establishing interest for transferring
these cases.
2.Extending the Initial Set of Showcases in the Platform
Extension of the initial set of exemplary cases included in the platform by contributing new innovative cases of using
ICT applications in the public administrative domain.
3.Addressing the Main Conference Theme
Snellen Igance, Todorovski Ljupco (The Netherlands, Slovenia): Opening
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Papers:
Ekaterina Mikhaylova, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation
Paper: Public administration of the future: Taming the paper dragon
Friday, May 20, 2011 14:00–16:00
Session 2: Comparative studies
Room:
Ignace Snellen, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Papers:
Kristina Reinsalu, e-Governance Academy, Tallinn, Estonia
Paper: e-democracy in Europe – regulations, challenges, best practices
Mimoza Bogdanoska Jovanovska, University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bitola, Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
Paper: A comparative review of three government-to-government benchmarking studies
Munira Aminova, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Paper: Comparative analysis of e-government strategies of cis countries
Iulia Grigorovici, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Ani Matei, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: Electronic governance, premise for implementation of electronic democracy
Saturday, May 21, 2011 9:00–10:30
Session 3: Show-cases of ICT applications
Room:
Papers:
Catalin Vrabie, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: Developing citizens’ safety. A joint venture between police and citizens, through the use of software
applications.
Artur Modrzejewski, Bialystok University, Bialystok, Poland
Paper: Polish administrative proceedings via e-mail
David Spacek, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Paper: e-Government and its policy and projects in Czech territorial self-government
Saturday, May 21, 2011 14:00–15:30
Session 4: Show-cases of ICT applications
Room:
Papers:
Ovidiu Stoica, University “A. I. Cuza” Iasi, Iasi, Romania
Paper: e-Procurement in Romania: From national success to international example
Maria Bordas, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Katalin Kristo, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Paper: Application of cloud computing in the public sector – the Hungarian case
Zdenka Silhova, Institute for Local Administration Prague, Prague 1, Czech Republic
Ales Svoboda, Institute for Local Administration Prague, Prague 1, Czech Republic
Paper: eGovernment skills training in the Czech Republic
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Saturday, May 21, 2011 16:00–17:00
Session 5: Discussion – plans for the next year(s)
Room:
Friday, May 20, 2011 9:00–10:30
Session 1: Integrity
Room:
Patrycja Joanna Suwaj, Polish Association for Public Administration Education, Bialystok, Poland
Hans Rieger, DBB Akademie, Bonn, Germany
The membership of the Working Group on Civil Service seeks to build connections between reflective practitioners
and engaged scholars in the Civil Service in CEE field, as a matter of priority. The primary objective of the Group is to
enrich the 2011 NISPAcee Conference program with concept and models, structures, tasks of HR in Civil Services in CEE
including academic and practice papers both.
Papers:
Maria Batishcheva, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation
Paper: Whistle-blowing as an element to improve professional ethics of public servants
Cristina Mihaela Constantinescu, National Agency of Civil Servants, Bucharest, Romania
Adriana Circiumaru, National Agency of Civil Servants, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: Transparency and participation in public administration
Monica Nicolle Dimitriu, National Agency of Civil Servants, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: Ethics in public services
Florin Marius Popa, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: National Integrity Systems and civil service development in some South- Eastern European states. Significant
aspects and comparative studies
Paper: Strategies to treat and prevent corruption through increasing local government integrity, efficiency and
accountability – Sokolka case study
Friday, May 20, 2011 14:00–16:00
Session 2: Specific topics
Room:
Papers:
Adriana Circiumaru, National Agency of Civil Servants, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: Citizen’s charter
Lydia Goverdovskaya, International Market Institute, Samara, Russian Federation
Sergei Perov, International Market Institute, Samara, Russian Federation
Paper: Competitiveness of municipal entities as a factor of the oblast economy and entrepreneurship development
Diana – Camelia Iancu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: Moebius strip in civil service law: On the spoils system and bureaucracy in Romania (1990–2010)
Agnieszka Jezierska, National School of Public Administration, Warsaw, Poland
Marcin Gorski, National School of Public Administration, Warsaw, Poland
Paper: Civil service in its own perception – research on the functioning of the civil service in Poland
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Oksana Mejere, Siauliai University, Siauliai, Lithuania
Rita Toleikiene, Siauliai University, Siauliai, Lithuania
Paper: The challenges for civil service in a Neo-Weberian State: Case of Lithuania
Alexandra Parashkevova, Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”, Varna, Bulgaria
Paper: Human resources outsourcing in municipality administration with the example of the municipality of Varna
Saturday, May 21, 2011 9:00–10:30
Session 3: HR instruments
Room:
Papers:
Mariana Dimitrova, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
Paper: Implementation of the performance appraisal system in the Bulgarian public administration
Pavlina Yamukova, Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”, Varna, Bulgaria
Paper: Improvement of systems for development of civil servants – key element of effective and modern policy in the
field of human resources in public administration
Simona Sora, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: Correlations between job satisfaction and career management in diplomacy. A comparative perspective
Carolyn Ban, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Paper: The impact of staff from the new member states on management and culture in the European Commission
Saturday, May 21, 2011 14:00–15:30
Session 4: HR system / Training
Room:
Papers:
Simona Claudia Creta, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Sorin Dan Sandor, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Paper: Public service motivation among undergraduates in public administration
Dragos Dinca, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Catalin Daniel Dumitrica, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: Romanian system of professional training for public administration – evolution and involution
Mirela Nicoleta Fataciune (Badalan), National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: Motivational systems of civil servants in EU countries. Changes determined by the economic crisis
Iulia Cristina Popescu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: How is reflected the HR policy in local and central administrative levels in Romania ?
Albena Taneva, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
Paper: Being competent and being trained: Challenges for employees in the public service
Saturday, May 21, 2011 16:00–17:00
Session 5: Leadership
Room:
Papers:
Ivanna Ibragimova, Ukrainian Civil Service Human Resources management Reform project (CBIE Project), Kyiv,
Ukraine
Paper: Developing a new approach for civil servant appraisal in Ukraine
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Polona Kovac, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Paper: Slovenian criteria on top public officials selection: Theory, regulation, implementation and case law 2003–2011
Eve Limbach-Pirn, Government Office of the Republic of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia
Paper: Growing leaders: Innovations in the competence development system of Estonian top civil service
Friday, May 20, 2011 9:00–10:30
Session 1: Opening session and comparative studies on PAR
Room:
Chair:
Michiel de Vries, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Veronica Junjan, University of Twente, AE Enschede, Netherlands
The activity of the Working Group IV aims to provide a structured forum on the dynamics of public administration reform
in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Public Administrative Reform is described as any restructuring of the
administrative part of the public sector in order to solve organizational and / or societal problems associated with this
structure and intended as promoting a professional, merit-based and neutral civil service.
The goals of this year build upon the results reached during the previous meetings of the WG IV members during
NISPAcee Annual conferences, first as a Panel in 2007 (in Kiev) and 2008 (Bratislava) and then as a working group in
2009 (Budva) and 2010 (Warsaw).One of the conclusions of the meeting of 2010 is that although many things have
improved in the area of PAR in the target region, developments do not go fast enough. Which factors are then responsible
for the slowing down of the rhythm of the PAR in the CEECA ?
One hypothesis derived from the discussions is that with joining the EU, the New EU Member States lost incentives to
reform further and the process of PAR stopped. The activity of WGIV this year focuses on gathering research results
aiming to test the hypothesis and the preliminary conclusions formulated during the meeting in Warsaw in 2010. The
presence of non EU member states in the target region of the WG IV provides both the possibility to test in the role of
the EU as incentive in PAR as well as a broad palette of alternative institutional settings where additional factors which
can influence reform can be identified.
Papers:
Munira Aminova, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Paper: Reforming civil service: The study of 12 CIS countries
Diana – Camelia Iancu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: Post EU accession reforms in Central and Eastern European Countries: Who will bother ?
Mladen Karadzoski, University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bitola, Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
Paper: Fulfillment of the Madrid criteria through the reforms of the public administrations of the countries from the
Western Balkans
Jolanta Urbanovic, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Paper: Decentralization of education management: Theoretical and practical issues
Friday, May 20, 2011 14:00–16:00
Session 2: Theory of Public Administration Reform
Room:
Chair:
Papers:
Taco Brandsen, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Marlies Honingh, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Paper: Reframing professionalism as a multi-layered concept in the context of public administration reform
Allan Rosenbaum, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States
Paper: Organizational Reform in a Complex Political and Inter-Governmental Environment
Iwona Sobis, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Paper: The limits of leadership
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Ronald Young, Bulgaria
Paper: Flesh and blood – the EC’s Backbone strategy, public administration reform meets “Impervious Power”
Todor Tanev, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
Paper: New public administration as statesmanship
Saturday, May 21, 2011 9:00–10:30
Session 3: Case studies on Central Asia, Caucasus and Eastern Europe
Room:
Chair:
Papers:
Vugar Bayramov, Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD), Baku, Azerbaijan
Paper: Sector policy convergences in priority areas in Azerbaijan to support EU Eastern partnership initiatives
Rustamjon Urinboev, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Paper: Understanding Public Administration Reforms in Clientalistic Uzbekistan: the Interplay between Law and Social
Norms
Olena Babinova, National Academy of Public Administration, Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Paper: Reformation of the system of public administration in Ukraine: Problems and strategic priorities
Zaira Jagudina, University of Skovde, Skovde, Sweden
Paper: Restructuring the state – civil society interaction in Russia: The case study of the socially-oriented NGOs
Nikoloz Shekiladze, Georgian Institute of Public Affairs, Tbilisi, Georgia
Paper: Delegation of power – step towards public engagement or public administration reform mistake ?!
Saturday, May 21, 2011 14:00–15:30
Session 4: Case studies on the Balkans
Room:
Chair:
Papers:
Teo Giljevic, Social Polytechnic Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Paper: In search of coordination of the Croatian public administration
Mirjana Stankovic, Development Consulting Group, Belgrade, Serbia
Paper: Introduction of programme-based budgeting in Serbian public administration – towards more effective
implementation of reforms. A case study
Marija Risteska, Centre for Research and Policy Making, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
Paper: Ten years of implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement: Revisiting the principle of just and equal
representation of minority groups in public administration in Macedonia
Artan Karini, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Paper: The impact of external assistance: The case of public service reform and capacity building in Albania
Saturday, May 21, 2011 16:00–17:00
Session 5: Case studies on Central Europe (EU countries)
Room:
Chair:
Co-chair: Michiel de Vries, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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Papers:
Corina Georgiana Lazar, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: Dynamics of institutional structure in Romania between 1990–2010. Case study – central public administration
Gyorgy Hajnal, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Paper: Structural dynamics of Hungarian central government agencies
Pavlina Yamukova, Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”, Varna, Bulgaria
Angel Poryazov, Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”, Varna, Bulgaria
Paper: Optimization of organizational structures in the municipal administration – a prerequisite for the implementation
of administrative reform
Marius Profiroiu, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: Management of public administration reform in Romania – Distinctive features
V. Working Group on Internationalization and Networking of
PA Studies
Friday, May 20, 2011 9:00–10:30
Session 1
Room:
Eugenijus Chlivickas, Training Centre of the Ministry of Finance, Vilnius, Lithuania
Borisas Melnikas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania
For the year 2011 special attention will be paid to the following issues:
• accepting new challenges for the improvement of public servants’ training, studies and qualifications quality in the
future;
• new phenomena and problems which will appear in the future;
• development of democratic spirit finds 21st century values in the process of qualification development;
• how to make public administration studies and professional development quality relevant to international standards
and current needs;
• the importance of internationalization and networking for teaching and professional development processes;
• sharing new experience accumulated in CEE countries, members of the EU, while improving public servants’
qualifications and organizing teaching and studies;
• international cooperation: its cultivation not only in CEE countries, but also within the EU and Europe focusing on the
EU quality parameters;
• how the training content of professional development should be relevant to networking determined by EU enlargement
and perspectives of EU cooperation with Russia and other CIS countries;
• possibilities for application of the experience accumulated by ‘old’ EU countries as well as the USA or other Western
countries in CEE countries;
• opportunities for dissemination and application of Central and Eastern European countries experience in Russia and
other CIS countries and opportunities for applying experience from Russia and other CIS countries;
• integration of scientific research elements into processes of studies, training and qualification improvement by
networking and internationalization;
• necessity to conduct and expand scientific researches in the sector of civil servants and public administration specialists,
studies and professional development.
Papers:
Ales Svoboda, Institute for Local Administration Prague, Prague 1, Czech Republic
Paper: Transfer of innovation in methodologies for European officials: Follow up on a joint learning path
Külli Toomet-Björck, Government Office of the Republic of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia
Paper: Fostering the future. Identifying and developing leaders for tomorrow – the case of the Newton programme
Tatyana Chernyak, Siberian Academy of Public Administration, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Paper: Formation and development of innovation professional competences of young candidates’ pool for public service:
Principles, approaches, methods (experience in a specialist training in SAPA)
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Friday, May 20, 2011 14:00–16:00
Room:
Papers:
Inesa Vorontchuk, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Paper: New quality creation by promoting participatory approaches to community development
Audrone Pauliukeviciute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
Paper: Internationalization processes in the context of modern culture governance: Public servant training
perspectives
Vera Menshova, Siberian Academy of Public Administration, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Paper: Public administration in Russia: Youth construct the future
Sergey Melkishev, Northwestern Academy of Public Service, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Yelena Shaskolskaya, Northwestern Academy of Public Service, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Paper: The development of a two-level education system for higher professional training of public employees from an
example of the North-Western Academy of Public Administration (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Saturday, May 21, 2011 9:00–10:30
Session 3
Room:
Papers:
Olga Khomutova, North-West Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Kaluga, Russian Federation
Paper: Regional personnel policy during the reform of the civil service
Mihaela Victorita Carausan, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: The ERA(smus) of world-wide public administration studies
Marina V. Tyasto, Siberian Academy of Public Administration, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Paper: Leadership UNESCO chair and future search conference as a method of creating a future together
Saturday, May 21, 2011 14:00–15:30
Session 4
Room:
Papers:
Simona Sora, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: Training diplomats in the 21st century; a comparative EU perspective
Paper: Human resources in the public sector: Education and training systems for PA speacialists in the context of
internationalization and networking
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Friday, May 20, 2011 9:00–10:30
Session 1: Current issues of fiscal policy
Room:
Teres Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage”
Lucie Sedmihradska, University of Economics of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Vratislav Izak, University of Economics of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
The Working Group will meet for the first time with the intention of establishing within NISPAcee an economically-oriented
Working Group. Financing of public administration is a key factor which influences the functioning of public administration.
Today, the vast majority of countries in the region faces a deterioration in public finances and is undergoing various
expenditure cuts. It is therefore important to be aware of both the allocation and stabilisation impacts of these cuts.
The submitted papers deal with questions such as the impact of different budgetary items on economic growth, public
expenditure evaluation and efficiency, tax and debt issues and local government finance. The expected outcome of the
first year’s work is a clearly defined research question and methodology for the second year of the WG’s project.
Papers:
Paper: The welfare state and economic growth ?
Mihaly Hogye, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Paper: Fiscal consolidation and the new flat rate individual income tax in Hungary.
Desislava Stoilova, South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Paper: Public expenditures and economic growth in Bulgaria: Twenty years of experience
Sasa Drezgic, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Paper: Effects of fiscal rules on economic and fiscal performance
Maja Klun, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tatjana Dukic, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Paper: Did tax reforms in Slovenia influence foreign direct investment ?
Friday, May 20, 2011 14:00–16:00
Room:
Papers:
Aleksander Aristovnik, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Paper: The relative efficiency of education and R&D expenditures in the new EU member states
Ovidiu Stoica, University “A. I. Cuza” Iasi, Iasi, Romania
Florin Oprea, University “A. I. Cuza” Iasi, Iasi, Romania
Seyed Mehdian, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, United States
Paper: The reform of public expenses in Romania – expectations and results
Kostiantyn Sosnovskyi, Ernst & Young, Kyiv, Ukraine
Paper: Monitoring and evaluation of central government public expenditure programs in Ukraine: Current state and
needs for improvement
Liudmila Nikolova, St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Paper: Anti-crisis financial policy in Russia: Goals, methods and effectiveness.
Elena Tselishcheva, Urals Academy of Public Administration, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation
Paper: Effectiveness of public expenditures as a new challenge of fiscal policy
Doriana Matraku, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
Paper: Public debt and debt sustainability in Albania
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Saturday, May 21, 2011 9:00–10:30
Session 3: Fiscal policy in the times of economic crisis
Room:
Papers:
Ioana Teodora Dinu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Madalina Cocosatu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: Searching for a buoy in the deep fiscal waters
Dana Mihaela Murgescu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: Labour taxation and personnel expenditure in the Romanian public sector
Yuri Krivorotko, Belarus Institute of Jurisprudence, Minsk, Belarus
Paper: Tendencies of budgetary expenditure management: Challenges of the second wave of crisis in Belarus
Laszlo Kakai, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
Paper: The Hungarian non-profit sector after the economic crisis
Eugenia Busmachiu, Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Boris Morozov, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, United States Virgin Islands
Paper: Fiscal policy in the Republic of Moldova
Saturday, May 21, 2011 14:00–15:30
Session 4: Local government finance
Room:
Papers:
Viktor Trasberg, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Paper: Developments of fiscal autonomy in Estonia: Income tax change
Agnieszka Kopanska, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Paper: Influence of EU grants on local government spending behaviours. Case study for Polish rural municipalities.
Gabor Kovacs, Szechenyi Istvan University, Gyor, Hungary
Paper: Municipal bond boom in Hungary: Focusing on the analysis of local financial management
Maksim Acevski, Association of Finance Officers of Local Governments & Public Enterprises, Veles, Republic of
Macedonia (FYROM)
Zoran Jankulovski, Association of Finance Officers of Local Governments & Public Enterprises, Veles, Republic of
Macedonia (FYROM)
Paper: Unused possibilities for land taxation in the Republic of Macedonia as an additional source income of the local self
government units (LSGUs)
Saturday, May 21, 2011 16:00–17:00
Session 5: Discussion – plans for the next year(s)
Room:
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VII.Working Group on Public Policy Analysis Development
Issues
Friday, May 20, 2011 9:00–10:30
Session 1: Policy analysis: Practice and theory
Room:
Lesya Il’chenko-Syuyva, National Academy of Public Administration, Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyiv,
Ukraine
Leslie Pal, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
The Working Group on Public Policy Analysis Development Issues was officially formed in 2010 after organizing several
successful panels at NISPAcee conferences in previous years. It brings together international scholars conducting
research on various aspects of public policy.
This year, the Working Group has organized panels on policy analysis (practice and theory), perspectives on the policy
process, policy design and policy instruments, and evaluation and regulatory impact assessment. Papers will explore
transnational spaces, political parties and other actors in the policy process, evaluation and regulatory impact assessment.
Country and regional case studies include: Bulgaria, Kyrgystan, the EU, the OECD, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic,
and Ukraine.
Papers:
Paper: Instruments of persuasion: The OECD and governance reform
Leif Kalev, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
Mari-Liis Jakobson, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
Paper: Transnational spaces as challenge for governance
Friday, May 20, 2011 14:00–15:00
Session 2: Policy process
Room:
Ukraine
Papers:
Aida B. Alymbaeva, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Paper: Party influence on policy formation: Powerful or marginal ? The case of Kyrgyzstan, 2000–2009
Veli Kreci, South East European University, Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
Paper: Identifying quasi-legitimate actors in the policy-making process: Case Macedonia
Ilinca Stemat, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: The integration of the social policies from Romania in the European social space. Empirical researches and case
studies
Saturday, May 21, 2011 9:00–10:30
Session 3: Use of policy instruments
Room:
Ukraine
Papers:
Iva Yolovska, Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Paper: Assessment of public registers in Bulgaria as a single point of information
Malgorzata Wenclik, Stanislaw Staszic School of Public Administration in Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
Paper: Article management control and its standards in budgetary units in self-government-the new challenge of quality
in the area of public finances.
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Saturday, May 21, 2011 14:00–15:30
Room:
Papers:
Tatiana-Camelia Dogaru, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: Instruments of policy analysis. The impact assessment development by public authorities in Romania. Case
study
Olexandr Kilievych, National Academy of Public Administration, Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Paper: Regulatory Impact Analysis policy implementation in Ukraine: Strengths and weaknesses
Iryna Kravchuk, National Academy of Public Administration, Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Paper: Challenges of development of evaluation capacities in the Slovak Republic, Poland and Ukraine
Saturday, May 21, 2011 16:00–17:00
Room:
Ukraine
Papers:
Marian Nica, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: Extending the practice of independent evaluations in Romania – from European funded programs to the national
public policies
Mirko Pečarič, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Paper: Improving decision making without decision makers
Valeriy Tertychka, National Academy of Public Administration, Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Paper: Program evaluation as a policy implementation instrument: Case of Ukraine
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Invitation to
May 23–26, 2012
Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
Main conference theme:
Public Administration East and West:
Twenty Years of Development
Organised in co-operation with
University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bitola, Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
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Hotel Melia Grand Hermitage, Varna, Bulgaria
Level "L" – Main Lobby
Main Hotel Entrance
Bulgarian office
Sevt
Teres
Main Lobby
Level "C" – Main Conference Level
Staircase
to "Satok"
Lisimah
Hermitage
Level "R" – Restaurant Level
Ballroom
Staircase from level "C"
Rezos
Swimming Pool / See
Odris
Orpheus
Cotis
Restaurant
Spartak
Satok
The conference activities sponsored by:
Local Government
and Public Service Reform
Initiative affiliated with the Open
Society Institute (LGI/OSI),
Budapest, Hungary
NISPAcee Secretariat
Polianky 5
841 01 Bratislava 42
Slovak Republic
tel/fax: +421-2-6428 5357
tel/fax: +421-2-6428 5557
e-mail: nispa@nispa.org
http://www.nispa.org

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