II. Working Group on e-Government
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II. Working Group on e-Government
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 II. Working Group on e-Government 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 The 19th NISPAcee Annual Conference 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” Master Class PowerPoint Room: Spartak Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 10:00 - 13:00 Registration of participants 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 Room: Aula Maxima Varna Free University 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 3 17:00 - 18:30 Opening Plenary Session - 2nd part Room: Aula Maxima Varna Free University 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 08:00 - 10:30 Registration of participants 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” II. Working Group on e-Government Session 1 Room: Rezos Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” III. Working Group on Civil Service Session 1: Integrity Room: Lisimah Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” IV. Working Group on PA Reform Session 1: Opening session and Comparative studies on PAR Room: Hermitage Ballroom Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” V. Working Group on Internationalization and Networking of PA Studies Session 1 Room: Spartak Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” VI. Working Group on Fiscal Policy Session 1: Current issues of fiscal policy Room: Teres Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” VII. Working Group on Public Policy Analysis Development Issues Session 1: Policy analysis: practice and theory Room: Orpheus Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break Room: Lounge Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 11:00 - 12:30 Working Session on the Main Conference Theme Room: Hermitage Ballroom Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” General Session Session 1: Bulgarian session Room: Lisimah Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” Panel on Health Care, Health Reforms and their Implementation 1 Session 1: Health care reforms in EU member states Room: Spartak Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 4 EAPAA Advisory Panel and Launch of New NISPAcee Working Group on Public Administration Education Room: Orpheus Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Room: Hotel restaurants 14:00 - 16:00 I. Working Group on Local Government Session 2: Reforming LG systems Room: Satok Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” II. Working Group on e-Government Session 2 Room: Rezos Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” III. Working Group on Civil Service Session 2: Specific topics Room: Lisimah Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” IV. Working Group on PA Reform Session 2: Theory of Public Administration Reform Room: Hermitage Ballroom Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” V. Working Group on Internationalization and Networking of PA Studies Session 2: Public expenditures evaluation and efficiency Room: Spartak Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” VI. Working Group on Fiscal Policy Session 2: Public expenditures evaluation and efficiency Room: Teres Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” VII. Working Group on Public Policy Analysis Development Issues Session 2: Policy process Room: Orpheus Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break Room: Lounge Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 16:30 - 18:00 NISPAcee Business Meeting Room: Hermitage Ballroom Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 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 Room: Hermitage Ballroom Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 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 5 Saturday, May 21, 2011 09:00 - 10:30 I. Working Group on Local Government Session 3: Specific LG systems Room: Satok Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” II. Working Group on e-Government Session 3 Room: Rezos Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” III. Working Group on Civil Service Session 3: HR instruments Room: Lisimah Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” IV. Working Group on PA Reform Session 3: Case studies on Central Asia, Caucasus and Eastern Europe Room: Hermitage Ballroom Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” V. Working Group on Internationalization and Networking of PA Studies Session 3 Room: Spartak Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” VI. Working Group on Fiscal Policy Session 3: Fiscal policy in times of economic crisis Room: Teres Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” VII. Working Group on Public Policy Analysis Development Issues Session 3: Use of policy instruments Room: Orpheus Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break Room: Lounge Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 11:00 - 12:30 Working Session on the Main Conference Theme Session 2: Public administration of the future: The United States perspective Room: Hermitage Ballroom Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” General Session Session 2 Room: Lisimah Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” Panel on Health Care, Health Reforms and their Implementation 2 Session 2: Health care reforms in other regions Room: Spartak Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” EAPAA Workshop “How to prepare for accreditation” Room: Orpheus Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” NISPAcee Fair of New Projects Room: Rezos Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Room: Hotel restaurants 14:00 - 15:30 I. Working Group on Local Government Session 4: Capacity & quality of LG management Room: Satok Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” II. Working Group on e-Government Session 4 Room: Rezos Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” III. Working Group on Civil Service Session 4: HR system / Training Room: Lisimah Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” IV. Working Group on PA Reform Session 4: Case studies on the Balkans Room: Hermitage Ballroom Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 6 V. Working Group on Internationalization and Networking of PA Studies Session 4 Room: Spartak Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” VI. Working Group on Fiscal Policy Session 4: Local government finance Room: Teres Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” VII. Working Group on Public Policy Analysis Development Issues Session 4: Policy evaluation and RIA Room: Orpheus Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break Room: Lounge Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 16:00 - 17:00 I. Working Group on Local Government Session 5: Future of the Working Group on Local Government Room: Satok Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” II. Working Group on e-Government Session 5: Discussion - plans for the next year(s) Room: Rezos Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” III. Working Group on Civil Service Session 5: Leadership Room: Lisimah Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” IV. Working Group on PA Reform Session 5: Case studies on Central Europe (EU countries) Room: Hermitage Ballroom Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” VI. Working Group on Fiscal Policy Session 5: Discussion - plans for the next year(s) Room: Teres Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” VII. Working Group on Public Policy Analysis Development Issues Session 5: Policy evaluation and RIA Room: Orpheus Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 17:30 - 19:00 Closing Plenary Session Room: Satok Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 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: Geert Bouckaert, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Public Management Institute, Leuven, Belgium 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 7 • 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 Geert Bouckaert, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Public Management Institute, Leuven, Belgium 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” 8 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: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 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: [email protected] and [email protected] 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 Meeting room: ORPHEUS 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. Thursday, May 19, 2011 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. Meeting room: ORPHEUS 9 Master Class PowerPoint 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: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 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: [email protected]) 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. Meeting room: SPARTAK Coffee break: 16:00 Thursday, May 19, 2011 9.00–13.00 Participants will present their papers with the finalized and polished slide shows for final rehearsal. Meeting room: SPARTAK 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. 10 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: Hermitage Ballroom Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 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 11 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: Lisimah Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 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 12 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: Spartak Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 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: Spartak Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 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: Theo van der Krogt, EAPAA (European Association for Public Administration Accreditation), Enschede, Netherlands 13 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 EAPAA Workshop “How to prepare for accreditation” Saturday, May 21, 2011 11:00–12:30 Room: Orpheus Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” Chair: Theo van der Krogt, EAPAA (European Association for Public Administration Accreditation), Enschede, 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 NISPAcee Fair of New Projects Saturday, May 21, 2011 11:00–12:30 Room: Rezos Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” 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 14 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 Title of the Project: 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. Title of the Project: 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 ? Title of the Project: 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. 15 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” WG Programme Coordinators: 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: Satok Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” Chair: Arto Haveri, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland WG Programme Coordinators: Gabor Soos, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary Arto Haveri, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland 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: Satok Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” Chair: Gabor Soos, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary WG Programme Coordinators: Gabor Soos, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary Arto Haveri, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland 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 16 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: Satok Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” Chair: Arto Haveri, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland WG Programme Coordinators: Gabor Soos, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary Arto Haveri, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland 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: Satok Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” Chair: Gabor Soos, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary WG Programme Coordinators: Gabor Soos, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary Arto Haveri, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland 1. Evaluation of the sessions 2. Discussion about next year’s theme II. Working Group on e-Government Friday, May 20, 2011 9:00–10:30 Session 1: Comparative analysis of show-cases Room: Rezos Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: 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 17 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: Rezos Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: Ljupco Todorovski, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia 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) Ljupco Todorovski, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia 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: Rezos Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: Ljupco Todorovski, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Ignace Snellen, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands 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: Rezos Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: Ljupco Todorovski, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Ignace Snellen, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands 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 18 Saturday, May 21, 2011 16:00–17:00 Session 5: Discussion – plans for the next year(s) Room: Rezos Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: Ljupco Todorovski, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Ignace Snellen, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands III. Working Group on Civil Service Friday, May 20, 2011 9:00–10:30 Session 1: Integrity Room: Lisimah Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: 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 Ani Matei, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania 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 Patrycja Joanna Suwaj, Polish Association for Public Administration Education, Bialystok, Poland 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: Lisimah Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: Patrycja Joanna Suwaj, Polish Association for Public Administration Education, Bialystok, Poland Hans Rieger, DBB Akademie, Bonn, Germany 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 19 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: Lisimah Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: Patrycja Joanna Suwaj, Polish Association for Public Administration Education, Bialystok, Poland Hans Rieger, DBB Akademie, Bonn, Germany 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: Lisimah Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: Patrycja Joanna Suwaj, Polish Association for Public Administration Education, Bialystok, Poland Hans Rieger, DBB Akademie, Bonn, Germany 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: Lisimah Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: Patrycja Joanna Suwaj, Polish Association for Public Administration Education, Bialystok, Poland Hans Rieger, DBB Akademie, Bonn, Germany 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 20 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 IV. Working Group on PA Reform Friday, May 20, 2011 9:00–10:30 Session 1: Opening session and comparative studies on PAR Room: Hermitage Ballroom Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” Chair: Michiel de Vries, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands WG Programme Coordinators: 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 Veronica Junjan, University of Twente, AE Enschede, Netherlands 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: Hermitage Ballroom Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” Chair: Veronica Junjan, University of Twente, AE Enschede, Netherlands WG Programme Coordinators: Michiel de Vries, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands Veronica Junjan, University of Twente, AE Enschede, Netherlands 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 Michiel de Vries, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands Paper: The limits of leadership 21 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: Hermitage Ballroom Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” Chair: Michiel de Vries, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands WG Programme Coordinators: Michiel de Vries, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands Veronica Junjan, University of Twente, AE Enschede, Netherlands 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: Hermitage Ballroom Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” Chair: Veronica Junjan, University of Twente, AE Enschede, Netherlands WG Programme Coordinators: Michiel de Vries, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands Veronica Junjan, University of Twente, AE Enschede, Netherlands 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: Hermitage Ballroom Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” Chair: Veronica Junjan, University of Twente, AE Enschede, Netherlands Co-chair: Michiel de Vries, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands WG Programme Coordinators: Michiel de Vries, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands Veronica Junjan, University of Twente, AE Enschede, Netherlands 22 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: Spartak Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: 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) 23 Friday, May 20, 2011 14:00–16:00 Session 2: Public expenditures evaluation and efficiency Room: Spartak Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: Eugenijus Chlivickas, Training Centre of the Ministry of Finance, Vilnius, Lithuania Borisas Melnikas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania 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: Spartak Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: Eugenijus Chlivickas, Training Centre of the Ministry of Finance, Vilnius, Lithuania Borisas Melnikas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania 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: Spartak Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: Eugenijus Chlivickas, Training Centre of the Ministry of Finance, Vilnius, Lithuania Borisas Melnikas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania Papers: Simona Sora, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania Paper: Training diplomats in the 21st century; a comparative EU perspective Eugenijus Chlivickas, Training Centre of the Ministry of Finance, Vilnius, Lithuania Paper: Human resources in the public sector: Education and training systems for PA speacialists in the context of internationalization and networking 24 VI. Working Group on Fiscal Policy Friday, May 20, 2011 9:00–10:30 Session 1: Current issues of fiscal policy Room: Teres Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: 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: Lucie Sedmihradska, University of Economics of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Vratislav Izak, University of Economics of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic 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 Session 2: Public expenditures evaluation and efficiency Room: Teres Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: Lucie Sedmihradska, University of Economics of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Vratislav Izak, University of Economics of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic 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 25 Saturday, May 21, 2011 9:00–10:30 Session 3: Fiscal policy in the times of economic crisis Room: Teres Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: Lucie Sedmihradska, University of Economics of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Vratislav Izak, University of Economics of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic 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: Teres Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: Lucie Sedmihradska, University of Economics of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Vratislav Izak, University of Economics of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic 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: Teres Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: Lucie Sedmihradska, University of Economics of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Vratislav Izak, University of Economics of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic 26 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: Orpheus Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: 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: Leslie Pal, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada 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: Orpheus Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: Lesya Il’chenko-Syuyva, National Academy of Public Administration, Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine Leslie Pal, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada 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 Ani Matei, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania 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: Orpheus Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: Lesya Il’chenko-Syuyva, National Academy of Public Administration, Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine Leslie Pal, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada 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. 27 Saturday, May 21, 2011 14:00–15:30 Session 4: Policy evaluation and RIA Room: Orpheus Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” Papers: Tatiana-Camelia Dogaru, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania Ani Matei, 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 Session 5: Policy evaluation and RIA Room: Orpheus Hotel “Melia Grand Hermitage” WG Programme Coordinators: Lesya Il’chenko-Syuyva, National Academy of Public Administration, Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine Leslie Pal, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada 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 28 Notes 29 Notes 30 Notes 31 Invitation to The 20th NISPAcee Annual Conference 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) 32 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: [email protected] http://www.nispa.org