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Conference Schedule Wednesday, April 9, 2003 12.10 – 12.30 Call for participation in new projects; Pre-conference meetings: organizational announcements 15.00 – 19.00 NISPAcee Steering Committee meeting 12.30 – 14.00 Lunch 20.00 – 21.00 Meeting of the representatives of NISPAcee SC and the conference 14.00 – 15.30 Plenary session on the main confer- coordinators ence theme: 16.30 – 19.00 Joint NISPAcee /NASPAA project Advi- Panel discussion: The Role of Educa- sory and Selection Committee meeting tion in Enhancing Capacities to 17.00 – 21.00 Registration of participants Govern 15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break Thursday, April 10, 2003 16.00 – 17.00 Meetings of Working groups: WG I, 7.30 – 9.00 Registration of participants WG III, WG IV, WG V, WG VI, 9.00 – 9.30 Plenary Session WG VII Chair: Barbara Kudrycka, NISPAcee 17.30 Departure for the Parliament Palace, President, Rector of Bialystok School of Str. Izvor, no. 2 – 4, sector 5 PA, Poland (Please, take your passports for enter- Official opening (Greetings and ing the Parliament) Welcome) 18:00 – 19:00 Romanian panel in the Parliament Barbara Kudrycka, NISPAcee Palace President Chair: Lucica Matei, Scientific Secre- Lucica Matei, Scientific Secretary, tary, National School of Political Studies National School of Political Studies and and Public Administration, Romania Public Administration, Romania Valer Dorneanu, President of Cham- Vasile Secares, Rector of the National ber of Deputies School of Political Studies and Public Topic: Legislative Support for Romanian Administration, Romania Public Administration Reform Adrian Nastase, Prime Minister, Vasile Secares, Rector of National Romania School of Political Studies and Public 9.30 – 10.30 Keynote presentations Administration Introduction to the conference theme Topic: Is there anything typical about by the general rapporteur administration reform in Southern and Tony Verheijen, The Word Bank, USA Eastern Europe? Yehezkel Dror, Hebrew University, Ioan Alexandru – Dean of Faculty of Israel Public Administration, Topic: Gearing Governments for Weaving National School of Political Studies and the Future Public Administration Discussion Topic: The Crisis of Administration. The 10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break Necessity of Reform 11.00 – 11.40 Martin Potůček, Charles University, Ioan Oltean, Deputy, President of Prague, Czech Republic Committee for Public Administration, Topic: Capacities of Governing in Central Territorial Planning and Ecological and Eastern Europe Balance, Chamber of Deputies Discussion Topic: The Necessity to Involve the 11.40 – 12.10 Ceremony of Alena Brunovská Award Academic Environment in Conceiving and for Teaching Excellence in PA Achieving the Reform Presentation of the award by Barbara Discussion Kudrycka, NISPAcee President and 19.30 Reception at the Parliament Palace Ľudmila Gajdošová, NISPAcee Execu- Friday, April 11, 2003 tive Director to the recipient: 9.00 – 10.30 Working sessions I and II on the Emilia Spiridonova-Kandeva, Burgas main conference themes Free University, Bulgaria Meetings of Working groups Topic: Enhancing the Governance Capac- 10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break ities for Poverty in Transitioning Countries (emphasis on the experience of Bulgaria) 1 11.00 – 12.30 Working sessions I and II on the Elections main conference themes Others Meetings of Working groups Discussions 12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Representatives of the NISPAcee Mem- 14.00 – 15.30 Working session I on the main con- ber Institutions are expected to partici- ference theme pate in the Business Meeting Meetings of Working groups All other participants are warmly in- 15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break vited and welcome to join the meeting 20.00 Departure for a Romanian folk dinner 16.00 – 17.00 Working session I on the main con- ference theme Saturday, April 12, 2003 Meetings of Working groups 9.00 – 10.30 Working session I on the main con- 17.30 – 19.30 NISPAcee Business Meeting ference theme Opening – Barbara Kudrycka, Meetings of Working groups NISPAcee President 10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break Annual Report of Activities 11.00 – 13.00 Closing Plenary Session – Barbara Kudrycka, NISPAcee Chair: Barbara Kudrycka, NISPAcee President President Financial Report – Ľudmila Gajdošová, Reports of the coordinators of the NISPAcee Executive Director Working Sessions/Groups Future Plans – Barbara Kudrycka, Conference conclusions by the general Ľudmila Gajdošová rapporteur Tony Verheijen, The Word Informative Presentations: Bank, USA – Jan Andruch, NISPAcee, UNPAN 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch Consultant 14:30 – 17:00 Guided tour in Bucharest Topic: Presentation of new NISPAcee web site and e-communication system – Juraj Sklenar, NISPAcee Topic: E-learning Module of English + Finance for the Countries Integrating into the European Union Main Conference Theme Thursday, April 10, 2003 14.00 – 15.30 Plenary session on the main conference theme: Panel discussion: The Role of Education in Enhancing Capacities to Govern Chair: Barbara Kudrycka, School of Public Administration, Bialystok, Poland Panelists: • Wolfgang Drechsler, University of Tartu, Estonia • Kristin Morse, Urban Institute, Washington, D.C, USA; Margarita Pinegina, Marina Shapiro, Institute for Urban Economics, Moscow, Russia – joint presentation • Brian Tutt, Aidan Rose, London Metropolitan University, UK • Miroslav Mateev, Institute of PA and European Integration, Bulgaria Focus of the panel: Schools and institutes of public policy and public administration have an eminent task to educate future politicians and top civil servants, as well as citizens, in order to prepare them for challenging future tasks they will be exposed to in order to enhance capacities to govern. This is true both for universities and in-service training institutes. How to adapt their curricula? Is there the need of introducing special courses, modules and/or teaching methods? 2 3 Working Sessions on the Main Topics of the Conference: I. Enhancing the Capacities of Central Governments Coordinator: Martin Potůček, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic Contemporary central governments face considerable challenges, which were unknown in the past. On the one hand, globalization processes limit their operational space, undermine their revenue and generate new social, economic and security threats. In addition, an important part of their previous competencies is being shifted either to local gover- nment or to the private (commercial as well as civic) sector. On the other hand, unprecedented new opportunities emerge to central governments from globalization processes. This defines a qualitatively new situation necessitating their substantial redesign: strengthening the capacity to take – despite uncertainty and inconceivability – the future into account; implementation of regulatory reforms including the shift from direct to indirect methods of regulation; new forms of inter-sectoral coordination; management of research and development and creation of a knowledge society; establishing institutions and mechanisms able to deal with emergency situations; building capacities to support international collaboration, especially vis-à-vis the European Union enlargement, and more. Friday, April 11, 2003 Budgetary Performance in Post-Commu- 9.00 – 10.30 Session 1 nist Europe Presentations: Martin Brusis, University of Munich, Donald Fuller, Anglo-American Germany College, Prague, Czech Republic Topic: Government Offices and Govern- Topic: Enhancing the Capacities of Cen- ance Capacity: A Comparison of Bulgaria, tral Governments The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland Rainer Kattel, Tallinn Technical of CEE Countries University, Estonia Discussion Topic: The Challenge of Techno-Econom- 15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break ic Paradigms to Governance in CEE 16.00 – 17.00 Session 4 Radoslaw Zubek, London School of Presentations: Economics and Political Sciences, UK Karin Hilmer Pedersen, Aarhus Uni- Topic: Developing Capacity for Effective versity, Denmark EU Transposition Radoslaw Zubek, London School of Discussion Economics and Political Sciences, UK 10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break – joint paper 11.00 – 12.30 Session 2 Topic: Autonomy and Embedded Ness in Presentations: State-Society Relations in Poland Oleh Protsyk, University of Ottawa, Marketa Vylitova, Research Institute Canada for Labour and Social Affairs, Prague, Topic: Reforming Cabinets in Post-Com- Czech Republic munist Countries Topic: (De)centralization of Social Serv- Kim Lynge Nielsen, Aalborg university, ices in the Czech Republic Denmark Discussion Topic: Effective Institutional Set-ups by Saturday, April 12, 2003 Strengthening Lines of Accountability 9.00 – 10.30 Session 5 Andrei Lobatch, Grodno State Presentation: University, Belarus Swen Soiver, State Audit Office, Topic: Strong Governance with Weak Tallinn, Estonia Government: Case of Belarus Topic: Media in Lawmaking Process Discussion Conclusions, report for the plenary 12.30 – 14.00 Lunch session 14.00 – 15.30 Session 3 10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break Presentations: 11.00 – 13.00 Closing Plenary Session Vesselin Dimitrov, London School of Reports of the coordinators of the Economics and Political Sciences, UK Working Session/Groups Topic: Core Executive Institutions and 2 3 II. Enhancing the Capacities of Regional and Local Governments Coordinator: Laszlo Vass, Budapest University of Economic Sciences, Hungary The implementation of the subsidiarity principle opens new horizons for regional and local governments. Innovative approaches are needed to cover the new governmental functions of regions and municipalities. What matters are: the ways in which