Public Administration and Public Policy Degree Programmes in Europe: The Road from Bologna NISPAcee The Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC POLICY DEGREE PROGRAMMES IN EUROPE: THE ROAD FROM BOLOGNA Edited by György Jenei and Károly Mike July 2008 Copyright © 2008 by NISPAcee The Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe Public Administration and Public Policy Degree Programmes in Europe: The Road from Bologna Published by NISPAcee Press Polianky 5 841 01 Bratislava 42 Slovak Republic tel/fax: 421 2 6428 5557 e-mail: [email protected] http://www.nispa.sk Printed in Slovakia ISBN 978-80-89013-37-1 This publication was funded by LGI/OSI (The Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative, Open Society Institute), Budapest, Hungary. Table of Contents Introduction ......................................................................................................................7 On the Way to Bologna: Developments in Public Policy Programs in Europe Jak Jabes .............................................................................................................. 11 Four Functions of International Accreditation:The case of EAPAA and Public Administration in the Netherlands Harry Daemen and Theo van der Krogt ........................................................... 25 Accreditation Processes in Slovakia and Neighbouring Countries in Central Europe: Current Problems and Possible Improvements Juraj Nemec ........................................................................................................ 39 PhD Education in Public Administration and Management in Europe Christoph Reichard and Walter Kickert ............................................................ 55 Quality Management in Public Administration Master Programmes: Towards a Holistic Approach Valérie Pattyn, Bruno Broucker, & Marleen Brans .......................................... 81 Privately Funded Public Servants ? Public Administration Higher Education in Estonia Leif Kalev, Mari-Liis Jakobson, Maarja Sillaste, Viola Soiver, Georg Sootla .... 107 Implementation of the Bologna Requirements in the BA/MA Programmes of the Corvinus University of Budapest György Jenei – Károly Mike ............................................................................. 153 Expansion and Adaptation: Irish Public Administration Programmes and the International Context Bernadette Connaughton................................................................................. 171 Delivering International Public Management programmes: the Case of Bocconi University Greta Nasi and Emanuele Vendramini .......................................................... 193 Between Tradition and Modernity the Past, Present and Future of Public Administration Degree Programmes in Poland Witold Mikulowski ........................................................................................... 211 The Bologna Process in Romania’s Public Administration Higher Education Programmes: Case Study on Department of Public Administration Sorin Dan Şandor, Veronica Junjan ................................................................ 243 The Development and Role of Specialised Education in Public Administration for Public Sector Transformation: The Case of Slovenia Janez Stare and Mirko Vintar .......................................................................... 265 A Plea to Include Change Theory in a Curriculum of PA Studies Frits van den Berg ............................................................................................ 285 Public Administration and Public Policy in Armenia: Past and Future Gayane Selimyan and Diana Danielian ......................................................... 299 Context and Self-Sustainability in Public Administration Education: The Macedonia Graduate Centre for Public Policy and Management William N. Dunn, David Y. Miller, Siddharth Chandra,Veli Kreci, Jacqueline Saslawski ......................................................................................... 311 Professional Education for Civil Servants in Russia Alexei G. Barabashev, Sergey A. Parkhomenko .............................................. 327 The Bologna Process and the Development of Public Administration Education in Ukraine Natalya Kolisnichenko and Allan Rosenbaum ............................................... 349 Fostering Higher Education Mobility in Europe: Challenges for International Programme Collaboration in the Post-Bologna era Marleen Brans – Valérie Pattyn ...................................................................... 361 Academic Resources in Public Administration in the Arab Mediterranean Countries: Looking for Convergence and Recognition Carlos Conde Martínez .................................................................................... 379 About Authors ............................................................................................................. 389 Index ............................................................................................................................. 397 Introduction The work leading up to the publication of this book began when a NISPAcee pro- posal to establish a Working Group on Degree Programs of Public Administration/ Public Policy Education in the Post-Socialist Countries was accepted by the Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative Open Society Institute. The new Working Group aimed at contributing to the fulfillment of one of NISPAcee’s key missions: improving educational programs by assisting human ca- pacity building and institutional development through learning from each other. Teachers, instructors and persons responsible for (modules of) educational programmes at institutions of higher education offering degree programmes in public administration / public policy were invited to join. The instrument of shar- ing institutional and personal successes and failures was to be utilised in order to promote professional development. It was not the success or failure in itself that was significant from this perspective, but the route that had been taken, the obstacles that had to be overcome, and the factors that have been helpful or damaging. Four types of paper were invited under the main theme “Looking back and looking ahead: past and present priorities in developing quality programs within CEE institutes of higher education”: • Papers that cover key issues of past and future development of degree pro- grammes of PA / PP education. • Papers that review the problems emerging during the implementation of the Bologna process in the field of PA / PP first and second cycle education. • Papers that cover the development of a specialisation or a module or a subject (course) of a PA / PP programme. • Papers that review experiences of present or past international support projects (Tempus, Tacis, USAID, etc.) In 2006, based on the evaluation of the first research results, the organisers came to the conclusion that this topic necessitated a broad European approach be- cause the core value of the working group’s efforts was the comparison of simi- larities and differences among European countries, regardless of their geopolitical position. This implied that, for the research project truly to succeed, scholars from Public Administration and Public Policy Degree Programs in Europe: The Road from Bologna Western Europe had to be invited to join. NISPAcee therefore initiated collabora- tion with the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA), which also re- ceived the financial support of the Local Governmental Initiative. The second phase of the research thus began. As a result, the present book is the fruit of co-operation between EGPA and NISPAcee. The leadership of EGPA and NISPAcee came to an agreement in Febru- ary 2008 on a general co-operation between the two organisations. In fact, the first joint action was a conference, held from January 31 to February 1 in Tallinn. It was the jointly organised Trans-European Dialogue on the concept of the Neo–Webe- rian state. Our book is a further step in this co-operation. It seeks to follow the ‘spirit’ of both organisations. EGPA’s main goals include the development of public administration, contingent on the European environ- ment, fostering comparative studies and the development of administrative theory within a European perspective, and creating networks related to common research interests amongst European professionals. In short, EGPA stands for a distinctly European perspective. NISPAcee is an active association in the European Admin- istrative Space, and an open partner interested in further close co-operation and project-oriented collaboration with other European PA organisations and institutes such as EIPA, EGPA, EPAN, EAPAA, SIGMA, etc. Based on the accumulated expe- riences and prestige, NISPAcee is a bridge between Western, Central and Eastern countries in Europe. In a „wider Europe”, NISPAcee has a special capacity to link the Balkan, East and Caucasus regions. It serves as a bridge, not only for the transfer of information, but also as regards projects, how to serve, how to use experiences, how to launch new ideas. The objective of this book is to analyse and evaluate recent reforms of public policy and management programs in different parts of Europe, with special empha- sis on the difficulties faced by countries in Eastern Central and Eastern Europe. It is thus based on the conviction that