Event date May 16-18, 2013
Description
Application with paper proposals and selection procedure are closed. Papers were invited on the Main Conference Theme, General Session or on the themes of the various Working Groups which are announced for the conference.
The difference between trans-boundary issues, largely driven by globalisation and European integration and conventional authority based on sovereign state, leads to new challenges in governance. Regionalisation emerges in Europe and beyond as a process in which nation states, within geographic proximity, take collective measures to cope with these challenges.
There is a tension between global and local forces in public policymaking among the main actors:
-the territorial (nation)state,
-the region,
-the network,
-and the EU institutions in the case of the EU.
Globalisation results in increasing dependence on the outside world. On the other hand, regionalisation implies that the public policy process is bound to a local and regional environment. Regional institutions – backed by an increasing regional identity in many countries – have a growing importance in the decision-making and implementation in public policy.
Crucial problems are as follows:
-Do decentralisation and devolution provide relevant autonomy for them?
-Can they counterbalance the impact of globalisation?
-Did the subsidiarity principle support the growing autonomy of the regions?
-Cross-border regions are emerging throughout Europe. What is the difference between the impact of decentralisation, separatism and region-building? (Why are the two questions connected? The last one is a "separate” issue with no general relevance for cross-border cooperation)
-What will be the future of MLG in Europe?
-What about the emerging macro regions (Baltic, Danube, Mediterranean)?
-To what extent could the European institutions (Congress of Local and Regional Authorities; CLRAE; Committee of the Regions, CEMR and Assembly of European Regions) strengthen the influence and representation of the regions within the different national and supranational institutions?
-How could the territorial role of urban networks and regional governments be harmonised?
-What are the lessons learned?
Working Groups
The NISPAcee Working Group is a group of researchers and/or professionals associated with NISPAcee who are investigating a particular public administration or public policy topic. Currently, there are ten NISPAcee Working Groups which intend to schedule their meetings during the 21st NISPAcee Annual Conference in Belgrade, Serbia.
I. Working Group on Local Government
II. Working Group on e-Government
III. Working Group on Civil Service
IV. Working Group on PA Reform
V. Working Group on Internationalization and Networking of Public Administration Studies and Civil Servant’s Training Systems
VI. Working Group on Public Finance and Public Financial Management
VII. Working Group on Public Policy Analysis Development Issues
VIII. Working Group on Public Administration Education
IX. Working group on Administration and Management of Internal Security Agencies
X. Working Group on Good Governance, Human Rights and Development in Weak, Crisis and Post-conflict States
Geographical focus
- General/no specific focus
ON-LINE REGISTRATION FOR THE CONFERENCE - Deadline: March 31, 2013