Regional Conference

Regional Conference

Building Democratic Governance on the basis of EU Administrative Principles in the Caucasus Region

Date: March 5, 2015
Venue: Caucasus University, 10 A. Politkovskaya Str., 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia 7th Floor, Professor Mzia Mikeladze Conference Room

Project: Capacity Building of Caucasus Academic PA Programmes on the basis of EU Administrative Principles
Supported by: International Visegrad Fund, www.visegradfund.org



Coordinator: NISPAcee - The Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe, www.nispa.org

Caucasus institutional partners:

V4 individual partners:

LTD Caucasus University , Georgia

Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, Armenia

Khazar University, Azerbaijan

Juraj Nemec, Slovak Republic

Gyorgy Gajduschek, Hungary

David Spacek, Czech Republic

 

Target group / eligible participants from Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia:

- Universities, academic staff: PA programme lecturers, trainers, researchers,

- Students: advanced MA level students working in the sphere of Governance & Public Administration & potential PhD students,

- PA officials,

- Representatives of civil society organisations,

- The media

 

Programme:

9:00 – 9:30

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION                       

9:30 – 11:00

WELCOME AND OPENING

KEYNOTE SPEECHES

- Building Democratic Governance in the EU, especially in EU New Member States

- Building Democratic Governance on the basis of EU Administrative Principles in the Caucasus Region

- The Role of Education in Building Democratic Governance

- Discussion

11:00 – 12:00

QUALITY, EVALUATION AND ACCREDITATION OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES

- Higher Education System in the EU

- Quality Assesment, Evaluation and Accreditation Systems in the EU

- European and Worldwide Accreditation of Public Administration Programmes (EAPAA, CIAPA)

- Discussion

12:00 – 12:30

Break

12:30 – 14:00

 

PRESENT STATUS AND CHALLENGES FOR CAUCASUS ACADEMIC PA PROGRAMMES

Higher Education in Public Administration in:

- Georgia

- Armenia

- Azerbaijan

- Discussion

14:00 – 14:15

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

14:15 – 14:30

ROLE OF NETWORKING

CLOSING

14:30 – 15:30

Lunch break

15:30 – 17:00

Individual consultations on curricula development of PA programmes with project experts based on request (collected within the morning session)