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) | 

