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 |
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| 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 |
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| - Building Democratic Governance in the EU, especially in EU New Member States |
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| - Building Democratic Governance on the basis of EU Administrative Principles in the Caucasus Region |
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| - The Role of Education in Building Democratic Governance |
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| - Discussion |
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| 11:00 – 12:00 |
QUALITY, EVALUATION AND ACCREDITATION OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES |
| - Higher Education System in the EU |
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| - Quality Assesment, Evaluation and Accreditation Systems in the EU - European and Worldwide Accreditation of Public Administration Programmes (EAPAA, CIAPA) |
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| - Discussion |
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| 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 |
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| - Armenia |
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| - Azerbaijan |
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| - Discussion |
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| 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) |