Project: Formal and informal networks in rural areas

17Mar2015

The Conference is organised by the Think for Europe Network (comprising the European Policy Centre, Belgrade, European Policy Institute, Skopje and Institute Alternative, Podgorica).

Conference Themes

The conference addresses the experiences and future perspectives in improving performance in the public administration in the European context. Suggested guiding topics for papers include:

Evidence-Based Policy Making as a Precondition for Performance of PA: Using evidence in policy formulation, policy monitoring and evaluation, result based on approaches in policy making, evaluation as a tool for organisational learning;

Public Administration, Performance and Accountability: Performance measurement and budgeting, linking performance with accountability, managerial accountability, ’Europeanisation’ of public administration in the context of PA performance;

Performance Audit and Policy Evaluation: Effectiveness of government spending and/or policies, impact of performance audit on policy cycle, correlations/links between performance audit and policy evaluation;

The Conference is being organised within the project Performance Audit and Policy Evaluation: On the Same or Parallel Tracks supported by the Regional Research Promotion Programme in the Western Balkans (RRPP).

Programme and Practical Information

Participants will be informed about the programme and specific panels of the conference as well as all relevant practical information in due course. The conference website will be updated on regular basis.

All interested candidates should submit a single file containing a short Curriculum Vitae (max. 2 pages) and an abstract of the proposed conference paper (max. 500 words) by 30 April 2015 at the latest.

More information on the application procedure and eligibility can be found here.