The European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) is Europe's leading centre of excellence on European integration and the new challenges for public management. It is our mission to support the...
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The European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) was created in 1981 on the occasion of the first European Council held in Maastricht and is supported by the EU Member States...
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EIPA’s position as Europe’s leading Institute for public administration needs a modern organisation, demanding investments in staff and business development in order to meet the requirements of tomorrow. In addition...
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The European Institute of Public Administration is opening a new seconded position for a: Public Administration Reform & Innovation Expert EIPA secondees Professionals from the EU Member States are...
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Following up on her appointment during the last Board Meeting in December, Ms Cecilia Wikström has taken up the position of Chair of Board of Governors in the beginning of the year. Ms Wikström, a former member of the Swedish Parliament (2002…
EIPA Luxembourg and the Serbian National Academy for Public Administration (NAPA) has this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in fields of mutual interest to the parties....
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EIPA Barcelona has recently been entrusted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) within the Local Administration Reform project (LAR III), with three “learning journeys” – this November in Spain,...
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On 6 November, EIPA presented the European Public Sector Awards 2019 to the three winning projects in the three administrative categories - European and National, Regional and Supra-Local and Local....
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Taking European public administration to the next level: New Director-General for European Institute for Public Administration Mr Marco Ongaro has taken up his position as Director-General of the European Institute...
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Presenting the new CAF2020 The network of CAF Correspondents approved the new CAF 2020 during their last meeting in Helsinki On 1–2 October the network of CAF Correspondents met...
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This May, EIPA Barcelona organised a ten-day ‘internship’ within the ‘Town Twinning between Turkey and the EU’ programme in which ten senior public officials from Turkish institutions: the Ministry of...
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The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) is an important result of the cooperation within the EUPAN-Network. Starting as model for quality management in the public sector in the year 2000 CAF...
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Metropolis – The World Association of the Major Metropolises has initiated its work on the content of its new edition of the municipal and metropolitan managers meeting - the “City Managers...
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This year, the European Commission celebrates the 30th year of Jean Monnet Actions. Since 1989, Jean Monnet Actions have brought together a network of higher-learning institutions whose research and teaching on...
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Call for Applications: deadline extended until 5 May 2019 Does your public sector organisation have new solutions to challenges that are of high priority now and possibly in the...
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EIPA is proud to announce the opening of the Call for applications for its European Public Sector Award – EPSA 2019. Applications can be submitted online until 18 April 2019. We are inviting innovative and efficient performers from the public sector across…
Barcelona 13-14 March. One month left until one of the major conferences organised by EIPA this year will take place! EIPA and the Government of Catalonia, as finalist and...
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The European City Economic and Financial Governance (CEFG) Group, which brings together major European cities and is co-founded by EIPA Barcelona and the City of Barcelona, is proud to announce that the City of Trondheim (NO) has joined this high-level partnership as…
Agreement on General Rules for the Organisation of the Forum for Prosecutors General from Europe and South Mediterranean countries on international judicial matters. On 31 January 2019 in the Hague, Prosecutors General from Europe and South Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon,…
Why are these procedures important? Competitive Dialogue and the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation allow dialogue/negotiation between an awarding body and economic operators about the terms of the contract where the...
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The quest for good governance and efficiency in public institutions Good governance and quality public administration are essential for the good functioning of every state. Administrations are responsible for achieving...
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In these videos you can see interviews with EIPA’s speakers Mr. Tony Mortier, Flemish Audit Authority, Interfederal Finance Inspectorate and Mr. Harald Versteeg, Sustainability Manager, Ministry Infrastructure and Environment (RWS) of the...
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On 13 september 2018 the Brasov County Council from Romania came to EIPA in Maastricht for a 1-day study visit on the CAF Total Quality Management tool, and how to...
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We are saddened to announce that our well respected colleague, Dr Simon Duke, has unexpectedly passed away on 5 September 2018. We extend our condolences to his family and friends.
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Value for money (VFM) in PPP contracts is based both on what is secured in the award phase and what is realised in the contract execution phase. But securing this...
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Boosting the performance of employees and teams have always been a constant challenge for managers and HR professionals, but the scope of challenges have taken a huge shift in the...
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The only thing constant in the world is change – Heraclitus. And it has never been as apparent as in today’s global world. With the internet boom and the advent of digitalisation, distances are shrinking, people are connecting faster, and expectations are…
In 2017, we led the preparation of the Presidency of the Council of the EU rotation for Bulgaria. The main objective of the project was to improve and upgrade the relevant knowledge and skills of Bulgarian public officials, in preparation for the…
Every two years, we organise the European Public Sector Awards (EPSA) in Maastricht, to reward exemplary work done in the field of European public policies. The bigger vision is to share best practices in various European public administrations, to encourage governments to…
The Structural Reform Support Service (SRSS) has been set up by the European Commission to help the EU Member States effectively design and implement structural reforms. We (as a sole partner in a consortium led by Deloitte Belgium) were selected as a…
Daniel Drewer, advisor on Data Protection and Data Security, shares his views on #dataprotection. Get ready to be #GDPR compliant with EIPA!
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The 25th anniversary of the European Summit in Maastricht. The Treaty of Maastricht was signed here on 7 February 1992. For more than 35 years, our institute has been helping the EU institutions and Member States to tackle the practical challenges of…
In collaboration with Europol, EIPA organised a conference on privacy and security. Some 120 participants attended this innovative programme that explored the difficult question of how to balance privacy and...
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