EPSA 2023-24 Award Ceremony

Name: EPSA 2023-24 Award Ceremony
Start: 1970-01-01T00:00:00+0000

21 März 2024

9.30 - 16.00 CET

European Public Sector Award Ceremony 2023-24

Encouraging, showcasing, promoting, disseminating and exchanging best practices is a powerful tool for strengthening public administrations’ relevance and efficiency.

Under the overarching theme “Boosting Innovation Through Learning” EPSA 2023-24 aims to showcase and reward the most innovative projects submitted by public administrations across Europe.

Set against the vibrant backdrop of Maastricht (NL), the Award Ceremony will be live-streamed on 21 March from the Provincial Government House in Maastricht, where the Treaty of Maastricht was signed in 1992.

Get ready to witness the winners and Good Practice Certificate recipients in the three award categories:

Innovation in Public Administration
Green Transition and Sustainability
Digital Transformation

With the Support of

City of Maastricht

Province of Limburg

Official Partners

EU Commission

Austria

Hungary

Luxembourg

The Netherlands

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Thursday 21 March 2024

09.30	Welcome and Introduction Emile Roemer, King’s Commissioner of Limburg Marco Ongaro, Director-General, European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA)
09.45	Opening Address Mario Nava, Director-General, European Commission, DG REFORM (remote)
10.00	Keynote Presentations Comprehensive innovation: new developments and prospects Bartel Van de Walle, Director, United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) New tools and instruments for organisational learning Frans van Dongen, Programme Manager, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, The Netherlands
10.45	Coffee break
11.15	Panel Public sector reform in the EU and beyond: boosting innovation through learning Vsevolod Chentsov, Head of the Mission of Ukraine to the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (remote) Maja Handjiska-Trendafilova, Director, Regional School of Public Administration (ReSPA) Nick Thijs, Senior Advisor, Team Leader Service Delivery and Digital Government, OECD SIGMA Kjartan Björnsson, Deputy Director and Head of Unit in DG REFORM – Governance and Public Administration, European Commission (remote) Frans van Dongen, Programme Manager, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, The Netherlands Moderated by Martijn Pluim, Programme Director, European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA)
12.30	Lunch break
14.00	Hand out awards EPSA 2023-24 winners Introduction EPSA 2023-24 edition
14.15	Award Category Innovation in Public Administration Gracia Vara-Arribas, Senior Lecturer EU Law and Public Procurement, EU Governance, Head of the European CAF Resource Centre, European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA)
14.45	Award Category Green Transition and Sustainability Christoph Klika, Senior Lecturer EU Policy Making, EPSA Project Manager, European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA)
15.15	Award Category Digital Transformation Pavlina Stoykova, Senior Lecturer and Head of Tenders, European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA)
16.00	End of event

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