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Understanding the public sector financial management cycle

Public administrations in Europe at all levels continue to face many very difficult and complex and often multiple challenges, many of which are not susceptible to quick solutions, especially as public finances remain tight and managing budgets and public services is an…

KFrenkenJanuary 13, 2020

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Local Administration Reform Project: European learning and practice transfer for Turkish senior officials

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, and in France and Poland in 2020. This project is co-financed by…

KFrenkenDecember 2, 2019

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The new CAF 2020 – 20 years of excellence in public administration

On 28 November 2019, the EUPAN Directors-General in Helsinki unanimously adopted the CAF2020. Since the launch of the CAF in 2000, this quality management system for the public sector has continued to evolve. CAF2020 is the fifth version of the Common Assessment…

KFrenkenNovember 28, 2019

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The European Public Sector Award 2019: Three categories, three innovative winners

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. The winners received their EPSA 2019 trophies during the final award ceremony,…

KFrenkenNovember 15, 2019

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New Director-General Marco Ongaro

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 of Public Administration (EIPA) in Maastricht, the Netherlands, effective from 1 November.…

KFrenkenNovember 4, 2019

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Presenting the new CAF2020

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 in Helsinki to complete the work towards the new version of the…

KFrenkenOctober 14, 2019