Tbilisi: The 32nd annual conference of the NIPSAcee(Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe) was held on May 23 at Caucasus University. The Meeting was held under the theme”Public administration in post-conflict reconstruction.”
The organization NISPAcee is a network of professionals with experience in public administration. Its aim is to promote democratic values in Central and Eastern European countries. To this end, the organization also organizes different seminars, training sessions, and research workshops.
Dean of the School of Public Administration of the Caucasus University Eka Akobia is the network’s current president (NISPAcee). This year at the conference, rectors, deans, professors, researchers, doctoral students, and practitioners from the NISPAcee region visited Georgia to attend the meeting.
On this momentous occasion attendees were honored to have a presentation by the esteemed Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine for digital development, digital transformations and digitization and Kateryna Chernohorenko, who shared her insights within the main topic of the conference.
The main theme of the 2024 NISPAcee Annual Conference is “ post-conflict reconstruction.” There will be a wide discussion of the changing perspectives on the role of public governance and administration in this process.
On the other hand the conference will assess the experience of state building over the decades. Furthermore it will review and compare some of the best practices for reconstruction, digitalization, and artificial intelligence, thus bringing together relevant theoretical and practical approaches to post-conflict management and administration. This approach will be adopted in both the Central and Eastern European regions and beyond the region.
Under the inclusive theme of the conference, nine permanent working groups are diligently working on leading issues of public governance and administration. Simultaneously workshops and panel meetings related to issues relevant to Georgia and the region will be held with the participation of our important international partners who share our interest in the field of public administration.
At the end of the meeting the organizers thanked the participants for the events.
