Mondorf-les-Bains, 10 June 2005 Conference of Directors of Schools and Institutes of Public Administration (DSIPA) Development and promotion of a communication network between schools and institutes Mondorf-les-Bains, 10 June 2005

II. LU presidency > Communication network > Promotion Aim support ROI setup of a common web portal provide CMPS with relevant information for the support of DSIPA community EPAN, DG meeting, 10 June 2005 DSIPA

II. LU presidency > Communication network > Promotion groundwork in supporting an effective collaboration themes DSIPA is interested in identification structuring supporting no framework / software choice IT awareness highlight noteworthy results, remaining questions, (decisions to be made) EPAN, DG meeting, 10 June 2005 DSIPA

II. LU presidency > Communication network > Methodology identification Content (website) structuring possible functionalities supporting requirements EPAN, DG meeting, 10 June 2005 DSIPA

Former work (ROI Survey, Agenda) II. LU presidency > Communication network > Themes identification Former work (ROI Survey, Agenda) exchange of good practices bench-marking networking and exchange between experts and trainers common curriculum development development of innovative programs Survey Informal partnerships Everyday life practices / habits EPAN, DG meeting, 10 June 2005 DSIPA

II. LU presidency > Communication network > Themes identification Themes with count of related suggestions, proposals or questions organisation, funding (13+1) educational experiences, techniques and materials (12) Knowledge transfert (11) Training of top-level civil servants (10) communication experiences, techniques and materials (8) content of the training catalogue (8) Training assessment, quality insurance (7+2) training impact in everyday work, DSIPA role in admin. evolution (2+4) selection techniques (3) national to international status (2+0) human resource management (2) training promotion (1) integration of training materials and techniques in the networking tools (0) EPAN, DG meeting, 10 June 2005 DSIPA

II. LU presidency > Communication network > Themes structuring Organisation of the propositions in related themes Investigate interests of DSIPA for each theme Interest statement (inexistant – low – high – very high) Possible personal involvement (Lead – Active Member – Onlooker – not at all) EPAN, DG meeting, 10 June 2005 DSIPA

II. LU presidency > Communication network > Themes structuring the content of the training catalogue integration of training materials and techniques in networking tools topics related to human resource management. levelling of national agents in order to reach European levelling . widening of national training to international status training promotion organisation -related topics quality insurance. funding issues. selection techniques Themes rated more interesting training of top-level civil servants training assessement. knowledge transfer communication experiences, techniques and materials. educational experiences, techniques and materials. the impact of training in the everyday work role of the DSIPA in the evolution of the administration. full list: training of top-level civil servants training assessement. knowledge transfer communication experiences, techniques and materials. educational experiences, techniques and materials. the impact of training in the everyday work role of the DSIPA in the evolution of the administration. the content of the training catalogue the integration of training materials and techniques in the Directors' WG networking tools topics related to human resource management. the levelling of national agents in order to reach European levelling. the widening of national training to international status. training promotion organisation -related topics quality insurance. funding issues. selection techniques EPAN, DG meeting, 10 June 2005 DSIPA

II. LU presidency > Communication network > Themes structuring Descriptions are now available for each topic related proposals related demands count of interested countries potential active members list EPAN, DG meeting, 10 June 2005 DSIPA

II. LU presidency > Communication network > Themes supporting Aim support ROI setup of a common web portal provide CMPS with relevant information for the support of DSIPA community Means sketch DSIPA needs in effective work support apply CRPHT community support methodology EPAN, DG meeting, 10 June 2005 DSIPA

II. LU presidency > Communication network > Community support methodology that highlights the needs in support of a community (or people network), in order to help it working in a collaborative way. These needs can further be mapped onto requirements and functionalities provided by tools, whether software or not EPAN, DG meeting, 10 June 2005 DSIPA

Knowledge transfer Program / training exchange Competencies exchange Share THE best competence of each country (owner, partners, training material, activities, global training assessment) Only in English Other content to be defined (best practices?) Promotion (marketing) driven public access to information EPAN, DG meeting, 10 June 2005 DSIPA

communication experiences, techniques and materials How qualification (and trainings) of civil servant might change in enlarged Europe, with a focus on some partnerships and small groups (bilateral, regional groups,…) rather than the whole Europe. With regard to required competencies: Networking, Lobbying, Negociation, Project management, Policy making, Evaluation Information type interesting for Schools Common training methodology Test material of one’s own training with other schools (who agrees upon training sharing, e.g. intercultural management ?) Discuss on training / competency… Two level of information share Amongst directors (not critical) Operational (core knowledge, critical, not shared besides partnership) Setup information publication procedure Closed community (non restricted) Public diffusion (country laws/procedures) Joint sessions might be interesting (in the scope of a particular project) Michael EPAN, DG meeting, 10 June 2005 DSIPA

impact of training in the everyday work benchmarking impact of training in everyday work integrated use of new technologies in everyday work Support to public administration reform Closer links between schools and institutes of admin on one hand and administrative changes agents on the other hand the impact of training in supporting modernisation process in central government administrations information about different approaches to public administration reform Damien EPAN, DG meeting, 10 June 2005 DSIPA

Training assessment 3 assessment « fields » Effective learning (examination) Course quality, trainee active investment, trainer’s hability Effective use (organisation interest) Training relevance Effective added-value (circumstances dependant) impact Investigate design of courses Quality improvement, reingineering Measurement before-after training EPAN, DG meeting, 10 June 2005 DSIPA

Training of top-level civil servants Difficulty to address top managers Lack of skilled trainers (meeting/group managers) Topics include leadership, adaptative mgt, modernisation, diversity (consequences) Means: meetings between senior servants Let them address their own problems cheer the public sector Share compentencies models for top mgt EPAN, DG meeting, 10 June 2005 DSIPA

Needs Encourage communication Protect individual property Share of information In support for a good communication concurence / protected… as a result from the habit, no particular effort needs to be refined EPAN, DG meeting, 10 June 2005 DSIPA

Potential requirements II. LU Presidency > Communication network > Organisational questions Potential requirements must be selected / approved availability relevance have heavy consequences (monetary) cost implication (of the community members) Should be done only when functionalities are provided / selected by tools. EPAN, DG meeting, 10 June 2005 DSIPA

Content available News of each school Agenda, activities dates II. LU Presidency > Communication network > Organisational questions Content available News of each school Agenda, activities dates Ground work (researches)… Links with other websites National schools www.eupan.org Programs EPAN, DG meeting, 10 June 2005 DSIPA

Conclusion Provided in conclusion documents: Information Methodology Description of topics Potential requirements List of national websites and some related information Methodology Requirements selection EPAN, DG meeting, 10 June 2005 DSIPA