1. English for Public Administration
(elective course)

2. General info Lecturer: Dr. sc. Marijana Javornik Čubrić
Classes: Thursday 9:00 – 10:30
Office hours: Tuesday 10:00 – 11:00, Gundulićeva 10, Room No. 6
Contact:

3. Course materials
M. Javornik Čubrić, Advanced English for Public Administration (script)
Available for photocopying (unpublished material)

4. Topics Unit 1: GOVERNANCE Unit 2: GOVERNMENT
Unit 3: STATE ADMINISTRATION
Unit 4: ADMINISTRATIVE ETHICS
Unit 5: ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
Unit 6: EU CITIZENSHIP
Unit 7: THE CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Unit 8: EU COMITOLOGY
Unit 9: EUROPEAN STANDARDS IN THE REGULATION OF SERVICES OF GENERAL INTEREST

5. Course outline March 1 Course introduction; Academic writing
March 8 Governance: JOINED-UP GOVERNANCE FOR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
March 15 Government: THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA (Translation practice)
March 22 Administrative ethics: CODE OF ETHICS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS (Grammar practice)
March 29 Administrative reform:PHASES OF STATE ADMINISTRATION DEVELOPMENT IN CROATIA
April 5 Interpretation of data
April 19 Student presentations
April 26 EU CITIZENSHIP
May 3 THE CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
May 10 EU COMITOLOGY
May 17 EUROPEAN STANDARDS IN THE REGULATION OF SERVICES OF GENERAL INTEREST
May 24 Final revision and signatures

6. Seminar papers and presentations
Recommendable for full-time students
Optional for part-time students
A seminar paper is a substitute for the written part of the examination, and a presentation is a substitute for the oral part of the examination

7. Seminar papers
10-15 pages
Paper structure (introduction, body, conclusion, literature)
Written in standard academic English
Introduction; relevance of the topic, introducing main parts of the paper
Conclusion; reasons for selecting the topic, personal assessment/opinion

8. Presentations Power point or lecture style No reading; only notes
Sources: at least 3 different sources; one written, two can be from the Internet
Draft to be sent two weeks in advance, edited text will be returned
Obligatory: Questions and discussion or group work

9. Suggested topics Industrial-era bureaucracies in an information age
Administrative reform
Contracts between ministries and agencies
Joined Up Government
Regional policy in the Republic of Croatia
Public-private partnerships
New methods and techniques of human potentials management
Management and motivation
Administrative ethics

10. Dates for presentations
April 5
April 19
April 26
May 3
May 10

11. Teaching materials Available at: www.pravo.hr/sj/nastavni- materijali
Map:
Engleski jezik za javnu upravu

12. Written examination
Relevant terminology
Grammar
Translation

13. Any questions?

14. Thank you for your attention!