Public administration. The Parties shall promote cooperation between their public administration authorities, including the setting up of exchange programmes, in order to improve mutual knowledge of the structure and functioning of their respective systems.
Public administration. The Parties, recognising the importance of well-resourced, efficient and effective civil service systems and processes with a strong human resource base, commit to fostering collaboration in this area. They also agree to cooperate with a view to modernising their public administrations and developing an accountable, efficient, transparent and professional civil service. In that regard, efforts shall aim at, inter alia, improving organisational efficiency, increasing institutions' effectiveness in service delivery, accelerating the deployment of e-governance and digital services and the digitalisation of public registries, and reinforcing the processes of decentralisation, in accordance with their respective economic and social development strategies.
Public administration. The Parties agree to cooperate by exchanging experience and best practice, building on existing efforts, with respect to the modernisation of public administration in areas such as:
a) improving organisational efficiency;
b) increasing institutions' effectiveness in service delivery;
c) ensuring transparent management of public resources and accountability;
d) improving the legal and institutional framework;
e) policy design and implementation.
Public administration. The Parties shall cooperate with a view to enhancing capacity building in the field of public administration. Cooperation in that area may include the exchange of views on best practices on management methods, service delivery, reinforcing institutional capacity and transparency issues.
Public administration. Cooperation shall aim at ensuring the development of an efficient and accountable public administration in Serbia, notably to support rule of law implementation, the proper functioning of the state institutions for the benefit of the entire population of Serbia as a whole and the smooth development of the relations between the EU and Serbia. Cooperation in this area shall mainly focus on institution building, including the development and implementation of transparent and impartial recruitment procedures, human resources management, and career development for the public service, continued training and the promotion of ethics within the public administration. Cooperation shall cover all levels of public administration, including local administration.
Public administration. 1. Cooperation shall aim at ensuring the development of an efficient and accountable public administration in Albania, notably to support rule of law implementation, the proper functioning of the state institutions for the benefit of the Albanian population as a whole and the smooth development of the relations between the European Union and Albania.
2. Cooperation in this area shall mainly focus on institution building, including the development and implementation of transparent and impartial recruitment procedures, human resources management, career development for the public service, continued training and the promotion of ethics within the public administration, and e-government. Cooperation shall cover both the central and the local administrations. TITLE IX FINANCIAL COOPERATION In order to achieve the objectives of this Agreement and in accordance with Articles 3, 113 and 115, Albania may receive financial assistance from the Community in the form of grants and loans, including loans from the European Investment Bank. Community aid remains tied to the fulfilment of the principles and conditions set out in the conclusions of the General Affairs Council of 29 April 1997 taking into account the results of the annual reviews of the countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process, the European Partnerships, and of other Council conclusions, pertaining in particular to the respect of adjustment programmes. Aid granted to Albania shall be geared to observed needs, chosen priorities, the capacity to absorb and repay, and the measures taken to reform and restructure the economy.
Public administration. 1. Cooperation in this area shall aim at the modernisation and decentralisation of public administration and encompass overall organisational efficiency and the legislative and institutional framework, drawing lessons from both Parties' best practices.
2. Such cooperation may involve programmes of the following types:
(a) modernisation of the State and of public administration;
(b) decentralisation and the strengthening of regional and local government;
(c) strengthening of civil society and its incorporation into the process of defining public policies;
(d) job creation and vocational training programmes;
(e) social service management and administration projects;
(f) development, rural housing or land management projects;
(g) health and primary education programmes;
(h) support for civil society and grass-roots initiatives;
(i) any other programmes and projects which help to combat poverty by creating business and employment opportunities; and
(j) promotion of culture and its several manifestations and strengthening of cultural identities.
3. The means of cooperation in this area shall be:
(a) technical assistance to Chilean policy-making and executive bodies, including meetings between staff of the European institutions and their Chilean counterparts;
(b) regular exchanges of information taking whatever form is appropriate, including the use of computer networks; personal data protection shall be ensured in all areas where data are to be exchanged;
(c) transfers of know-how;
(d) preliminary studies and joint project implementation, involving comparable financial input; and
(e) training and organisational support.
Public administration. Students should have a demonstrated understanding of the basic concepts and ideas in Public Administration:
Competency 1: Public administration in the United States as a process of implementing public policy Competency 2: Concepts and frameworks necessary for public service
Competency 3: Key concepts such as organization theory, organization structure, bureaucracy, human resource and public management, ethics, public policy analysis, personnel, budgeting, and the politics and processes of public administration
Public administration. Cooperation in this area shall aim at the modernisation and decentralisation of public administration and encompass overall organisational efficiency and the legislative and institutional framework, drawing lessons from both Parties' best practices.
Public administration. Content: