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The Pedagogical University of Cracow
Institute of Political Science
Chair of Law and Administrative Sciences
Chair of Economics and Economic Policy
Chair of Public Policy
The Kazimierz Pulaski University of Technology and Humanities
in Radom
Chair of Law
have the pleasure to extend their invitation to an international scientific
conference on
Current modernisation processes
in public administration:
Polish and European experiences
to be held on 22-23 April 2015
The event under the patronage of:
His Magnificence Rector of the Pedagogical University of Cracow
Professor Michał Śliwa
The Cracow Bar Association
The Association of Polish Lawyers
scientific periodical
Public Administration Yearbook
published by the Institute of Political Science
at the Pedagogical University of Cracow
Conference venue: Pedagogical University of Cracow,
ul. Podchorążych 2, 30-084 Cracow, Poland
The Professor Wincenty Danek Auditorium
I. The subject matter of the conference
1. The modernisation of public administration and the phenomena of
Europeanisation and globalisation
The modernisation processes in national public administration resulting from external
factors related to global influences as well as the integration and co-dependence of
European countries within the European Union and other international organisations.
2. Economic efficiency in the public sector
The modernisation processes in public administration moving towards: privatising
public tasks, developing an administration which provides public services, and
boosting the operational efficiency of public administration bodies as well as the
effectiveness of using public funds.
3. The openness of public administration: transparency, participation, social
dialogue and e-administration
Cooperation between public administration and civil society organisations, the
participation by individuals in administrative rulemaking, the right to information and
openness of administration, use of IT and ICT technologies in public administration,
and the non-imperative actions by public administration.
The conference is of interdisciplinary nature and includes such areas as: law,
economics, political science, the science of administration, management, and history
of administrative law and administration. We encourage and welcome paper proposals
which analyse the modernisation of public administration from the perspective of:
• current changes and trends in administrative law in Poland, the EU and
European countries,
• organisation and management in public administration,
• concepts and priorities of as well as action taken by the government and
the relations between public administration representatives and citizens;
and
• historical and socio-political determinants of change in public
administration.
As envisioned by the organisers, the conference participants will include
representatives of legal sciences, in particular administrative law and EU law,
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management and political science, PhD students and practitioners: governmental and
local-level administration personnel, officials of state control bodies, as well as
barristers, judges and legal counsels.
II. Housekeeping information
1. Conference enrolment applications together with brief abstracts (on the sheet
enclosed
to
this
invitation)
should
be
sent
by
email
to
modernizacja.adm@gmail.com not later than by 30 November 2014. The
Scientific Committee shall notify the applicants of the acceptance of their
contributions by email. In the event of a great number of submissions, the
organisers may select the papers to be delivered during the event. By 21
December 2014, the authors shall be notified of the acceptance of their
contributions for presentation. Draft papers to be placed on the conference
website should be sent by email to modernizacja.adm@gmail.com by 15
March 2015.
2. The organisers pledge to publish the conference contributions in Public
Administration Yearbook, conditional upon its positive reviews. Articles
should be sent by email to modernizacja.adm@gmail.com by 30 April 2015.
Articles may be also printed in Public Administration Yearbook without the
requirement of their authors’ participation in the conference.
3. Estimated paper delivery duration shall be 15 minutes + 10 minutes discussion
time.
4. The conference fee amounts to PLN 300 and excludes accommodation. It
covers coffee breaks, two lunches, a gala dinner on the first day of the
conference and conference materials.
5. Accommodation can be provided at the Krakowiak Student House (single room
with a bathroom including breakfast). If single-day accommodation is used, the
conference fee shall be PLN 392; in the case of a two-day stay it shall be PLN
484, and PLN 576 in the case of three-day accommodation.
6. The payment should be made by bank transfer by 15 March 2015 onto the
following account:
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Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej
Bank Pekao SA oddział w Krakowie
domestic transfer
71 1240 4722 1111 0000 4852 4687
international transfer
PKOPPLPW
PL 71 1240 4722 1111 0000 4852 4687, SWIFT:
please add the following information: DK-93, first name and surname of
the participant (e.g. DK-93 Jan Kowalski)
Once paid, the conference fee will not be returned, should an enrolled
conference participant resign from attending the event.
Scientific Committee:
Prof. UP, dr hab. Andrzej Madera - Chairperson
Prof. nadzw. dr hab. Jan Bednarczyk
Prof. dr hab. Sławomir Dudzik
Prof. nadzw. ks. dr hab. Sławomir Fundowicz
Prof. zw. dr hab. Marian Grzybowski
Prof. zw. dr hab. Andrzej Jaeschke
Prof. UP, dr hab. Andrzej Kozera
Prof. UP, dr hab. Janina Pach
Prof. zw. dr hab. Andrzej K. Piasecki
Prof. UP, dr hab. Piotr Tusiński
Organisational Committee:
Dr Inga Kawka - Chairperson
Dr Karol Bieniek
Dr Anna Juryk
Dr Łukasz Kozera
Dr Małgorzata Kożuch
Dr Agata Nodżak
Dr Barbara Węglarz
Dr Mariusz Wieczorek
With kind regards
Chairperson of the Organisational Committee
dr Inga Kawka
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