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Survey: Impact of CAF on human resource management
KDZ Centre for Public Administration Research carried out a survey for the Slovenian EU-Presidency and proved that CAF leads to significant improvements in human resource management.
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ReSPA Regional Quality Management Centre starts operational work
On 6 December, the RQM started its operational work with the first Annual Coordination Meeting of the Regional Quality Management Centre (RQM). At the hybrid meeting, the plans for 2022 were discussed with the participation of KDZ experts Thomas Prorok and Philip Parzer.
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Cyber security for our communities
At the meeting of the European city network "Cities for Sustainable Public Finances" (www.cspf.eu), author Joe Pichlmayr presented cybersecurity challenges for cities and citizens. His urgent appeal was that cities and the public sector in general need to prepare for increasing cyberattacks.
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Call for tender - KDZ searches for gender and social inclusion experts!
The KDZ-Centre for Public Administration Research together with the Austrian Association of Cities and Towns (AACT) is carrying out the OEZA-Project 8325-00/2021 Building Administrative Capacities of the Western Balkans and the Republic of Moldova (BACID III). For the project, an external Gender and Social Inclusion Analysis is required.
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CAF Facilitator & External CAF Feedback Expert (EFACs) Training
Last week KDZ and Regional School of Public Administration started its CAF Facilitator Certification Course in Vienna for 20 participants mainly from the Western Balkan.
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Digital Transformation in Public Finances
Carlos Perona (CSPF Project Officer) is writing about the last meeting of the Cities for Sustainable Public Finances and describes the discussion about digital transformation in public sector.
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Conference on Quality Management in Public Administration in Tirana (Albania)
On 6 and 7 July, the international conference on Quality Management in Public Administration took place in Tirana with participation of KDZ.
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EPSAS update
EPSAS (European Public Sector Accounting Standards) is one of the topics regularly debated in the Cities for Sustainable Public Finances (CSPF) network. As a European reference group in local public financial management, it counts on the active participation of the European Commission – Eurostat. István Varjas, Senior Policy Officer
Eurostat - European Commission, Luxembourg gives an insight on the state of play of EPSAS.
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Kelmend Zajazi | Executive Director of NALAS
The long-term cooperation with KDZ means a lot to us at NALAS. In KDZ we found a peer that fully understands who we are.
Isabelle Verschuren | Federal Public Service Policy and Support (BOSA), CAF correspondent of Belgium
In the last years Belgium has planned and organised many different CAF activities (e.g. CAF training, Certification of CAF label) together with KDZ.
Josep Medrano | Director of Strategic Planning and Taxation, City of Barcelona
For the City of Barcelona, the collaboration with KDZ through the European "Cities for Sustainable Public Finances (CSPF)" has reached a qualitative advance.