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Kathrin Stainer Hämmerle
Carinthia University of Applied Sciences
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Mario Wiedemann
Bertelsmann Foundation, Livable Communities
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Jurgen Willems
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Institut Public Management and Governance
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European Governance and Urban Policy
In exchange with partners from politics, administration and research, we develop specific solutions for local and regional challenges that can also be used elsewhere.
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Decentralisation and Local Public Administration Reform in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
The Publication "Decentralisation and Local Public Administration Reform in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine: Learning from the past – preparing for the future" and Status Reports on the Progress of Decentralisation Reform in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine aim to consolidate lessons learned over three decades of reform and help the local government associations prepare for the reform next steps in their countries.
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The resilient city – state of the art
During the pandemic, the discussion about the resilience of our social system and especially of Austrian cities and municipalities is increasingly becoming the focus of political and social discourse. This working document provides a first overview of the state of scientific discussion on urban resilience, existing literature, research projects and planning tools with a focus on the local level.
News | European governance and urban policy
Monitoring and informing local government finance policies in South-East Europe: the NALAS Regional Decentralization Observatory
Building on the strong conviction that evidence-based policies can lead to better public policies and public services NALAS (Network of Association of Local Authorities of South-East Europe) and KDZ (Centre for Public Administration Research) partnered to develop the NALAS Decentralization Observatory for South-East Europe www.nalas-observatory.eu.
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Conference on the Future of Europe - A vivid Europe from below - Local authorities in the Western Balkan and their vision of a future Europe
Conference on the Future of Europe
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Congrats to the winners of the Austrian Public Sector Award 2021
Congrats to the winners of the Austrian Public Sector Award 2021
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WESTERN BALKAN Public Administration Reform MONITOR 2019/2020 out now
WeBER’s Western Balkan PAR Monitor provides high valuable insights on the status quo of Public Administration Reform in the Western Balkan countries. Read more here.
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Regulatory Control Council recommends CAF!
The German National Regulatory Control Council - the advisory body of the German federal government, which also deals with questions of public administration reform - recommends audits with the CAF (Common Assessment Framework) in order to make the state and administration fit for future after Covid19.
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Karima Rothensteiner
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First cross-border meeting of German, Austrian and Swiss CAF experts (DACH-Region)
On June 22nd CAF experts from Germany, Austria and Switzerland met for an online exchange for the first time. The aim is to strengthen the CAF (Common Assessment Framework - www.caf-network.eu) in German-speaking countries and to learn from the experiences of "others".
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The SDGs in Austrian cities: a comparison between 2017 and 2021
In 2017 and 2021, the Austrian Association for Cities and Towns (AACT) and KDZ-Centre for Public Administration Research conducted a survey among Austria’s cities. The outcome in short suggested both higher awareness of the SDGs in 2021 and a greater intention towards implementing the SDGs in local governments compared to 2017. In the following, general results from 2017 and 2021 are compared.
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KDZ-Studies
The following KDZ studies are publicly available.
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KDZ-Publications
We offer publications about "Public management and finance" since 1974 . Most of the publications are available in german. Please visit the German section of our website.
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Public Management Consulting
We support cities and municipalities and their companies, states, federal government, associations and NGOs in various questions of organisational development, control & Management systems, financial management, quality management and strategy development.
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Online Seminar: The New CAF 2020 – Excellence through Self-Assessment in Public Administration
On 21 October, interested parties have the opportunity to get to know the CAF 2020 in an online seminar.
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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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Newsletter
We inform you 10 times a year about current KDZ projects, topics and activities that are of interest to the public sector.
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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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Forum Public Management
The Forum Public Management is the journal of the KDZ - Centre for Public Administration Research for the Public Sector.
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.
