News
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.
Studien
Local Government in Austria - Responses to Urban-Rural Challenges
The present report provides an overview of the system of local government in Austria.
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Philip Parzer is new Head of the CAF-Centre
Philip Parzer will take over the Lead of the CAF Centre on March 1, 2022 from Thomas Prorok, Managing Director of KDZ Centre of Public Administration Research.
Blog
Urban-Rural-Thriller
According to a British study, the urban-rural divide is widening. It is therefore important to know why this is the case. In today's blog post, KDZ expert Alexandra Schantl presents a comparative study with174 examples from 16 countries and 5 continents.
News
Searching for an external Gender and Social Inclusion Analysis
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.
Blog
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.
News
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.
The KDZ - Centre for Public Administration Research is a competence centre and knowledge platform for public management Consulting, European Governance & Urban policy, public finance and federalism and training.
We want a sustainable modernization of the public sector and, as a non-profit organisation, we offer research, advice and training for public administration.
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.
