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KDZ Factsheet: Public Employment in Europe
Public employment refers to all individuals working in government institutions and publicly funded organizations, including central and local governments, education, healthcare, public safety, and social services. These employees play a crucial role in delivering essential services, implementing public policies, and ensuring the functioning and stability of democratic systems.
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The KDZ Newsletter informs you about current KDZ projects, topics and activities of interest to the public sector. The KDZ Newsletter is published ten times a year.
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European Cities Leading the Way in Sustainable Public Finances: The SLPF Project
Cities are crucial in tackling global challenges like climate change and sustainable development. Four leading cities—Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bordeaux, and Hamburg—have joined forces in the SLPF project to integrate the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into their public financial systems. This collaboration aims to drive a sustainable future through innovative financial management.
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New Podcast: Municipalities in Europe: Between Autonomy and Fiscal Pressure
In this episode of KDZ im Dialog, Siegfried Fritz speaks with Thomas Prorok, Managing Director of KDZ – Centre for Public Administration Research, about municipalities and local governments across Europe.
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Local Public Finances and the Governance of SDGs: Insights from Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bordeaux and Hamburg
The new report “Local Public Finances and the Governance of SDGs: Insights from Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bordeaux and Hamburg” is the first concrete result of the European SLPF project, which aims to make sustainability considerations an integral part of decision-making and public financial management.
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From Green Budgeting to Real Choices: What Cities Are Learning About SDG Budgeting
The SLPF project has entered its dissemination phase. After months of joint work with partner cities, the project is now sharing its main outputs, discoveries, and practical lessons with a wider circle of European municipalities.
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Local Governments in Estonia: Money and Responsibility
Estonian residents have high expectations of local governments. We are accustomed to cities and municipalities organising local life and providing high-quality, accessible public services. All of this requires money. At the same time, Estonia is one of the most tax-centralised countries in Europe. In financial terms, local government functions as an extension of central government. In a situation where the state budget is under pressure from defence, health and social expenditure and where public debt is growing rapidly, central government will no longer be able to support local governments financially to the same extent as before.
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Municipal Exchange Fund "Austria for Ukraine" launched
KDZ – Centre for Public Administration Research is pleased to announce the launch of the Municipal Exchange Fund “Austria for Ukraine” (A4U), funded by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) as part of International Partnerships Austria and the Austrian Association of Cities and Towns (AACT), and in cooperation with U-LEAD with Europe.
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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.
