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Regional School of Public Administration (ReSPA): Creation of a new International Organisation

Davor Ljubanović ; head of the Centre for In-Service Training, Central State Office for Administration of the Republic of Croatia

Abstract

The establishment of the Regional School of Public Administration (ReSPA) is one of the activities conducted within the framework initiative of the European Union, adopted at the meeting of the European Union and the Western Balkans countries in Thessaloniki in 2003. At the meeting, the EU extended its political and financial support to the efforts countries in the region were making in order to reinforce peace and stability, develop democracy, and to promote economic development. In the first phase (May 2006 – end of 2008), ReSPA functioned as a network of institutions dealing with education and in-service training of public servants in order to strengthen regional cooperation in the field of public administration, including strengthening the administrative capacities necessary
to conduct the European integration process and human resources development in accordance with the principles of the European Administrative Space. ReSPA’s activities in this phase may be divided in to two parts. Activities aimed at organisation and implementation of educational and in-service training programmes and other activities directly related to the realisation of ReSPA’s aims, and activities aimed at making material, financial, organisational, and other preconditions for entering in to the second phase at the beginning of 2009. During this phase, ReSPA should develop in to an international organisation – a professional public administration school that should have an active cooperation with national public administration schools and should develop, organise, and conduct educational and in-service training programmes for civil servants based on the analysis of regional educational needs. From Croatian perspective, a more active
participation in ReSPA’s activities may be useful in the realisation of several national and international objectives. International exchange of experiences in the field of public administration could contribute to the strengthening of public administration experts’ administrative skills, and consequently, of the whole Croatian public administration. Creating the quality educational and in-service training programmes (including academic programmes) and of fering those to other users from the region, might additionally confirm Croatia’s position of a
regional leader in public administration. Considering the views of the European Commission on the importance of regional cooperation, Croatian readiness to engage in to regional cooperation would additionally strengthen Croatia’s positions in the EU accession process.

Keywords

state administration; public administration: training; education; in-service training; administrative personnel; regional cooperation

Hrčak ID:

135435

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/135435

Publication date:

4.12.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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