Programme Info
Public administration consists of getting the work of the government done by coordinating the efforts of the people so that they some order and efficiency may result from these efforts. This course seeks to acquaint participants with strategies and techniques useful in achieving more responsive and accountable public administration within the framework of democratic governance.
Target Audience
This course will be of help to government officials, public servants and policymakers.
Programme
- Governments serving people: the changing roles of public administration in democratic governance
- Linking governments and citizens through democratic governance
- Dimensions of transparency in governance
- E-government: providing value to citizens
- Accountable governance and administrative reform in Europe
- Roles of civil society organizations in governance
- Auditing for social change: learning from civil society initiatives
- Decentralization and local autonomy for participatory democracy
- Participatory governance