Workshop
Details
The necessity of developing separation of powers and clear national strategies constitutes the crucial issue of the stagnating reform process in Palestine. Despite political insecurities the University of Birzeit faces the challenge of picking as a central theme the function of a tightened and transparent administrative organization in a continuous, national debate discussed on an academic level.
The opening of the faculty of public administration at the University of Birzeit on November 30th 2004 will be taken as an inducement to present models and concepts of administration and revise their applicability on the Palestinian system in a conference which has been commonly organized by the Institute of Law and the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation.
According to established administrative machineries in Europe and the United States political, economic and institutional decision makers shall have the possibility to evaluate the present outdated models in cooperation with each other and modify them where appropriate.
Subsequent to the conference working papers as well as the proposition of the discussion will be collected in a report, commented and customized for relevant authorities and institutions.
Program
09.15 – 10.00 h Registration
10.00 – 10.15 h Opening Remarks
Nabil Kassis
Session I
Comparative Public Administration Models
Chair: Helga Baumgarten
Speakers:
10.15 – 10.40 h
Francoise Dreyfus
The traditional Weberian model and the new Public Administration
10.40 – 11.05 h
Ceasar McDowell
Can we lead where we have not gone?Challenges in developing public consciousness
11.05 – 11.30 h
Martin Florack
Governance and Administration in the German Political System
11.30 – 13.00 h
Discussion on Session I
13.00 – 13.45 h
Lunch
Session II
Public Administration in Palestine-Orientations and Challenges
Chair: Basem Ezbidi
Speakers:
13.45 – 14.10 h
Hussein Ala’raj
The need to establish a center of public administration in Palestine: a look at local governance
14.10 – 14.35 h
Osama Shahwan
Public administration reality in the Palestinian Authority experience since 1994
14.35 – 15.00 h
Basil Jaber
Public administration as a strategy for reform
15.00 – 16.30 h
Discussion on Session II
16.15 – 16.30 h
Partner
