Meeting of Directors: New Challenges in Public Administration Training

1. MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS OF INSTITUTES AND SCHOOLS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (DISPA) In the context of the Hungarian presidency of the Council of the EU Budapest, 19 – 20 May, 2011 NEW CHALLENGES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION – TRAINING STRATEGIES Dr. Norbert KIS Director-general of Hungarian NIPA

2. NEW CHALLENGES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION – TRAINING STRATEGIES I. About Hungarian NIPA II. About the major topic of the DISPA meeting in Budapes III. Training strategies reflecting to challenges of public sector IV. Strategy of the Hungarian public policies V. DISPA as driving force of training strategies DISPA – New challanges in public administration – Training strategies Budapest, 19 – 20 May, 2011

3. I. About Hungarian NIPA • History • Ancestors: • Hungarian Institute of Public Administration Sciences, founded in 1931, • Institute of Hungarian Public Administration (1998-2006) • Government Centre for Public Administration and Human Resource Services • (2007 -2010) • The Institute • • is actively involved in the process of rewriting the public administration’s professional and human resources policies; drawing up, in this capacity, a professional public administration knowledge base. • • is the methodological and quality management centre responsible for the organizationof professional and leadership training for the Hungarian public administration and human resources systems. • • is a methodological recruitment and selection centre for public administration • • guarantees a consistent background support forthe national and international public administration development programs. DISPA – New challanges in public administration – Training strategies Budapest, 19 – 20 May, 2011

4. I. About Hungarian NIPA Knowledge based public administration career The Institute • is the development and methodological centre of public administration training programs • is the entity responsible for leadership training, leadership excellence training and trainingfor the further development of leaders. • is the national centre of examinations for public administration (basics and special exams) - is the organizer of the junior public administration training program (scholarship programs) DISPA – New challanges in public administration – Training strategies Budapest, 19 – 20 May, 2011

5. I. About Hungarian NIPA Human resourceservices The Institute • supports the design of human resources strategyin public administration • functions as a recruitment and selection centre • supports human resources management in public administration by providing methodological references • operates an IT based HR-service system within the central administration • operates the public administration job portal (www.kozigallas.gov.hu), which lists morethan 3000 civil servants and publishes close to 15 000 public employee applicationsannually • coordinates the Hungarian Public Administration Scholarship Program DISPA – New challanges in public administration – Training strategies Budapest, 19 – 20 May, 2011

6. I. About Hungarian NIPA • Major concerns about training system: • training system has not changed since 1998 – change awareness • training is not an integral part of thecarrier-path • training services: decentralized, dominantly outsourced to private companies • methodology: teaching-oriented, e-learning to be developed • curricula: unbalanced program structure (soft skill oriented) • low budget • formalities of QA system DISPA – New challanges in public administration – Training strategies Budapest, 19 – 20 May, 2011

7. II. About the major topic of Budapest meeting of DISPA • Challenges in the instituteshosting 2011-2012 DISPA meetings • Addressing somestrategic challenges and issues of training development • For the common planning within DISPA: • to put the training development in a strategic framework in the context of the forthcoming EU presidencies • how to shape the training for the future needs of public administration? • DISPA is a forum for: • identifying common set of challenges to be tackled by trainings • defining common European objectives in training development • common strategies and joint actions DISPA – New challanges in public administration – Training strategies Budapest, 19 – 20 May, 2011

8. II. About the major topic of Budapest meeting of DISPA • Budapest Meeting • for highlighting the role of training (institutes) in PA strategies and reforms • Reasons for highlighting the role of training: • HR management, human capacity building, training – success factors of PA reforms • strategies usually under evaluate the training needs of reforms • trainings are not given financial priority, serious impact of austerity measures • legal basis of training duties is often uncertain DISPA – New challanges in public administration – Training strategies Budapest, 19 – 20 May, 2011

9. III. TrainingStrategiesreflectingtochallanges of Public Sector • New challenges – new strategies • European PAs have been facing similar social and economic challenges • social dimension - How to become more open and transparent? • economy dimension - How to deliver increased performance? • financial dimension - How to perform better with fewer resources? • New Governance DISPA – New challanges in public administration – Training strategies Budapest, 19 – 20 May, 2011

10. III. TrainingStrategiesreflectingtochallanges of Public Sector • New Governance • Priority of the Hungarian EU presidency: the economic governance. • The need for the reorganization, restructuring of the state, on the basis of the new public policies. • Reconsidering the traditional ways of governance and public services. • “The good State and the good governance”program in Hungary DISPA – New challanges in public administration – Training strategies Budapest, 19 – 20 May, 2011

11. III. TrainingStrategiesreflectingtochallanges of Public Sector • Better governance is related to the more effective preparation of PA • More challenges of PA need more changes which will require more and more trainings • Will institutions, curricula and methods of today be appropriate in the future? • Training institutes: focusing on public sector strategies • more effective planning and strategy-making • identifying social, political, economic stakeholders and their future needs • building knowledge base for trainings • Teaching public sector challenges and strategies • what strategies should be taught and how? DISPA – New challanges in public administration – Training strategies Budapest, 19 – 20 May, 2011

12. III. TrainingStrategiesreflectingtochallanges of Public Sector • Changing mentality – Performance principle • training for personnel engagement • training based HR management • up-dating the curricula • more creativity • Changes in attitude – partnership with citizens, changing way of service delivery • Changes in behaviour –new types of conflict of interest • Leadershiptrainings: -more change demands more leadership • common standards of competence framework (profile) of PA leadership • European elements of curricula – leadership development network, experience-transfer DISPA – New challanges in public administration – Training strategies Budapest, 19 – 20 May, 2011

13. III. TrainingStrategiesreflectingtochallanges of Public Sector • Changing needs derived from ICT development: • role of new devices • millennium generation (FACEBOOK generation) • implications for education • differentiated ICT based learning • E-Europe 2020 Programme, inclusive and multi-channel public administration • online and PC-based web services. • m-government and t-government DISPA – New challanges in public administration – Training strategies Budapest, 19 – 20 May, 2011

14. IV. Strategy of theHungarian Public Policies Hungarian strategy and training: Renewing strategy management inthe central government Process in the present 1. are based on unclarified relation of politics and public administration, 2. do not give solutions for the problems, are not based on problems. Decision making Planning Execution Problem Checking Decision-preparing resource Problem Solution time Planning / Decision-preparing Solution Solution Checking Problem Execution Decision making Problem resource Problem time Process in the future: 1. are based on the leadership role of politics and execution role of public administration, 2. are shorter and fucusing on problem solving. DISPA – New challanges in public administration – Training strategies Budapest, 19 – 20 May, 2011

15. IV. Strategy of theHungarian Public Policies • New carrier-path in the civil service2012 • training as tool for recruitment and motivation (individual development) • training as a factor of performance assessment • training as a requirement of advancement • training as tool of selection and quality-based differentiation • developing learning competencies through training DISPA – New challanges in public administration – Training strategies Budapest, 19 – 20 May, 2011

16. IV. Strategy of theHungarian Public Policies • Training for civil servants and the Edu &R capacities of public institutions • Establishment of a National University of Public Service 2012 • Recruitment of Y-generation • Trainingchallengesinrelationtosocialstructuralchanges • for early-retired officers (age 42-62) of the police and defence sector (placement program) • for Mobility from the civil service to the Public Administration DISPA – New challanges in public administration – Training strategies Budapest, 19 – 20 May, 2011

17. V. DISPA asdrivingforce of trainingstrategies • DISPA common understanding and statement shall • highlight the strategic importance of training of civil servants in the national and EU strategies • policy reforms need high quality in civil service • the responsibility of governments for knowledge building in public service • commonEuropean Quality standards of Trainings • legal stability of training system, • stability in finance • stability in the infrastructure • development and innovation • European knowledge transfer, cooperation of national training systems, mobility DISPA – New challanges in public administration – Training strategies Budapest, 19 – 20 May, 2011

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