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eu-LISA received the CAF Effective User Label

eu-LISA
The European Union Agency for Operational IT Management, eu-LISA, received the "CAF Effective User" certificate from the CAF Centre of KDZ. The agency has outlined a comprehensive CAF Improvement Plan, focusing on strategic projects for the next two years to enhance efficiency, collaboration, resource management, and address future challenges. Agnès Diallo, eu-LISA's Executive Director, emphasized at the handover with KDZ Managing Director Thomas Prorok that this achievement is a long-term commitment to quality and excellence.



CSPF meeting on ESG criteria

The European city network CSPF (Cities for Sustainable Public Finances) recently exchanged views on EU tax policy and environmental, social and governance (ESG) at its 7th meeting in Amsterdam.
You can read some interesting practices from the CSPF meeting and important findings here.
CSPF meeting



BACID Study Visit

BACID III Study Visit in Linz and Vienna

As part of the BACID III project (Building Administrative Capacities in the Danube Region and Moldova), the digitalisation working group visited Linz and Vienna at the beginning of December. The programme for the experts from the Western Balkan countries and Moldova included the innovation hub in Linz, artificial intelligence at the Ars Electronica Center and the smart city strategy and digitalisation projects in Vienna.



Local Finance indicators in South-East-Europe published

To be able to make evidence based decisions, develop good public policies and public services and efficiently manage scarce resources, policymakers at all levels of government have to rely on high quality data and information. But, all around South-East Europe such data is either missing or is difficult to access.

To bridge this gap, NALAS Fiscal Decentralization Task Force and the KDZ Centre for Public Administration Research continue their joint efforts to provide the Local Government Associations, local and central government policymakers, practitioners and researchers with timely, accurate, relevant, reliable and comparable data on local government finance in South–East Europe (SEE).

Statistical Brief



MLG Turku

Multi-level governance in Turku (Finland)

The newly founded Turku City Region as a joint municipal authority is facing exciting tasks to bring the region even closer together. KDZ Managing Director Thomas Prorok visited the city region in south-west Finland for an exchange of experiences on city regions in Europe.



OECD Workshop in Skopje

KDZ Managing Director Thomas Prorok presented the results of the SIGMA study "Subnational Government in the Western Balkans" at a discussion on the new multi-level governance principles of public administration of the OECD-OCDE SIGMA programme in Skopje at the end of November.
OECD Workshop



CAF Facilitator

Become a CAF Facilitator

Following our 3-day training program "Shaping Quality & Change in Public Administrations with Common Assessment Framework", participants gain the skills to apply quality management principles, implement change with CAF, integrate CAF 2020 into their organization, establish a lasting Quality Management structure, and provide expert support for CAF implementation.



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