The Jagiellonian University Institute of Public Affairs would like to
invite you to attend a conference in a series devoted to contemporary theory
and practice of public affairs management.
The V International Academic Conference "PRO-DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITY OF PUBLIC AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS" will be
held in November 2012 in Krakow.
Since the autumn of 2008, the contemporary world has been experiencing
the aftermath of the economic crisis. Its special indications are the
economic phenomena related to the crisis of public finances in many
countries of the EU. Although such processes have affected the functioning
of the state and the business sector in Poland, they have not taken their
extreme form. What is more, with the support from the European funds and
the ongoing modernization of the state and the economy, we can observe
acceleration in the socioeconomic development within many fields. This
acceleration – sometimes praised, other times challenged, or even denied is associated with the pro-development activity of the public authorities and
the non-government sector.
The main objective of the V International Academic Conference of
the Institute of Public Affairs of the Jagiellonian University is an
attempt at a summary of the academic reflection on the prodevelopment activity of the public sector organizations and NGOs. At
the same time, we assume that socioeconomic development, and
particularly territorial development, should be approached in the
broadest manner possible, and that it refers both to environmental /
spatial questions, the changes in the human and social resources, the
growth and qualitative changes in the economy, and finally - the
evolution of management systems in the public sphere. We would like,
as in previous conferences, to facilitate the integration of the academic
community investigating the social, economic, and spatial aspects of the
management of territorial units.
The specific objectives of the conference:
1. Determining the state of research in Poland and worldwide, with
particular emphasis on the existing achievements, and discussing the
developmental processes upon which the public authorities have a real
influence.
2.
Presenting the cultural, social and institutional conditions
determining the effectiveness of pro-development activities of the
public and civic sectors.
3. Attempt at determination of the effectiveness of regional
development support tools from the European funds.
4. Discussion on the use of development instruments to improve the
quality of public policies and projects in territorial units, in particular
with regard to trade policies: education, revitalization, cultural
dissemination, mobilization of the labour market, and others.
Due to a wide range of topics and a multidisciplinary character of the
conference, we would like to extend our invitation to the entire academic
community, as well as to representatives of the practice of management, who in the cognitive sense and in their ongoing activities - deal with various aspects
of development processes activation and animation, and development
management in territorial units.
The conference papers should be in either Polish, or English. The papers
submitted to the Conference, upon receiving positive feedback, will be
published in the Współczesne Zarządzanie and Zarządzanie Publiczne
quarterlies, subject to compliance of the papers with the profiles of the
periodicals. Longer texts will be published in an electronic form in Monografie
i Studia Instytutu Spraw Publicznych UJ, in Polish and English.
The conference deliberations will be held in plenary and problem sessions
at the III Campus of the Jagiellonian University. There is an integration
programme planned, including a sightseeing tour of Krakow.
The programme of the Conference and rules for participation will be
published at a later date on isp.uj.edu.pl.
Chair of the Academic Committee
dr hab. Aleksander Noworól, prof. UJ