Interdisciplinary short cycle programs in public policy making and analysis Erasmus Project

Project Title

Interdisciplinary short cycle programs in public policy making and analysis

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Comprehensive public administration reform, including a policy-making component, has been launched in 2014. A problem is that there are no study programs in Serbia covering the entire spectrum of areas necessary for a quality public policy work. There is a need for boosting analytical capacities within the public sector, especially on the Government level which has been underlined in the most important policy documents. Main aims of the project are design and implementation of a dozen of cross-disciplinary local short cycle programs / modules in public policy at universities in Serbia including curriculum development. Capacity-building for universities and other stakeholders in public, think tanks and private sector in order to be able to manage and deliver a contemporary (EU standards level) courses for postgraduate students and practitioners within a Long life learning platform. Training of public administration staff (civil servants) and other participants in policy making to become agents of change in modernized public service focused on citizen. The intention is to use the project to design curriculum, build local capacity in Serbia, accredit programs and conduct two years of jointly held courses with EU institutions. The aim is to recruit among students as much as possible interested and talented civil servants and public sector employees who are working on positions related to policy implementation and policy making. As a result, around 20 courses will be prepared and implemented and two generations of students will be trained. Textbooks for all the courses will be published. The short cycle programmes will be developed into a master degree programme in public policy in due course. A community of practice consisting of professionalsf rom the region (community pool) will be established. The impact envisaged are more efficient economic and social outcomes of public policies at all levels of government.

Project Website

https://ppma.pmf.uns.ac.rs/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 966460 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERZITET U NOVOM SADU & Country: RS

Project Partners

• LA 27E REGION
• UNIVERZITET U BEOGRADU
• SECONS GRUPA ZA RAZVOJNU INICIJATIVU ASSOCIATION
• REPUBLICKI SKRETARIJAT ZA FAVNE POLITIKE
• FONDACIJA ZA RAZVOJ EKONOMSKE NAUKE
• SLUZBA ZA UPRAVLJANJE KADROVIMA
• UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN