European Public Leadership Award (EPLA) Bertelsmann Stiftung - Partner

Slide Agenda Current situation2 Targets3 Added value for participants4 Project design5 Organisation bodies8 Project organisation6 Organisation7 Basic Parameters9 Aims of the European Public Leadership Awards1

Slide Aims of the European Public Leadership Award (EPLA)  To foreground public leadership as an engine of innovation and reform  To focus on the leadership dimension from the perspective of innovative reform fields and issues  To focus on forthcoming administrative problems and search for good solutions

Slide EPLA targets  Implementing the Lisbon Strategy  Integrating the political level into the dialogue on strengthening European public governance  Creating an EU-level award for structured observation and identification and systematic benchlearning on developing public leadership  Quickly accessing potential international knowledge beyond national borders

Slide Added value for participants (1/2)  Feedback and recommendations on national good practices – creating the basis for policy papers at national and European level  Incorporating the political level into benchlearning on good public leadership and on strengthening European public governance  Integrating existing networks and creating new networks

Slide Added value for participants (2/2)  Rapidly enabling the systematic search, identification and use of various national reform projects and foster optimization effects at European and national level  Early and rapid identification and systematic use of basic innovations and structured feedback for all participants

Slide Project design — Processes and work phases: responsible parties — Scientific conference (advisory board) Phase 1Phase 2 Confirmatio n by participating countries Phase 3 National selection procedures Phase 5 Evaluation of country contribution s Phase 6 Awards ceremony in Lucerne Reports drafted Phase 4 BST & partners Participating countries BST & partners Participating countries BST & partners BST & partners

Slide Project design — Processes and work phases: timeline — Scientific conference (advisory board) Phase 1Phase 2 Confirmatio n by participating countries Phase 3 National selection procedures Phase 5 Evaluation of country contribution s Phase 6 Awards ceremony in Lucerne Reports drafted Phase 4 Aug. 06Sept. 06 March/April 07 Jan./Feb. 07June/July 0712./13. Nov. 07

Slide Organisation JuryScientific advisory board Project management office Working groups to evaluate best practices National contact points Coordinating committee BST, admin. science partner, country representatives Decides on good and best practices Scientific advising and support for coordinating committee Evaluate applications Coordinate and support project management at national level Responsible for project operations Strategic oversight, makes basic decisions

Slide Organising bodies I: Bertelsmann Stiftung  Politik muss ihre Entscheidungen gegenüber der Bürgerschaft begründen  Transparenz und Akzeptanz der getroffenen Entscheidungen  Motivation zur weiteren Mitarbeit / Wir nehmen die Bürgerin, den Bürger ernst  Verbindung von Rechenschaft mit der Haushaltsaufstellung für das folgende Jahr  Manages EPLA together with international partners in the field of administrative sciences  Main responsibility for operations in implementing EPLA  Project management/business management based within BST  National contact point in Germany  Right of initiative on topic areas  Member of coordinating committee

Slide Organising bodies II: DHV Speyer and EGPA  Politik muss ihre Entscheidungen gegenüber der Bürgerschaft begründen  Transparenz und Akzeptanz der getroffenen Entscheidungen  Motivation zur weiteren Mitarbeit / Wir nehmen die Bürgerin, den Bürger ernst  Verbindung von Rechenschaft mit der Haushaltsaufstellung für das folgende Jahr  Members of coordinating committee and scientific advisory board  Ensure academic quality  Provide scientific advise for EPLA  Assist with evaluation and scientific processing of results

Slide Basic parameters I  BST and its international partners take care of coordination, public communications and quality of work  Participating countries contribute within the framework of the national selection processes  All countries have one representative on the coordinating committee  BST provides 50% of total funding

Slide Basic parameters II  Participation of minimum 10 countries  Up to 10 candidates per country  Federal Ministry of the Interior, Berlin, will provide major funding for kick-off event during German EU Presidency  Switzerland will host closing event in Lucerne (12./ )