1. European
Public Administration
Newsletter

2. February 2002 – IPSG Meeting in Madrid
BACKGROUND November DG Meeting in Brugge: “develop a practical but simple way of presenting reforms within the public services to encourage the cross learning among the Member States”
February 2002 – IPSG Meeting in Madrid
Sweden proposal on the Newsletter
May 2002 – DG Meeting in La Rioja
The DG welcome the proposal of the IPSG to produce a newsletter and ask the WG to go ahead on an experimental basis along the lines suggested. It should start as soon as possible.

3. November 2002-DG Meeting in Elsinor
an electronic newsletter covering public administration issues is launched during the Greek presidency. Efforts will be put into avoiding a duplication of other regular sources of information on issues of Public Administration. The editorial group consists of the troika countries of IPSG. The public accessible web site of the Public Administration Network – based on CIRCA – will host the newsletter. Preparation of the final documents is the responsibility of all members of the Public Administration Network.

4. BEST PRACTICES ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ISSUES
THE GOAL
BEST PRACTICES
ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ISSUES

6. Previous Section
Benchmarking
Citizen Involvement
E-government
HRM
Modernisation
Performance Management
Quality Management 8 3 11 7 12 5 18

7. Previous section
BE: Mandate system for top-level officials
BE: New system for management control
BE: Reform of remuneration and career systems
DK: A value-based HRM policy
NL: Report from working group on labour marked
NL: Improvement programmes on management and guidance
IT: Cantieri –Know how, human resources and working conditions

9. GREEK PRESIDENCY
cases from 8 countries till now: Austria, Belgium,Denmark,Finland,France, Holland, Italy,Spain
1st Step: selection of cases from the rest of the countries till end of March 2003
2nd Step: The first edition will be uploaded on CIRCA in the mid of April 2003

10. OPEN ISSUES the frequency of the publication
the “openness” of the newsletter
Specific standards should be established for publishing specific initiatives
not a learning tool but an information tool
the value and the evaluation of the newsletter will be assessed during the Dutch Presidency