中欧社会论坛 - China Europa Forum

Guangzhou - Dongguan, 10th - 11th July 2010

Workshop presentation

The workshop T48a have created by the Guangdong School of Administration and the National School of Administration (ENA) with the coordination of the Institute for research and debate en governance (IRG). The workshop will discuss about the thematical of the training of civil servants and the training in public affairs in the context of the Third Biennial Meeting of the China-Europa Forum in 2010.

In China and in Europe, above and beyond political and administrative traditions very different from one continent to another and from one country to another, public administration, as much at the national as local level, has taken on increasing and considerable importance. This has resulted for example, within the European Union, in regular growth in the share of national wealth devoted to the functioning of the public authorities. The concrete functioning of administrations, above and beyond the political choices they have to implement, has a considerable impact on the life of societies. Yet it seems that not all the efforts have been made to think out the ability of the administration to manage societies and complex problems. Administrative machinery often suffers from great lethargy, as does the method of training the administrative elite. Yet, administrative functioning is decisive for the quality of governance. The administration has often been defined as a simple cogwheel in implementing political choices defined outside of it and, for this reason, is deprived of the power and duty of thinking out its own reform by itself. Despite the repeated criticisms of bureaucracies – corruption, authoritarianism, compartmentalised vision of problems, ignorance of the complexity of realities, weak productivity, etc. – rare are the countries that have undertaken a thorough reform of how administrative machinery operates. But this reform cannot be purely conceived and set in motion from the outside; it implies in-depth reflection and in-depth involvement by the administrative machinery itself.

This workshop will be the occasion to provide an opportunity of reflection for administration officials on these essential subjects.

The workshop T48a have created by the Guangdong School of Administration and the National School of Administration (ENA) with the coordination of the Institute for research and debate en governance (IRG). The workshop will discuss about the thematical of the training of civil servants and the training in public affairs in the context of the Third Biennial Meeting of the China-Europa Forum in 2010.

Topics for debates

As the workshop will provide a unique opportunity to share knowledge and insights on the civil service training, some time could be devoted to:

 Scoping out what is covered or not covered within the term of civil service training eg does it include or exclude training for public service managers and staff or those who work within state companies and other agencies or bodies that provide differing levels of public services to individual citizens and society more generally. Is the definition purely focussed on central government departments and their needs?

 Discussion of the distinction between the general training in areas like staff management and leadership and more specialised training eg economic analysis, public policy formation, policy implementation and evaluation, public sector accounting and financial management, governance and accountability, information technology and information systems and how this is accommodated within the training and development priorities

Discussion of the various training and developmental options that are used ranging from short term half-day/ full day interventions on specific areas to longer term programmes conducted over modules and longer time periods possibly involving formal assessment and accreditation

Specific areas where sharing on practices and experiences might also be beneficial

 1.The use of instruction and teacher led programmes integrated with technology supported learning via internet or podcasts

 2.The use of different methods of teaching and training relative to the subject areas and curriculums to be covered eg self directed learning, tutor support, formal lectures

 3.The linkage of training and development to performance management arrangements or issues arising within the workplace where performance may be impaired due to knowledge deficits

 4.The extent to which there is a mix of on the job training integrated with other training provided so that the benefits accrue

 5.The existence of formal / informal training pathways as part of career development and progression

 6.The process to produce and agree generic v specialist curriculums

 7.The levels of mandatory or compulsory training elements on staff and managers within the civil or public service

 8.The culture of continuing professional development and education and the acknowledged need for all staff to re-invest in their own learning and development

About us

European speakers participants:

1. AIDAN HORAN

 Director of Training and Development at the Institute specialising in corporate governance, risk management and financial management. He has been actively involved on the provision of programmes and services both nationally and internationally
 A qualified accountant, Aidan is a fellowship member of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (FCCA) and a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
 He has been nominated as a non executive director to a number of Board and Committee roles within the state sector including as audit committee chairperson - He leads a team of specialists that provide consultancy, advice, facilitation, training and professional development programmes in the areas of Information systems, governance, finance, audit and human resource management

2. JACEK CZAPUTOWICZ

 Former Deputy Head of the Polish Civil Service
 Present Director of the National School of Public Administration - KSAP (appointed by the Prime Minister in April 2008)
 Member of the Steering Committee of the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration of Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee) in Bratislava, Slovakia (since 2009)
 Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors of the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) in Maastricht, the Netherlands (since 2004)
 Expert and author of many books and articles on public administration and political sciences

3. PHILIPPE BASTELICA

 Directeur des relations internationales à l’Ecole Nationale d’Administration
 Conseiller des Affaires étrangères

4. Pierrick LE JEUNE (to be confirmed)

 Senior Lecturer in Political Science,
 Director of the Institute for Administration and Civil Service Studies -IPAG- of the University of Western Brittany -UBO.

5. CHRISTIAN KOCH

Teaching at the University of Administrative Sciences Speyer, the main topics are German and European public administrative law; the German civil service and its law; problems of state liability, and administrative organisation law.

6. ALBERT CHEN LICHUAN

 Coordinator for the Workshop "The training of civil servants and the training in public affairs".
 Administrator of the Institute for Research and debate en governance (IRG)
 Reporter for the review /Cross-cultural Dialogue/
 Director of the /Culturemedia /Association and of the Work pole on governance in China in connexion with the Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation for Human Progress.

Chinese speakers participants:

1. CHEN HONGYU
 Vice-director of the Guangdong School of Administration

2. CHENXIAN
 Vice-director of the Gansu Institute of Administration

3. CAO GANG
 Professor of the Shaanxi Institute of Administration

4. QI QING
 Head of training, Shanghai Institute of Administration

5. HUANG XINYU
 Head of training, Guangxi Institute of Administration

6. XIE LINPING
 Professor of the Guangdong School of Administration

Workshop’s news

Schedule for Workshop T48a

10th July

 9:00 Opening ceremony Chinese Participant’s speech of welcome (10mins) Chen Rongyu, vice-director of the Guangdong School of Administration (GSA)

SESSION 1 - MUTUAL KNOWLEDGE General Introduction of Training of the Public Administration Institutes both in China and Europe

1.Presentations by participants from European institutions (10mins each)

Philippe Bastelica, National School of Administration (ENA), France Aidan Horan, Institute of Public Administration, Ireland Jacek Czaputowicz, National School of Public Administration – KSAP, Poland Christian Koch, University of Administrative Sciences Speyer, Germany Pierrick Le Jeune (to be confirmed), Institute for Administration and Civil Service Studies -IPAG- of the University of Western Brittany -UBO. France

Tea break (20mins)

2.Presentations by participants from Chinese institutes of public administration (10mins each) Chen Hongyu, Guangdong School of Administration Chen Xian, Gansu Institute of Administration Cao Gang, Shaanxi Institute of Administration Qi Qing, Shanghai Institute of Administration Huang Xinyue, Guangxi Institute of Administration

 12:00-14:20 lunch & coffee break

 14:30 SESSION 2 - SHARING EXPERIENCES Topic 1: How to make civil service training more effective? Topic 2: What are the new challenges we are facing in the area of civil service training?

Moderator : Aidan Horan 1)Presentations by Chinese participants (30mins) 2)Response of European participants(30mins)

Tea break (20mins)

Moderator: Chen Xian 1)Presentations by European participants (30mins) 2)Response of Chinese participants (30mins)

11th July

 8:30 Departure for Dongguan

 9:30 SESSION 3 - synthesis and perspective Topic: How to carry on more co-operation and exchange in civil service training among the Chinese and European institutes of public administration

Moderator: Xie Linping 1)General introduction of civil service training in Dongguan Institute of Public Administration; insight visit to the training facilities of the Institute (60mins)

Moderator: Philippe Bastelica 2)Discussing the possible co-operation in civil service training between China and Europe: channels, ways and mechanism (30mins)

Tea break (20mins)

Moderator: Albert Chen Lichuan 3)Summary of the opinions discussed on 10th July (30mins) Chinese participant’s delegate (10mins) European participant’s delegate (10mins) Closing ceremony (10mins)

 12:30-13:30 lunch

 14:00-18:00 Sightseeing of historical spots in Guangzhou