Study Group Co-Chairs
Sabine Kuhlmann
Speyer University, Germany. kuhlmann@dhv-speyer.de
Martin Laffin
Durham Business School, UK, martin.laffin@durham.ac.uk
Ellen Wayenberg
University College Ghent, Belgium, ellen.wayenberg@hogent.be
Schedule
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| Wednesday, 07/09/2011 | |
| 14.30 -16.15 | Conference Opening Session
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| 16.30 – 18.00
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Session 1 : Switzerland
Chair: Martin LAFFIN
Julie SILBERSTEIN, IDHEAP, Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (Switzerland) Ex-post survey on the consequences and perceptions about amalgamation: The case of two Swiss municipalities
Anna CHRISTMANN, University of Zurich (Switzerland) Legitimacy of Governance Structures in European Metropolitan Areas
Caroline JACOT-DESCOMBES, IDHEAP Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (Switzerland) Swiss reform of vertical distribution of power and responsibilities in security policy at local level: towards a regime ‘à la carte’?
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| Thursday, 08/09/2011 | |
| 09.30 – 10.30 | Session 2 : The Anglo-Saxon Tradition: UK and Australia
Chair: Sabine KUHLMANN
Martin LAFFIN, John MAWSON and Christianne ORMSTON, Durham University (United Kingdom) Connecting Local Communities to National Policy Systems in England
Chris AULICH, University of Canberra (Australia) Municipal Consolidation in Australia: A Fresh Look
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| 10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee Break |
| 11.00 – 12.30
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Session 3: The “Napoleonic” Tradition: Belgium and Italy
Chair: Ellen WAYENBERG Koenraad De CEUNINCK, Herwig REYNAERT and Tony VALCKE University College Ghent (Belgium) Internal state reform. The Flemish case
Benedetta TRIVELLATO and Mattia MARTINI, CRISP – Interuniversity Research Centre on Public Services, Università degli Studi di (Italy) Decentralising employment services at the regional level: the case of Lombardy in northern Italy
An DECORTE and Filip De RYNCK, University College Ghent (Belgium) The reform of the regional state in Belgium |
| 12.30 – 14.00 | Lunch Break |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | Session 4 : The North Middle and Eastern European Group: Germany, Finland, Lithuania
Chair: Martin LAFFIN
Sabine KUHLMANN and Philipp RICHTER, University of Speyer (Germany) Performance improvements through Functional Reforms? Experiences from the German Länder
Pekka KETTUNEN, University of Jyvaskyla (Finland) Finnish Municipal Reforms
Egle GAULE, Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania), Re-centralization during Decentralization Reforms: the Case of Lithuania
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| 16.00 -16.30 | Coffee break |
| 16.30 -18.30 | Session 5 : Review and Next Steps
Chairs: Martin LAFFIN, Sabine KUHLMANN, Ellen WAYENBERG
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| Friday, 09/09/2011 | |
| 08.30 – 10.30 | No session
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| 10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee Break |
| 11.00 – 13.00 | Session 6 :
Joint Meeting with Local Governance and Democracy
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| 13.00 – 14.30 | Lunch Break |
| 14.30– 16.30 | EGPA General Assembly and Closing Session
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