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16/2/2012
March dates announced for Preparation Course to Competitions for European Institutions.
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1/2/2012
Training and Development Public Course Schedule confirmed for February to June 2012.
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30/1/2012
Minister, Ruairi Quinn, TD was guest of honour at a reception to mark the occasion of the Institute of Public Administration (IPA) becoming a Recognised College of University College Dublin (UCD) in Newman House, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 on Monday 30 January at 4.00pm.
Since its foundation in 1957, the Institute of Public Administration has promoted excellence in public service. The Institute of Public Administration (IPA) is a unique and prestigious specialist academic institution. It is the Irish national centre for development of best practice in public administration and public management, and it provides education and training tailored to the needs of (but not exclusively provided to) public servants. The IPA also has an important research function which offers an evidence base, an intellectual resource and a forum for discussion and debate on public policy and administration. It has a long-standing and distinguished record of responding positively and creatively to the professional and educational needs of public servants. The Institute is continuing this tradition by becoming a Recognised College of UCD.
The rationale and vision for a closer relationship between the IPA and UCD is that Ireland needs to ensure that its public service is leading global practice. This is central to national welfare and competitiveness. A critical element to the continuous upgrading of public service performance is access to and engagement with world-class skills and knowledge development. Our vision is that that, building on the experience, capacity and reputation of the IPA and UCD, Ireland can create a European-wide recognised centre of expertise where top leaders from the Irish and indeed European public sector and further afield come to develop their skills and competencies sets.
UCD and IPA are ideal partners to pursue this common vision. UCD’s strengths complement the mission of the IPA. UCD has academic expertise and critical mass in key areas such as Business, Law, Social Sciences, Computer Science, Public Health, Architecture, Planning and Civil Engineering which provide the ideal academic underpinning for partnership with IPA to provide research, consultancy, education and training across the public service, health and local government.
On a very practical level, all students in future enrolling on IPA programmes will receive their awards from UCD. For new IPA students the access to pathways of learning available through a major university such as UCD will be a major bonus.
The IPA will remain a separate body with its own Board and governance arrangement but the partnership will open up many new opportunities for clients in Ireland and internationally in the areas of joint academic programmes, joint research activities, joint delivery on international programmes and sharing of technology, library and other facilities.
Local Authority Times December 2011
1/12/2011
2012 Administration Yearbook and Diary now available.
30/11/2011
Morning Seminar Announced for 9 December 2011:
Budget 2012 - The Implications for Public Services
8/11/2011
New Report: Public Sector Trends 2011
In this annual public sector trends report Richard Boyle examines trends in public sector development over the last decade. Using data from a variety of sources, information on the size and cost of the public sector, the quality of public administration, efficiency and performance and levels of trust is presented in a simple but rigorous manner. Where possible, the performance of the Irish public sector is compared to that for the EU15 and EU27, as well as looking at trends over the last ten years. To view report Click Here.
20/10/2011
New Report: Better Use of Public Money - The Contribution of Spending Reviews and Performance Budgeting
This paper focuses on two elements of a new budgetary framework being developed for Ireland: spending reviews and performance budgeting. Both are concerned with the provision of information on the performance and impact of expenditure, so as to better inform decisions on where to focus government expenditure so as to achieve best value for money. The report is part of the ongoing State go the Public Service Series. To view Report Click Here.
8/7/2011
Local Authority News, Vol. 15, No: 1/2 Spring Summer 2011
22/4/2011
New Report: Fit for Purpose? Challenges for Irish Public Administration and Priorities for Public Service Reform
In this, the fourth report of the State of the Public Service series, we set out the main challenges facing public administration and where we see reform as vital. We note what changes have taken place to date, including experience with previous reform efforts, and outline what should happen next. Where appropriate, we draw on national and international practice to provide exemplars of change. To view Report Click Here.
8/2/2011
New Report: Organisational Capacity in the Irish Civil Service
In the third report in a series titled ‘State of the Public Service’ by the Institute of Public Administration (IPA), Joanna O’Riordan examines organisational capacity in the Irish civil service. Organisational capacity concerns the ability of departments and other agencies to get things done, to follow through on commitments and ultimately to achieve valued outcomes for the citizen. A decision to undertake capacity reviews of individual organisations was announced by the then Taoiseach in June 2006. However, progress has been slow. By the end of 2010 only seven reviews had been published. This contrasts with a similar initiative in the UK, where all seventeen government departments were reviewed over an eighteen-month period. Irish departments reviewed to date include the Department of Transport, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of Health and Children. Capacity weaknesses identified across organisations include issues in human resource management, leadership, the governance of agencies and the capacity of Irish officials at EU level. To see full Press Release Click here
13/1/2011
Launch of the 2011 Administration Yearbook & Diary
6/7/2010
Local Authority Times (Vol 14 No 1& 2 Spring Summer 2010)
24/2/2010
Upcoming Seminars/Conferences
18/11/2009
Local Authority Times Spring Summer 2009
18/11/2009
Local Authority Times Autumn Winter 2009
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