Events
ACESA Annual Conference 2008
Date: 01/01/2008
The ACESA Annual Conference took place in the Nuremore Hotel Carrickmacross on 11th and 12th September.
Conference papers are available for download below as follows:
Dr Martin Mansergh on The Changing Face of the Public Sector North and South
Ms Elsa Pilichowski (OECD) on General Conclusions of the OECD report on Agencies
Mr Maurice Buckley (NSAI) on OECD Review – What Role for International Management Standards?
Dr Moling Ryan (ACESA Chairperson) Presentation to the Task Force on the Public Service, Draft Article for Administration Journal
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HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN PUBLIC SECTOR AGENCIES ARE PERFORMING?
A Western Australian case study of performance-based management.
This seminar took place in the IPA on 26th May. Seminar slides are available here.
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OECD Review of the Irish Public Service: Towards an Integrated Public Service
The long-awaited OECD Report ‘ Ireland – Towards an Integrated Public Service’ was published on 28th April and launched at a ceremony in Dublin Castle. You can download the full report by clicking here .
And don’t forget the special ACESA Breakfast Briefing in Dublin’s Westbury Hotel on 16th May – if you haven’t already registered you can do so now by using this link: Registration for Special Briefing on the OECD Report .
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Politics, Politicians and how Parliament functions
The second briefing in the current series took place in the Westbury Hotel on 8th April, when the Ceann Comhairle John O’Donohue addressed a group of 23 CEOs on the topic of Politics, Politicians and How Parliament Functions . You can find the text of the Ceann Comhairle’s speech here: Politics, Politicians and how Parliament functions
A question was asked from the floor about how members can inform themselves about what’s on the Oireachtas sub-committee agenda. In this regard, you might be interested in looking at the IPA’s Public Policy Bulletin , which has a section entitled ‘The Oireachtas This Week’. The link here takes you to the current issue, and you can subscribe to the bulletin from there if you so wish. This is a free service.
Current Research into State Agencies
The first in the current series took place in the Westbury Hotel on 27th February. The presentation, given by by Dr Muiris MacCarthaigh of the IPA, is available for download here.
If you have any questions on this presentation please feel free to email mmaccarthaigh@ipa.ie . The main work of the IPA Research Division is available for download on the Committee for Public Research (CPMR) website: www.cpmr.gov.ie