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November 26, 2009

MGERB held a training course on the subject of “Strategic Public Management”

23/11/09


With the help of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation MGERB held a three day training seminar on the subject of strategic public management. The training course was part of MGERB’s Third Political Academy, which took hold between the 19th to the 22nd of November. The training course was attended by over thirty alumni of MGERB’s past political academies, who have all shown excellent results.
   
There were eleven sessions during the three days of the training. They were divided into three groups according to their thematic. The target of the training was to familiarise the participants with the good European practices of public relations, the development of policies and the management of projects. To learn about Bulgaria’s administration and the problems connected with it, as well as the necessity of change. The need to assess the influence of policies and the legislature was also discussed, as well as the need to generate ideas on how to improve public administration.
   
The lecturers during the training were Snejana Dimitrova – a consultant in the sphere of state administration and Pavel Ivanov – an expert in the Council of Minister’s administration. Snejana Dimitrova introduced the good European practices concerning management to the participants. There was a short historic analysis of the development of administration in Bulgaria, as well as its current state. The participants were familiarised in detail with the relations of political and administrative level governance. Pavel Ivanov explained how to develop a political strategy, which was later practiced with practical games. The alumni divided into groups and set their political targets, which were later developed. After that the contestants understood why it is very important to assess the work of the legislature and the policies. They were divided into groups and were given a unique task, which they needed to solve. When the groups had solved their tasks Snejana Dimitrova introduced the importance of leadership when analysing results. The lecture began with a practical exercise, which determined, which of the alumni, were the most willing for radical change. The most important changes in the assessment of the state administration were also discussed. After all the lections the participants formed their own suggestions concerning the upcoming reform in the administration. The alumni had the unique chance to introduce their ideas directly to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Simeon Djankov. Snejana Dimitrova and Pavel Ivanov familiarised MGERB with how to manage projects in the state administration. The discussion passed as a dialogue due to the fact that most of the participants already had experience managing projects.
   
In the end of the training the participants received educational material on public management and management of projects, as well as digital copies of the discussed lectures.  The link was strengthened with excellent marks expressed towards the lecturers and organizers, which was an expression of readiness for further learning in this field by the alumni of MGERB’s political academies.

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