Project ECESIS - "Educational Centers' Network on Modern
Technologies of Local Governing" was prepared in 2008 by the
initiative group which included several universities from Germany,
Poland and Ukraine. At the end of 2009 year it was selected for
European Commission financing as a result of expert evaluation.
The main objective of the project is to implement European
methods of information management in practice of local government
institutions in partner countries (Ukraine, Russia and Armenia);
organization of constantly operating centers of retraining,
curriculums to information management and foreign (European)
languages for administrative staff.
The project will create a network of educational certers for retraining the
administrative staff of the co-operating region administrations in Ukraine
(Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy and L'viv), Russia (Moscow and Tambov), Armenia (Yerevan)
and Moldova (Comrat). The centers will be open to staff of regional and local
(city, district, ...) administrations.
The activities of the centers will mainly consist of training courses, but the centers will also offer library and consulting services to the regional and local administrative bodies. Courses and teaching material will be devoted to modern methods of management in public administration, but also include topics like democratic procedures, local party systems, by-laws of representative bodies, local self-administration, and citizen participation. Special emphasis will be given to administrative processes supported by information technology and to business process reengineering.
The activities of the centers will mainly consist of training courses, but the centers will also offer library and consulting services to the regional and local administrative bodies. Courses and teaching material will be devoted to modern methods of management in public administration, but also include topics like democratic procedures, local party systems, by-laws of representative bodies, local self-administration, and citizen participation. Special emphasis will be given to administrative processes supported by information technology and to business process reengineering.
The centres will offer self-learning material and courses to administrators.
All teaching material will be kept in a database which will be available over
the Internet via the project website — even beyond the lifetime of the project.
A pilot group of Russian, Armenian, Moldavian and Ukrainian administrators will
be established to visit EU partners for retraining and becoming acquainted with
administrative practices in Germany, Spain, Poland and Slovakia.
The project is coordinated by Professor Troitzsch of Koblenz- Landau University (Germany), who works actively in the sphere of organization of international cooperation in frames of TEMPUS project. Unlike previous projects, whose number of participants included 3-5 members, this project is considered to be multinational (8 countries and 2 countries presented by experts), involving 19 partners.
The project is coordinated by Professor Troitzsch of Koblenz- Landau University (Germany), who works actively in the sphere of organization of international cooperation in frames of TEMPUS project. Unlike previous projects, whose number of participants included 3-5 members, this project is considered to be multinational (8 countries and 2 countries presented by experts), involving 19 partners.
