COST-European coorporation in the field of scientific
and technical research
COST-CRIPO meetings: Third Meeting of the Management Committee and Joint
meeting of the Working Groups 3-4 June 2008 (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Change of submission date for research notes: 7 May
instead of 15 April 2008
- Call for papers (pdf)
- Received research notes:
- Minutes (pdf)
Local organizer: Prof. Dr. Kutsal Yesilkagit
Place of the meeting: Utrechtse School voor Bestuurs-
en Organisatiewetenschap, Bijlhouwerstraat 6, Utrecht. For the route
description: http://www.usg.uu.nl/index.cfm/site/USBO/pageid/12214944-E081-2E3C-9061656311CAFE09/index.cfm
The participants should bring a completed reimbursement
form to the meeting (note).
Please for registration come to the plenary opening speech on Tuesday
3rd of June from 10h till 10h15 in room 0.24 (entrance of the buildin
and directly left). This is the beginning of the COST meeting.
In concertation with Sandra and the other working group leaders, we
have decided to group the discussion of the papers in two parallel sessions
on 3 June, because of the large number of papers. You are asked to present
your paper and many of you are also asked to act as an discussant for
another paper. In general, all participants in a parrallel session are
strongly encouraged to read the papers of the involved session.
Monday 2 June 2008
18.00 pre-meeting of the chair, vice-chair and working group leaders
- Room 0.20
20.00 o'clock Dinner Polmans huis
Tuesday 3 June 2008
10.00 o’clock Registration
10.00 – 10.30 Introduction and outline of the meeting (plenary)
- Room 0.24
10.30 – 12.30 Presentation of papers in two parallel sessions
- Room 1.02 en 1.34
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 17.00 Presentation of papers in two parallel sessions
- Room 1.02 en 1.34
17.00 – 19.00 Meeting of the management committee (plenary) -
Room 0.24
20.00 o’clock Dinner
Wednesday 4 June 2008 (Room 0.24 - all day)
09.00 – 11.00 Feedback from parallel sessions and general discussion
(plenary)
11.15 – 12.30 Discussion on research methodology (plenary)
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 16.30 Discussion on research methodology (plenary)
16.45 – 18.00 Next steps (time schedule, appointments, next meeting,
etc.)
Presentations in parallel groups on 3 June:
- Paper presentations last maximum 10 minutes and can be supported
by power point slides. Time restrictions will be upheld by the chairs.
- Researchers who have submitted two papers can present only one paper.
- Discussants have been appointed and are expected to have prepared
comments and questions for discussion. Discussants also have maximum
10 minutes to respond to the paper/presentation, and may use power
point if they want to.
- In total each paper will receive 30 minutes of attention: 10 minutes
presentation, 10 minutes discussant, 10 minutes general discussion.
- All participants are expected to have read the papers in their session
in advance, and to participate actively in the discussion.
- The session chairs will report the general findings/conclusions
of the session in the plenary meeting on Thursday.
- The point of reference are the sets of research questions which
were listed in the call for papers (see website).
The groups for the parallel sessions have been composed to maximize
the variety in each group, generate more discussion and response from
which authors can benefit.
Parallel sessions: group 1
Chairs: Sandra van Thiel & Salvador Parrado Diez
| Time |
Presentation by |
Discussant |
| 10.30 – 11.00 |
Sarapuu |
Joly & Briquet |
| 11.00 – 11.30 |
Halligan |
Levi-Faur et al. |
| 11.30 – 12.00 |
Van Thiel & Yesilkagit |
Hudrea |
| 12.00 – 12.30 |
MacCarthaigh |
Sarapuu |
| 14.30 – 15.00 |
Parrado & Salvador |
Halligan |
| 15.00 – 15.30 |
Levi-Faur et al. |
Van Thiel & Yesilkagit |
| 15.30 – 16.00 |
Jokisuu |
Lafarge |
| 16.00 – 16.30 |
Lafarge |
MacCarthaigh |
| 16.30 – 17.00 |
Sulle |
Parrado & Salvador |
Parallel sessions: group 2
Chairs: Koen Verhoest & Dario Barbieri
| Time |
Presentation by |
Discussant |
| 10.30 – 11.00 |
Hajnal |
Glenda et al. |
| 11.00 – 11.30 |
Barbieri et al. |
Binderkrantz & Christensen |
| 11.30 – 12.00 |
Laegreid |
Barbieri et al. |
| 12.00 – 12.30 |
Meyers et al. |
Hajnal |
| 14.30 – 15.00 |
Binderkrantz & Christensen |
Meyers et al. |
| 15.00 – 15.30 |
Merickova & Mihok |
Bach |
| 15.30 – 16.00 |
Bach |
Pierre & Niklasson |
| 16.00 – 16.30 |
Ladner et al. |
Laegreid |
| 16.30 – 17.00 |
Nakrosis |
Rommel |
Papers (in alphabetical order of first author):
Bach: Delegated governance in Germany: agencies and other autonomous
bodies in a Rechtsstaat
Barbieri, Fedele, Galli & Ongaro: The steering and control of
central government Non-Departmental Public Bodies in Italy
Binderkrantz & Grønnegård Christensen: Delegation
without Agency Loss? The Use of Performance Contracts in Danish Central
Government
Binderkrantz & Grønnegård Christensen: Governing Agencies:
The Establishment and Development of Performance Contracts in Denmark
Hajnal: The agency landscape in Hungary: An empirical survey of non-departmental
public bodies 2002-2006
Halligan: The Impact of Horizontal Coordination in Australia (to appear
soon)
Jokisuu: Research note on Finland (to appear soon)
Ladner & Guillaume-Gentil: A case study: which level of autonomy
for an “ideal-type” agency?
Ladner, Guillaume-Gentil, Emery & Schedler: Research Note: 'Switzerland'
Lægreid: The structural anatomy of the Norwegian state 1985-2007:
increased specialization or a pendulum shift?
Lafarge: Research note on France (to appear soon)
Levi-Faur, Livshitz & Alef: Autonomy, Delegation and State Structure:
Israel as a Case Study
MacCarthaigh: The Corporate Governance of Commercial State Enterprises
in Ireland: Initial survey findings
Merickova & Mihok: Public Sector Organizations: Slovakia
Meyers , Verhoest & Verschuere: Performance of public sector organizations:
do management techniques matter?
Nakrosis: Measuring systemic performance of the lithuanian government
Parrado & Salvador: Institutionalisation of meritocratic recruitment
in Latin American regulatory agencies
Sarapuu: Executive agencies in Estonia
Sulle: Research note on Tanzania (to appear soon)
Van Thiel & Yesilkagit: Good neighbours or distant friends? Trust
between Dutch ministries and their executive agencies
Also present will be:
Hudrea (Rumenia)
Joly & Briquet (Luxembourg)
Pierre & Niklasson (Sweden)
Program of methodological discussion on 4 June
i. Critical discussion and improvements of methodologies to study
autonomy and control as well as proliferation and coordination, incl.
ii. Developing the modular approach, what methodology to use for
which research question (see table 1 in call for papers)
Methodologies to be discussed on 4 June: 1) mapping methodologies based
on document analysis; 2) survey methodology (COBRA); 3) Case studies
+ link with research questions
