Request and invitation for the 8th general COST-CRIPO WG and MC meeting

Comparative Research into Current Trends in Public Sector Organization (CRIPO, IS0601)

Meeting of MC + WG I and II
Location: Potsdam University Germany
26th - 28th of January 2011

• Objective
• Time Schedule
• Agenda
• Preliminary list of participants
• Practical information

Local Organiser

Prof. Dr. Werner Jann
Universität Potsdam
Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Lehrstuhl für Politikwissenschaft, Verwaltung und Organisation
August-Bebel-Str. 89
14482 Potsdam
lsjann@uni-potsdam.de  
Jann@uni-potsdam.de

Objective

Objective:

• Finalisation  of  final  COST  report  and  related  book  (including  discussion  of  country  chapters)  
  • Discussion  about  policy  recommendations  (concluding  chapter  of  final  report)  
  • Follow‐up  on  special  issues  (concept,  papers  and  procedures)  and  other  publications  
  • Preparation  of  the  final  COST  conference  in  May  
  • Follow‐up  on  November  meeting:  COBRA  survey  progress  –  survey  3rd  generation  –  joint  database  integration  –  strategies  to  cooperate  in  exploitation  
  • Mapping  techniques:  progress  
  • Preparation  of  Action  evaluation  and  all  necessary  information  
  • Discussion  on  future  steps  ‐ future  activities  within  networks  

Time schedule of meeting

Wednessday 26 January Pre-Meeting : room 220 at building No. 1.

14.00-20.00 COST pre-meeting for discussion on policy recommendations in final report/book (10 persons)
20.00 - 23.00: possibility for guest-editors of special issues or of EU-agency book to meet with authors involved

Thursday 27 January: COST meeting: House 6 Room S26

9.15: Wellcome
9.30: start of the COST-meeting (35- 40 participants, max. 50)
9.30-11.00: session on COST book country chapters with discussion per country cluster
11.00-11.15 (or 11.30): coffee break
11.15-12.30: session on COST book country chapters with discussion per country cluster
12.30-13.45: lunch break (each participant pays its own lunch)
13.45-15.30: session on policy recommendations
15.30-15.45: coffee break
15.45-17.00: session on policy recommendations and finalisation of the book project
17.30-19.30: Meeting of the MC

20.00: COST dinner

Friday 28 January: second day of the COST meeting: House 6 Room S26

9.15: Wellcome
9.30-11.00: planning and organization of final conference in May 2011 + discussion on other final publications (EU-agencies book - policy recommendations brochure and special issues)
11.00-11.15 (or 11.30): coffee break
11.15-12.30:  session on Action Evaluation and necessary preparations
12.30-13.45: lunch break (each participant pays its own lunch)
13.45-15.30:  COBRA survey progress – survey 3rd generation – joint database integration – strategies to cooperate in exploitation - Mapping techniques – case studies
15.30-15.45: coffee break
15.45-17.00: session on CRIPO-COBRA network beyond March 2011 (end of cost funding)

Agenda

1. Welcome to participants
2. Adoption of agenda
3. Minutes of last meeting
4. Matters arising
5. Report from the COST Office
6. News from the COST Office
7. Status of Action, including participating countries
8. Budget status, budget planning and allocation process
9. Action budget planning status
10. STSM status, applications
11. Publications, annual report
12. Evaluations
13. Request for new members
14. Promotion of gender balance and of Early Stage Researchers (ESR)
15. Non-COST country participations
16. Web news
17. Progress report of working groups
18. Long-term planning
19. Place and date of next meeting
20. AOB
21. Closing

Preliminary list of participants

COST Members

Invited Experts (please mention also email and country they are coming from )

COST representatives
Julia Stamm
Janike Harsheim

Practical information

• Practicalities pdf
• The meeting will take place at the Griebnitzsee Complex of the University of Potsdam at House 6 Room S26 (attached you find a description of the complex.). The complex Griebnitzsee can easily be reached by public transport taking S-Bahn line 7 until Griebnitzsee station. Public transport information can be found under http://www.fahrinfo-berlin.de/Fahrinfo/bin/query.bin/en?ld=0.1&.
• Concerning your flight, it makes no difference if your are flying to Berlin Airport Tegel or Berlin Airport Schönefeld (Airport information: http://www.berlin-airport.de/EN/index.php?nocache=1)
• An English site for  the hotel booking: http://www.mice-potsdam.com/convention-calendar.html
  Passwort: TMB00020080006511569
• Hotels near the University of Potsdam with a special rate. Please use the attached booking form (pdf) or book online. Hotels are available until January 15, 2011. www.tagen-in-potsdam.de/kongresskontingente
  Passwort: TMB00020080006511569