Such an embracing yet sensitive theme as temporality, in a period where the world is facing again a major crisis which has raised our awareness of many underlying risks of our socio-political systems and gives arguments to those who advocate for a renewed strong political "voluntarism" and leadership, appears as an interesting overarching reference for EGPA 2010. In line with this the events tries to address, not exclusively, the following questions:

• How and to what extent do political alternations reshape policies? Does the "multi-level" dimension make a difference there?
  
• How do public institutions develop procedures to prevent risks? Are bureaucracies able to manage crises? And does the increasingly "multi-level" nature of governing processes within the EU helpful or not in that respect?
  
• How political will and/or crises provoke (or not) durable "paradigm shifts" in the organization of government and in public policies?
  
• How reform in the public sector is no more exceptional and becomes a permanent "tool of government"?
  

As in the previous years, the conference will be structured along permanent study groups, working groups and permanent practitioners groups:

• E-Government
  
• Performance in Public Sector
  
• Public Personnel Policies
  
• Local Governance and Democracy
  
• Governance of Public Sector Organizations
  
• Ethics and Integrity of Governance
  
• Public Governance of Societal Sector
  
• Public Administration and Teaching
  
• Law and Public Administration
  
• Strategic Management in Government
  
• Public Sector Financial Management
  
• Public Policies
  
• Administration and Multi Level Governance
  
• Permanent Practitioners’ Group on Good Practices
  

For more information on the conference, call for papers for the study groups, please visit the below website.

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