Programme

Sunday, 1 July 2012 (educational activities: 0 hrs)

10:00 – ... Arrivals of participants (TU dormitory, Ferka Urbánka 2, 04001 Košice, Slovakia)

 

Monday, 2 July 2012 (educational activities: 6,5 hrs)

07:30 – 09:00
Breakfast in TU dormitory 
09:00 – 09:30
Transfer to Hotel Maraton**** 
09:30 – 10:30                                
Opening ceremony (incl. welcome speeches of the Mayor of Košice, Rector of Technical University of Košice, and Dean of the Faculty of Economics TU of Košice) in Hotel Maraton****
Site: Hotel Maraton****, Conference room Serenáda
10:30 – 12:00   
Keynote lecture: Public service delivery in comparative perspective
Keynote lecturer: Prof. Helmut Wollmann (Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany)
Site: Hotel Maraton****, Conference room Serenáda
12:00 – 12:30
Discussion
12:30 – 14:00
Festive lunch in Hotel Maraton****
14:00 – 15:00
Transfer to the university and short leisure time
15:00 – 16:30
Keynote lecture: Relationships between elected officials and administrators, and their roles in terms of innovation in local government
Keynote lecturer: Prof. James H. Svara (Arizona State University, USA)
Site: Main building of the TUKE, Lecture room P25
16:30 – 17:00
Coffee break and transfer to the faculty building
17:00 – 18:30
Workshop: Young teachers' presentations (including participation of the students)
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Boardroom on the 1st floor
18:30 – 19:30 Dinner in TU dormitory
19:30 – 21:00
Workshop: Students' presentations
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Boardroom on the 1st floor
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Optional seminar for young teachers: Discussion with Prof. Helmut Wollmann and Prof. James Svara
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 413
21:00 – ...
Leisure time

 

Tuesday, 3 July 2012 (educational activities: 6 hrs)

07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast in TU dormitory
08:30 – 09:00 Transfer to lecture room
09:00 – 10:30                  Presentation: Local development policies in Latin America: a empirical analyses based on the Argentinean municipalities
Presenter: Mr. Adrian des Champs (TESA Foundation, Argentina)
Site: Main building of the TUKE, Lecture room P25
10:30 – 11:00 Discussion
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 Keynote lecture: The unintended political effects of municipal amalgamations
Keynote lecturer: Prof. Ulrik Kjaer (University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark)
Site: Main building of the TUKE, Lecture room P25
13:00 – 13:30 Discussion
13:30 – 15:00 Transfer to TU dormitory, lunch, change of clothing and transfer to venues of ice-breaking activities by public transport
15:00 – 17:30 Ice-breaking activities (Bobsled / Tarzania / Mini-golf)
17:30 – 18:00 Transfer to TU dormitory by public transport
18:00 – 19:30 Dinner in TU dormitory
19:30 – 21:30 Workshop: Students' presentations
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Boardroom on the 1st floor
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Optional seminar for young teachers: Discussion with Prof. Ulrik Kjaer
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 413
21:30 – ... Leisure time

 

Wednesday, 4 July 2012 (educational activities: 6 hrs)

07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast in TU dormitory
08:30 – 09:00 Transfer to lecture room
09:00 – 10:30          Keynote lecture: Regionalization in the conditions of Western and Eastern Europe: comparative insight
Keynote lecturer: Prof. Attila Ágh (Corvinus University in Budapest, Hungary)
Site: Main building of the TUKE, Lecture room P25
10:30 – 11:00 Discussion
11:00 – 13:00 Leisure time
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch in TU dormitory
14:00 – 15:00 Change of clothing and transfer to venues of ice-breaking activities by public transport
15:00 – 17:30 Ice-breaking activities (Mini-golf / Bobsled / Tarzania)
17:30 – 18:00 Transfer to TU dormitory by public transport
18:00 – 19:30 Dinner in TU dormitory
19:30 – 21:30 Workshop: Students' presentations
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Boardroom on the 1st floor
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Project meeting: Chaired by Dr. Daniel Klimovský
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 413
21:30 – ... Leisure time

 

Thursday, 5 July 2012 (educational activities: 6 hrs)

07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast in TU dormitory
08:30 – 09:00 Transfer to lecture room
09:00 – 10:30                   Keynote lecture: Administrative reforms and territorial consolidation in Europe: Eastern European and Western European experience
                               Keynote lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Ján Buček (Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia)
Site: Main building of the TUKE, Lecture room P25
10:30 – 11:00 Discussion
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00        Keynote lecture: Local government reforms: Theoretical approaches and empirical developments
Keynote lecturer: Prof. Arto Haveri (University of Tampere, Finland)
Site: Main building of the TUKE, Lecture room P25
13:00 – 13:30
Discussion
13:30 – 15:00
Transfer to TU dormitory, lunch, change of clothing and transfer to venues of ice-breaking activities by public transport
15:00 – 17:30
Ice-breaking activities (Mini-golf / Bobsled / Tarzania)
17:30 – 18:00 
Transfer to TU dormitory by public transport
18:00 – 19:30
Dinner in TU dormitory
19:30 – 21:30                  
Optional seminars for participants:

Tomáš Želinský, Slovakia: Seminar on R-software and data processing by this software (part I)
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 414
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Saša Drezgić, Croatia: Seminar on fiscal decentralization in terms of theory and practical impacts
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 415
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Oksana Mejeré, Lithuania: Seminar on new public governance
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 413
21:30 – 23:00
Sightseeing in the city of Košice
23:00 – ...
Leisure time

 

Friday, 6 July 2012 (educational activities: 7 hrs)

07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast in TU dormitory
08:30 – 09:00 Transfer to lecture room
09:00 – 10:30
Keynote lecture: Multi-level governance and role of the local governments
Keynote lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Ellen Wayenberg (University College of Ghent, Belgium)
  
Site: Main building of the TUKE, Lecture room P25
10:30 – 11:00 Discussion
11:00 – 13:00 Leisure time
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch in TU dormitory
15:00 – 16:30 Optional seminars for participants:
Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak, Poland: Seminar on local politico-administrative relationships
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 413
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Tomáš Želinský, Slovakia: Seminar on R-software and data processing by this software (part II)
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 414
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Michaela Bátorová, Slovakia: Seminar on local leadership
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 415
16:30 – 17:00
Coffee break
17:00 – 18:30 Optional seminars for participants:
Petr Jüptner, Czech Republic: Seminar on local electoral systems
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 413
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Tomáš Želinský, Slovakia: Seminar on R-software and data processing by this software (part III)
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 414
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Uroš Pinterič, Slovenia: Seminar on e-government at the local level
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 415
18:30 – 20:00 Dinner in TU dormitory
20:00 – ... Leisure time

 

Saturday, 7 July 2012 (educational activities: 0 hrs)

06:30 – 07:30 
Breakfast in TU dormitory
07:30 – 07:45 Boarding the bus
07:45 – 13:00 Pearls of Eastern Slovakia (sightseeing trip – part 1): Cave in Jasov – Manor House in Betliar
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch in Dobšiná
14:00 – 21:00 Pearls of Eastern Slovakia (sightseeing trip – part 2): Ice Cave in Dobšiná – Spiš Castle
21:00 – 22:30 Dinner in Restaurant Lampáreň in Košice
23:10 – ...           Leisure time


Sunday, 8 July 2012 (educational activities: 0 hrs)

06:00 – 07:30 Breakfast in TU dormitory
07:30 – 08:15 Transfer to the railway station in Košice
08:15 – 10:35 Transfer to Aqua City Poprad
10:30 – 18:00 Leisure time in Aqua City Poprad (incl. lunch)
18:00 – 18:30 Transfer to the railway station in Poprad
18:30 – 20:15 Transfer to Košice
20:30 – 22:00 Dinner in Restaurant Camelot
22:00 – ...         Leisure time

 

Monday, 9 July 2012 (educational activities: 7 hrs)

07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast in TU dormitory
08:30 – 09:00 Transfer to lecture room
09:00 – 10:30 Keynote lecture: Regional disparities in the European Union
Keynote lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Piotr Pachura (University of Prešov, Slovakia)
Site: Main building of the TUKE, Lecture room P25
10:30 – 11:00 Discussion
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 Keynote lecture: Financial issues of local governments
Keynote lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Inga Vilka (University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia)
Site: Main building of the TUKE, Lecture room P25
13:00 – 13:30 Discussion
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch in TU dormitory
14:30 – 16:00 Optional seminars for participants:
Oltion Kadaifciu: Seminar on local government in Albania
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 412
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Jan Stejskal: Seminar on cluster policy and local/regional development
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 413
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Tomáš Jacko: Seminar on openness and transparency within the local policy-making
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 415
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00 Optional seminars for participants:
Daniel Klimovský: Seminar on local government systems in Europe
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 412
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Ekaterina Mikhailova: Seminar on e-government
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 413
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Olga Sharapova: Seminar on financial aspects of local autonomy in Russia
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 415
18:00 – 19:00 Dinner in TU dormitory
19:00 – ... Leisure time

 

Tuesday, 10 July 2012 (educational activities: 7 hrs)

07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast in TU dormitory
08:30 – 09:00 Transfer to lecture room
09:00 – 10:30 Keynote lecture: Inter-sector partnerships on local level: European experience
Keynote lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Agnieszka Pawlowska (University of Rzeszow, Poland)
Site: Main building of the TUKE, Lecture room P25
10:30 – 11:00 Discussion
11:00 - 11:30  Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 Keynote lecture: Local budgetary systems in Europe: Revenues and expenditures of the local governments
Keynote lecturer: Assoc. Prof. William Gilles (University of Paris 1 – Pantheón-Sorbonne, France)
13:00 – 13:30 Discussion
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch in TU dormitory
14:30 – 16:00 Optional seminars for participants:
Andrei Liviu: Seminar on clusters in terms of theoretical and policy approaches
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 412
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Uroš Pinterič: Seminar on local and regional development
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 413
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Tomáš Černěnko: Seminar on design in public administration
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar room 415
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 - 18:00 Optional seminar for students and young teachers: Discussion with Prof. William Gilles and Assoc. Prof. Agnieszka Pawlowska
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Boardroom on the 1st floor
18:00 – 22:00 Transfer to Hotel Maraton**** and barbecue with the Director of the POL-LOC Summer School in Hotel Maraton****
22:00 – ... Leisure time

 

Wednesday, 11 July 2012 (educational activities: 6 hrs)

07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast in TU dormitory
08:30 – 09:00 Transfer to lecture room
09:00 – 10:30 Keynote lecture: Evolution of the concept of local autonomy and challenges of central-local relation
Keynote lecturer: Georg Sootla (University of Tallin, Estonia)
Site: Main building of the TUKE, Lecture room P25
10:30 – 11:00 Discussion
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
13:30 – 15:30 Public presentations of the students' essays and their evealuation from the side of young teachers
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Boardroom on the 1st floor
15:30 – 16:30 Late lunch in TU dormitory
16:30 – 17:30 Transfer to Prešov
17:30 – 19:30 Evening swimming and entertainment in Plaza Beach Solivar
19:30 - 20:30 Transfer to TU dormitory
20:30 – 21:30 Dinner in TU dormitory
21:30 – ...
Leisure time

 

Thursday, 12 July 2012 (educational activities: 6,5 hrs)

07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast in TU dormitory
08:30 – 09:00 Transfer to Library of the TUKE
09:00 – 09:30 Presentation: Role of regional development agencies in terms of their importance
Presenter: Mr. Jozef Šuľak (Agency for Support of Regional Development in Košice)
Site: Library of the TUKE, Lecture room
09:30 – 10:00    
Presentation: Roma inclusion: Practical examples
Presenter: Ms. Slavomíra Mačáková (ETP – Slovakia)
Site: Library of the TUKE, Lecture room
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 12:00 Presentation: Development of culture in urban conditions
Presenter: Mr. Blanka Berkyová (Project Košice 2013 – European Capital of Culture and Cluster for Tourism in Košice)
Site: Library of the TUKE, Lecture room
12:00 – 14:00 Transfer and lunch in TU dormitory
14:00 – 18:00 Study time for students and preparation of the final exam (e.g. tests) by the young teachers
18:00 – 19:00 Leisure time
18:00 – 19:00 Dinner in TU dormitory
19:00 – ...                  Leisure time

 

Friday, 13 July 2012 (educational activities: 6,5 hrs)

07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast in TU dormitory
08:30 – 09:00 Transfer to seminar rooms
09:00 – 11:00 Tests
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar rooms 412/413/415
11:00 - 12:30 Lunch in TU dormitory
12:30 – 17:00 Oral examinations
Site: Building of the EkF TUKE, Seminar rooms 412/413/415
17:00 – 18:00 Leisure time
18:00 – 19:00 Dinner in TU dormitory
19:00 – 19:30 Transfer to Restaurant Bowling Spot
19:30 – 23:00 Bowling contest (Cup of the Director of the POL-LOC Summer School)
23:00 – ...        Leisure time

 

Saturday, 14 July 2011

07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast in TU dormitory
08:30 – 10:00 Leisure time
10:00 – 10:30 Transfer to Hotel Maraton****
10:30 – 12:30   Closing ceremony (including certification of participants)
Site: Hotel Maraton****, Restaurant Maraton
12:30 – 14:30 Festive lunch in Hotel Maraton****
14:30 – 18:00 Leisure time
18:00 – 19:00 Dinner in Restaurant Camelot
19:00 – 20:00 Transfer to TU dormitory and preparation for farewell party
20:00 – ... Farewell party in Discotheque Ibiza (including light snack and welcome drink)

 

Sunday, 15 July 2011

07:00 – 11:00  Breakfast in TU dormitory
07:00 – ... Departures of participants

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