European Forum for Leaders: Human Resource Management in Times of Budget Cuts and the Demographic Change

Project Leaders

Target Group
Top managers from the public sector, senior civil servants from ministerial departments, advisors to ministers, heads of Agencies and other public leaders from municipalities or regional level.

Description
HR-administration in the civil service needs a shift towards a modern HR-Management, even more so in times of economic crisis and budget cuts. HR-Management has the potential to act as an important partner for strategy development in public sector organisations. It needs to create value for the organisation as a whole, and moreover for the staff and their leaders by simultaneously supporting (cultural) change and creating more performance orientation. HR-Management should proactively support the decision-making process, develop practical concepts, as well as carefully planning and monitoring the process of implementation.

In times of rigid budget cuts and further restrictions, creative solutions are needed to reduce costs, maintain the productivity and innovative potential of an aging workforce and provide customer-oriented services efficiently and effectively.

The focus on this first “European Forum for Leaders” will be on managing strategic challenges in public administrations and also in the private sector. In spite of the demographic change with an aging workforce, increased diversity, changing priorities and tasks of the public sector, HRM has to ensure high productivity, employability, motivation and commitment as the key aspects of high-level performance. In order to retain its position as an attractive employer, the public sector needs to create workplaces that ensure employees’ job satisfaction and employability.

Targets
The forum will address the most pressing challenges in HRM for public administrations in the European context. It is designed to address the needs of top senior executives: to discuss new solutions in HRM, to share experiences, also with the private sector, to discuss national strategies and tactics and to learn from good practices in Europe. The forum should also support networking.

The forum will focus on practical solutions and stimulate the participants to implement new approaches within their organisations and to support the further development from HR-administration into HR-Management.

Methods
Presentations, comments, moderated discussion rounds with input of experts from various countries, as well as documentation of the results.

Programme
The programme will commence on Monday 25 October at 10.30 hrs and finish on Tuesday 26 October at 14.00 hrs.

Seminar venue
The seminar will take place in the Green Conference Room (1.45) at the European Institute of Public Administration, O.L. Vrouweplein 22, NL-6211 HE Maastricht, tel.: +31.43.3296222, fax: +31.43.3296296.

Working language
The seminar will be conducted in English.

Fee
The participation fee is € 895 and includes documentation, 2 lunches, 1 dinner and refreshments. Accommodation and travel costs are at the expense of the participants or their administration.

EIPA offers its members a reduction of 10% of the registration fee. This reduction is available to all civil servants working for one of EIPA’s member countries (i.e. AT, BE, BG, CY, CZ, DK, EE, FI, FR, DE, GR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LU, MT, NL, PL, PT, ES, SE, UK). If you are eligible for a discount, please tick the box in the registration form. Please note that reductions cannot be accumulated. For more information, please visit EIPA’s website: www.eipa.eu (FAQ-special discounts).

Hotel reservations
The European Institute of Public Administration will be pleased to make reservations for you at a hotel in Maastricht. We have made a block booking at 1 hotel in Maastricht: Hotel Beaumont**** (www.beaumont.nl), at a rate of € 101.85 p.p.p.n. (incl. breakfast and tourist tax. Should you wish to make use of this possibility, please indicate the name of the hotel and the dates of arrival and departure on the registration form. Payment is to be made directly and personally to the hotel on checking out. Please note that if you register after the closing date, hotel reservations cannot be guaranteed.

Meals
The lunches will be served at the Institute’s restaurant and dinner in the evening will be at a restaurant in town. Should you require a special menu (e.g. vegetarian, diabetic), please inform the Programme Organiser so that this can be arranged.

Registration
Kindly complete the registration form and return it before 4 October 2010. Your name and address will be part of EIPA’s database for our mailing purpose only. If you do not want to be included in our mailing database, please tick the box in the registration form.

Confirmation
Confirmation of registration will be forwarded to participants on receipt of the completed registration form.

Payment
Prior payment is a condition for participation. Please indicate the method of payment on the registration form. In any case, the participant or his/her administration will receive an invoice for the payment of the registration fee. For cancellations received after the date indicated on the registration form we will have to charge an administration fee of € 150 unless a replacement participant is found.

Cancellation policy
EIPA reserves the right to cancel the seminar up to 2 weeks before the starting date. EIPA accepts no responsibility for any costs incurred (travel, hotel, etc.). For EIPA’s cancellation policy, please visit our website www.eipa.eu (legal notice).