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From July 1 to December 31 2021, Slovenia is holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the second time.

During our Presidency, we will be addressing the impacts and consequences of demographic changes. The underlying topic of our EUPAN activities in the area of public administration human resources will be the ageing workforce and talent management

We will address approaches for a gradual transition of older workers from employment to retirement while ensuring a successful transfer of knowledge to younger generations. Our focus will also be on introducing solutions on how to attract potential employees and ways to identify, retain and manage talents. For this purpose, we are conducting a study that will present trends, promising practices and recommendations for effective ageing and talent management in the public administrations across EUPAN member states.

For more information, you can contact the Slovenian EUPAN team at: eupan2021@gov.si.

General information about the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union is available on the official website https://slovenian-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/.

EUPAN eNews, Issue 3, June 2021

1 January 2021 marks the start of the fourth Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Portugal intends to exercise a Presidency of positive and flexible action, capable of building bridges and achieving concrete results in the economic recovery and in the exit from the crisis. With the motto Time to act: for a fair, green and digital recovery, Portugal takes over this Presidency with three major priorities for the EU:

• To promote a recovery leveraged by the climate and digital transitions;
• To implement the European Pillar of Social Rights of the European Union as a distinctive element for ensuring a fair and inclusive climate and digital transition;
• To strengthen Europe’s autonomy whilst remaining open to the world, taking a leading role in climate action and promoting a digital transformation in the service of people.

The EUPAN Portuguese Presidency will address three topics: innovation in digital services delivery; ethical leadership related to trust during the Covid-19 pandemic and employees’ motivation. The impact of the pandemic crisis on our public administrations has made the Covid-19 focus unavoidable also leading the Portuguese Presidency to include this approach in its working programme.

With regard to the CAF area its assessment implementation in the EU will be the main topic.

Under the Portuguese Presidency a EUPAN ministerial conference will be held in Lisbon, at Centro Cultural de Belém, in June.

For any additional information or inquiries related to EUPAN, please do not hesitate to contact us using the e-mail: eupan@dgaep.gov.pt

For more information regarding the Portuguese Presidency, please visit the official website: https://www.2021portugal.eu/en/ or https://www.2021portugal.eu/fr/ (French version)

1st edition Civil Service Integrity

The proposal for a five-day Summer School for mid-career public servants from EU member states in summer 2021 has been accepted.
Summer School for Civil-Service-Integrity Proposal, pdf

The German Presidency regrets to announce that, due to the ongoing pandemic, the DG Meeting scheduled for 10 – 11 November cannot be held as an in-person meeting. Instead of convening in Bremen, Directors General will meet via videoconference on 17 November 2020.

Please do not hesitate to contact de.eupan@bmi.bund.de with any questions you may have.

Germany holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the second half of 2020.

The coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing challenge and will have a major impact on the German Presidency. There will be no EUPAN Working Level Meeting during the German Presidency. The EUPAN DG Meeting is still scheduled for November.

The German Presidency will focus on the current crisis. The goal is to learn from each other: we want to find out how the coronavirus crisis has been addressed by the member states’ public administrations and how successful their efforts have been.

Please contact de.eupan@bmi.bund.de with any enquiries regarding EUPAN. For more information about the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union, please visit https://www.eu2020.de/.

In the first semester of the 2020, Croatia is holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time, and is responsible for the EUPAN activities.

Croatia’s focus will be on strengthening citizens’ trust in public administration, with emphasis on the fields of digitalization and innovation, ethics and organisational culture and efficient human resource management.

For any additional information or inquiries related to EUPAN, please do not hesitate to contact us using the e-mail address hr.eupan@uprava.hr.

General information about Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union is available on the official website eu2020.hr.

We look forward to welcoming you in Croatia!

In the second semester of 2019, Finland was holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union and was responsible for the activities in the European Public Administration Network (EUPAN).

During the Finnish presidency EUPAN will aimed at understanding better…

1. the meaning of trust in the ways we can develop public administration
2. the possibilities digitalization and the use of artificial intelligence provide to public administration development

by taking a closer look at following topics:

• Horizontal cooperation in data-driven decision-making
• The use of artificial intelligence and robotics in public services
• Building a culture of integrity and trust
• Life-long learning in public administration

For more information regarding the Finnish Presidency, please visit the official website https://eu2019.fi/

In the first semester of 2019, Romania is holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

This is the first time Romania takes the responsibility of holding the Presidency and it is committed to a successful cooperation within the EUPAN. The Romanian Presidency will focus on the following areas:

• Competencies necessary for e-government
• Ethics, an integral part of the organizational culture
• Challenges in the use of electronic services in the public administration
• Impact of strategic planning documents on the central public administration performance

General information related to the Romanian Presidency can be found on the website: http://www.romania2019.eu/

In the period 1 July – 31 December 2018, Austria is holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. This includes responsibility for the activities in the European Union Public Administration Network.

For more information regarding the Austrian Presidency, please visit the Austrian Presidency website – https://eu2018.at/ …

The 70th meeting of the Directors General (DGs) of EUPAN – an informal network of the DGs responsible for public administration in the EU Member States and the European Commission – was held in Sofia as part of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The event was hosted by the “Modernisation of Administration” Directorate of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers. …

In the period 1 January – 30 June 2018, Bulgaria is holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. This includes responsibility for the activities in the European Union Public Administration Network.

For more information regarding the Bulgarian Presidency, please visit the Bulgarian Presidency website – https://eu2018bg.bg/ …