Global Development Learning Network, World Bank

DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER

National Academy of Public Administration, the President of Ukraine

Videoconference in the frame of the XVIII International Congress on the Training and Development of Senior Civil Servant Democratic Transition: Senior Civil Servants and the Political-Administrative Interface
On the topic: Innovative technologies and e-learning in the training of public servants: best practice and modern trends
June 16, 2005. 16.00 – 19.00 (Kiev), 09.00 am – 12.00 am (EST)

The National Academy of Public Administration, the President of Ukraine organizes the videoconference in the framework of the International Congress.

It is expected to be a benefit for all participants to learn, share and exchange the experience of the usage of innovative technologies and e-learning in training of public servants with colleagues all over the Globe.

Target audience:

Policy-makers, public servants, local and self-government officials, practitioners, experts; heads of civil service, eminent senior civil servants and academics, heads of institutions for training senior civil servants, experts in the area of Public administration experienced in usage of the innovative technologies and e-learning.

Key speakers:

• Andrei Tolstopiatenko – GDLN and Multimedia Division, Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) World Bank Institute the World Bank
• Ibraghim Ismailov - The Public Service and manpower policy Chair lecturer, Academy of Public Administration, the President of Azerbaijan
• Svitlana Kalashnikova – Vice-Rector on International Affairs, GDLN DLC – Ukraine Director, National Academy of Public Administration, the President of Ukraine
• Elena Gayevskaya – Сandidate of Pedagogic Science, Expert in International Co-operation in Education Center of Interdisciplinary Professional Education, St. Petersburg State University
• Paul Brown – Professor, School of Public Administration Dalhousie University
• Luis Barnola – Senior Program Specialist, Institute for Connectivity in the Americas, International Research Development Center
• Garegin Chookaszyan – Executive Director, Information Technologies Foundation

Moderator: Svitlana Kalashnikova – Vice-Rector on International Affairs, National Academy of Public Administration, the President of Ukraine, GDLN DLC – Ukraine Director

Countries Participants: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Canada, Kazakhstan, Russia, UK, Ukraine, USA.

Working language: English

Draft Program