Conference 9, 10 and 11 June 2009

Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour

(Pau campus)

9 and 10 June 2009

Discussion of tools and resources for strengthening local

government performance management: implementation in

strategic/operational management, economic development

and citizen participation.

5th Town and Municipality Management Workshop

« Comparative analysis of tools and models used in local public

sector performance management worldwide»

11 June 2009

International comparative analysis of modes of local public sector

performance management.

Location: Présidence building – PAU

Programme: 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. on all three

days

Contacts:

• David CARASSUS (org.) : david.carassus@univ-pau.fr

• Olivier TERRIEN (org.) : olivier.terrien@coe.int

• Anne PERRIN (adm.) : anne.perrin@univ-pau.fr

Lecture Hall, Présidence building: 100 participants

Welcome to participants

Opening, presentation of the activities of the Council of

Europe’s Centre of Expertise for Local Government Reform (CERAL).

Speakers:

David CARASSUS (Lecturer in Management Science, UPPA – France)

Jean GOURDOU (Vice-President University Administrative Council, Professor of

Public Law, UPPA – France)

Olivier TERRIEN (CERAL Programme Manager, Directorate General of

Democracy and Political Affairs, Council of Europe)

PROGRAMME FOR DAYS ONE AND TWO

DISCUSSION OF TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR STRENGTHENING

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

Tools and resources for

strategic/operational management of local performance

�10.00 – 11.15 Presentation of the Council of Europe’s tools

and approaches:

Speaker:

Jon BARBER (CoE Expert, Audit Commission, United Kingdom, contributor to the

design and implementation of CERAL tools and programmes)

Ian DAVIDSON (CoE Expert, Audit Commission, United Kingdom, contributor to

the design and implementation of CERAL tools and programmes)

�11.15 – 12.30 Discussion:

Moderator:

Michel BEAUCHEMIN (Director of the Planning and Organizational

Development Department, City of Quebec - Canada)

Gérard DIVAY (Professor at the Ecole Nationale d’Administration Publique,

Montreal - Canada)

Benoit LION (“Adapting to the LOLF” Project Leader, Bordeaux City Hall - France)

Hugues MARTIN (1st Deputy Mayor, Bordeaux City Hall - France)

Workshop1Workshop1

Lecture hall, Présidence building: 100 participants

: Lunch at the University Restaurant ‘Cap Sud’ (UPPA)

: Performance tools and resources for

local economic development

�2.00 – 3.15 Presentation of the Council of Europe’s tools and

approaches :

Speakers:

Ian DAVIDSON (CoE Expert, Audit Commission, contributor to the design and

implementation of CERAL tools and programmes - United Kingdom)

Milos HETLEROVIC (Deputy Mayor, Novi Belgrade City Hall – Serbia, a beneficiary

of CoE tools and programmes )

Henri VEDIE (Mayor of Bricquebec, a beneficiary of CERAL tools and

Workshop 2Workshop 2

PROGRAMME FOR DAYS ONE AND TWO

DISCUSSION OF TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR STRENGTHENING

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

Henri VEDIE (Mayor of Bricquebec, a beneficiary of CERAL tools and

programmes, Professor at HEC – France)

�3.15 – 4.30 Discussion:

Moderators:

Fabrice ANGOT (Economic development Manager, Tarbes Area - France)

Ian DAVIDSON (CoE Expert, Audit Commission, contributor to the design and

implementation of CERAL tools and programmes - United Kingdom)

Norbert GUICHARD (In charge of economic development at the Communauté

d’Agglomération de Pau - France)

Jean-Pierre JAMBES (Lecturer in Town and Country Planning, UPPA, former

Director of economic planning for the Pau area – France)

Jean-Jacques LASSERRE (Delegated vice-president of the Conseil Général des

Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine Regional Councillor - France)

: Conclusion of the first day’s discussions

Speakers:

David CARASSUS (Lecturer in Management Science, UPPA – France)

Olivier TERRIEN (CERAL Programme Manager, Directorate General of Democracy

and Political Affairs, Council of Europe)

: Free evening

Lecture Hall, Présidence building: 100 participants

: Welcome to participants

: Local public performance tools and

resources for citizen participation:

�10.00 – 11.15 Presentation of the Council of Europe’s tools

and approaches:

Speakers:

Jon BARBER (CoE Expert, Audit Commission, United Kingdom, contributor to the

design and implementation of CERAL tools and programmes)

Christine DUBUIS (In charge of General secretariat, Suresnes City Hall, France - a

Workshop 3Workshop 3

PROGRAMME FOR DAYS ONE AND TWO

DISCUSSION OF TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR STRENGTHENING

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

Christine DUBUIS (In charge of General secretariat, Suresnes City Hall, France - a

beneficiary of CoE tools and programmes )

Assana EL KASSABI (Deputy Mayor in charge of public policy evaluation, City of

Nevers, a beneficiary of CERAL tools and programmes - France)

Ivan STOJKOVIC (Information office director, Vranje City Hall, Serbia - a

beneficiary of CoE tools and programmes )

�11.15 – 12.30 Discussion:

Moderators:

Jon BARBER (CoE Expert, Audit Commission, United Kingdom , contributor to the

design and implementation of CERAL tools and programmes)

Michel BEAUCHEMIN (Director of the Planning and Organizational Development

Department, City of Quebec - Canada)

Sébastien DIAZ (‘Neighbourhood Councils’ Project Leader, City of Pau - France)

Jean-Marie IZQUIERDO (Associate researcher, UPPA – France)

Martine LIGNIERES CASSOU (Member of Parliament, Mayor of Pau, President

of the Communauté d’Agglomération Pau-Pyrénées – France)

: Lunch at the University Restaurant ‘Cap Sud’ (UPPA)

Lecture Hall, Présidence building : 100 participants

: Feedback on the work of each of the Workshops:

Improving Council of Europe tools for strengthening local government

performance management

� 2.00 – 2.30 Feedback : :

Speakers:

Benoit LION (“Adapting to the LOLF” Project Leader, Bordeaux City Hall - France)

� 2.30 – 3.00 Feedback :

Speakers:

Ian DAVIDSON (CoE Expert, Audit Commission, United Kingdom, contributor to

the design and implementation of CERAL tools and programmes)

Workshop 1Workshop 1

PROGRAMME FOR DAYS ONE AND TWO

DISCUSSION OF TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR STRENGTHENING

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

Workshop 2Workshop 2

�3.00 – 3.30 Feedback :

Speakers:

Jon BARBER (CoE Expert, Audit Commission, United Kingdo , contributor to the

design and implementation of CERAL tools and programmes)

�3.30 – 4.30 General overview: Conclusions, general

recommendations and perspectives

Speakers:

David CARASSUS (Lecturer in Management Science, UPPA – France)

Olivier TERRIEN (CERAL Programme Manager, Directorate General of Democracy

and Political Affairs, Council of Europe)

�4.30 – 5.00: Closing remarks on the first two days

: Cocktail and gala dinner

Workshop 3Workshop 3

Lecture hall, Présidence building: 100 participants

: Opening remarks, presentation of the programme for

the day

Speakers:

David CARASSUS (Lecturer in Management Science, UPPA – France)

Alina TATARENKO (Programme Manager responsible for the promotion of the

Strategy for innvovation and good governance at local level, Directorate General of

Democracy and Political Affairs, Council of Europe )

Olivier TERRIEN (CERAL Programme Manager, Directorate General of Democracy

and Political Affairs, Council of Europe)

: Special features of the Anglo-Saxon

model

�10.00 – 10.45 Presentation :

Workshop 1Workshop 1

PROGRAMME DAY THREE

INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MODES OF LOCAL

PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

�10.00 – 10.45 Presentation :

Speakers:

Marcel GUENOUN (PhD student, Institute of Public Management and Territorial

Governance, University of Aix-Marseille - France)

Paul HILDRETH (Former CoE Expert, Consultant to the UK Department for

Communities and Local Government, former Director of Economic and Strategic

Development for Croydon – United Kingdom)

Marie-Christine STECKEL (Lecturer in public law, Université de Limoges -France)

�10.45 – 11.15 Questions and answers

: Special features of the Nordic model

�11.15 – 12.00 Presentation :

Speakers:

Christophe FAVOREU (Professor, Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, Toulouse -

France) et Marie-Christine STECKEL (Lecturer in public law, Université de

Limoges -France )

Norman UDLAND (Assistant General Director of municipal services, Mandal City

Hall – Norway, member of the Norwegian Efficiency Improvement Network)

�12.00 – 12.30 Questions and answers

Workshop 2Workshop 2

Lecture hall, Présidence building: 100 participants

: Lunch at the University Restaurant ‘Cap Sud’ (UPPA)

: Special features of the Continental

model

�14.00 – 14.45 Presentation :

Speakers:

David CARASSUS (Lecturer in Management Science, UPPA - France)

Dieter ECKERT (1st Deputy Mayor, Offenburg City Hall - Germany)

Eric SCHULTZ (Municipal Councillor with special responsibility for local democracy,

Strasbourg City Hall - France)

�2.45 – 3.15 Questions and answers

Workshop 3Workshop 3

PROGRAMME DAY THREE

INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MODES OF LOCAL

PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

: Special features of the Quebec model

�15.15 – 16.15 Presentation :

Speakers:

Michel BEAUCHEMIN (Director of the Planning and Organizational Development

Department, City of Quebec - Canada)

Gérard DIVAY (Professor at the Ecole Nationale d’Administration Publique,

Montreal - Canada)

Damien GARDEY (PhD student , UPPA - France) et Benoit LION (Benoit

LION (“Adapting to the LOLF” Project Leader, Bordeaux City Hall - France)

Christophe LEURET (Finance and Management General Director – Bordeaux City

Hall- France)

�4.15 – 4.45 Questions and answers

Closing remarks

Speakers:

David CARASSUS (Lecturer in Management Science, UPPA - France)

Jérôme GUIRAUDEN (Ernst&Young Southwest Manager - France)

Olivier TERRIEN (CERAL Programme Manager, Directorate General of Democracy

and Political Affairs, Council of Europe)

Workshop 4Workshop 4