K.U leuven - Public management institute

National Network
Belgium
Address

E.Van Evenstraat 2a
B-3000 leuven
Belgium

Telephone
0032 16 32 32 88
Telephone (other)
0032 16 32 32 70
Fax
0032 16 32 32 67
E-Mail
marleen.brans@soc.kuleuven.be
E-Mail (2)
Valerie.pattyn@soc.kuleuven.be
Website
http://www.publicmanagement.be
Organisation Type
Other
Year of Establishment
1998
Fields of Activity
  1. International/Cultural relations
  2. Research
General Information
The public management institute (in Dutch : Instituut voor de Overheid) is an independant and self-supporting academic institution . The institute excists in its present form since 1998 . Its predecessors however date back to teh 1960s, when the first training sessions in managemnt were held for senior civil servants . The Public management institute was integrated in the Faculty of Social Sciences (Department of Political Science). In 1973 , when a distinction was made between public and private management training programs . In the 1960s ,the fundamental research (Ph.DS). The 1990s saw an increase in research projects as a result of programs commissioned by the federal and Flemish governments. The approximately 30 staff of the Public management institute have different academic backgrounds such as public administration , business administration ,economics ,sociology , political science ,psychology and law.
Mission and Objectives

The main objective of the public management institute is to improve public management ,public organisation and public poliy. The institute attemps to function as an interface between the university and the pubic sector . Its main activities are :
- fundamental and applied research
- training and education for students and civil servants
- consultacy

Main Projects / Activities

Applying an interdiscilpinary approach , The Public manangment Instiute is active number of fields:
- change management
- finance and performance management
- HRM and equal opprtunities
- ICT and e-government
- intergovernmental and intragovernmental relations and organisation
- policy and ethnics
- quality and citizen-government relations .
overview available www.publicmanagement.be

Contact (1) Full Name
Prof.dr . Marleen Brans
Head of the organisation
Prof.dr .Geert Bouckaert
Contact (2) Full Name
Valerie Pattyn