Organizers: Venice Commission in cooperation with the Prime Ministry of Jordan / Institutional Performance and Policy Department and the General Personnel Council of Palestine

Participants: Senior public officials from Europe and the MENA region

Topics covered: public administration modernisation and rule of law principles, ethics, transparency and integrity as accelerators for democratic reforms, leadership and human resources management in the era of new technologies

Programme, list of participants and presentations

Towards a public service closer to the citizens: models and good practices

9th UniDem Med, 12-14 June 2019, Marrakech, Morocco

Organizers: Venice Commission in cooperation with the Ministry of the Reform of the Administration and the Civil Service of Morocco

Participants: Senior public officials from Europe and the MENA region

Topics covered: administrative deconcentration/decentralisation, relations between deconcentrated/decentralised units and relations with the central administration, accessibility and digitalisation of services

Final report

Presentations

Transformation and innovation in the senior civil service: challenges and opportunities
8th UniDem Med, 24-27 September, 2018, Tunis, Tunisia

Organizers: Venice Commission in cooperation with the Presidency of the Government of Tunisia

Participants: Senior public officials from Europe and the MENA region

Topics covered: Respect for Democracy and Principles of the Rule of Law in Public Administration: Policies and Practice / Mission and Role of the Senior Civil Service in the Transition Process to a More Citizen-Focused Public Sector / Promoting leadership and excellence in the senior civil service: recruitment and skills management / The concept of new public management and its impact on the senior civil service: contracting, performance management and accountability.

Programme & presentations

Final report

Photo Gallery

Improving the relationship between administration and citizens: a democratic imperative
7th UniDem Med, April 23-26, 2018, Rabat, Morocco

Organizers: Venice Commission in cooperation with the Ministry of Reform of the Administration and Civil Service of Morocco

Participants: Senior public officials from the MENA region

Topics covered: National and international standards supporting the improvement of the relationship between administration and citizens / Simplification of administrative procedures and the role of the senior civil service in the conduct of change: best practices / Digitization of services and facilitation of the data access / Institutional policies and complaint mechanisms

Video report of the seminar (in Arabic)

The Women and the Labor Market
6th UniDem Med, November 7-8, 2017, Algiers, Algeria

Organizers: The Venice Commission in cooperation with the Algerian Constitutional Council and the General Directorate of Public Administration and the Reform of the Administration of Algeria

Participants: Senior public officials from MENA region

Topics covered: Articulation between the international standard-setting system and its different variations in national legal systems in the field of gender equality / Status of women in the public administration sector: challenges, perspectives and training programs / Integration of women in the economic sector: best practices

Prevention of Corruption and Promotion of Integrity in the Civil Service: shared experiences

5th UnDem Med, 25-28 September 2017, Skhirat, Morocco

Organisers: Venice Commission in co-operation with the Ministry of the Reform of the Administration and the Civil Service

Participants: high-level civil servants of the MENA region

Topics covered: National and international legal and institutional standards and tools to combat the phenomenon of corruption and promote integrity in the civil service / Anticorruption and fundamental principles of civil service (transparency, accountability, access to information, sound financial management and audit) / Anti-corruption programs and initiatives (protection of whistle blowers, multi-sectoral coordination ) / Management of the human factor in relation to administrative dysfunctions and relations between the civil service and extra-institutional actors (economic interest groups, trade unions, civil society, etc.) / Institutional mechanisms to fight corruption

Programme

List of participants

Documents and presentations

Photo gallery of the seminar

Performance, Merit and Equality in the Civil Service

4th UniDem Med, 27-30 March 2017, Tunis, Tunisia

Organizers: The Venice Commission in cooperation with the Presidency of the Government of Tunisia

Participants: Senior public officials from MENA countries

Topics covered: New challenges and new missions for the public service / Performance evaluation and rules of ethics in the public service / Integration of a system based on merit in the public service / Place of women in the senior civil service

Photo gallery

List of participants, programme & reports

Summary of discussions

Reform of the General Statute of the Civil Service
3rd UniDem Med, October 31 - November 3, 2016, Rabat, Morocco

Organizers: The Venice Commission in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Service and Modernization of the Administration of the Kingdom of Morocco

Participants: Senior officials from MENA countries

Topics covered: Asserting Public Service Values / Professionalizing, Developing and Remunerating Skills / From Administratin of Staff to Human Resources Management / Obligations, Ethics and Professional Conduct

Photo Gallery

MAP video report (in Arabic)

Constitutional Justice, Transitional Justice and the Legislative Process

PATHS Training, November 30 - December 3, 2015, Venice, Italy

The Venice Commission's Campus UniDem Med Program has contributed to the PATHS (Advanced Training Course on Human Rights for the South of the Mediterranean) in the framework of the EU-Council of Europe Joint Program (South Program). II)