German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer

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The German Research Institute for Public Administration (FÖV) in Speyer is jointly supported by the federal and state governments and is the national German administrative institute. It is a non-university research institution with the legal task of research and advice in the field of administrative sciences , especially in the context of interdisciplinary research. The practical tasks and needs of public administration at all national and international levels are given special consideration. The FÖV is part of a worldwide scientific network and cooperates with national and international organizations. The director of the FÖV and head of the area of ​​political and administrative advice is the legal scholar Jan Ziekow . The institute has the main research areas “Transformation of the State in Times of Digitization” and “European Administrative Area”. The advisory units of the FÖV include the Institute for Legal Impact Assessment and Evaluation (InGFA), the Institute for Administrative Reform (InVR) and the Institute for Administrative Communication (InVK). The offer is supplemented by the Public Service Research Center (FÖD).

Legal form and organization

The institute is a legal entity under public law with its own organs. It is under the supervision of the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry for Science, Further Education and Culture. The institute is financed jointly by the contracting parties on the basis of an administrative agreement between the federal and state governments within the framework of Art. 91 b GG.

Scientists from Germany and abroad can be appointed as fellows at the institute. You will work with academic speakers on interdisciplinary projects in research and consulting.

The work of the FÖV is supported by the institute's administrative council. This safeguards the interests of the institute's sponsors and consists of 21 representatives from the federal and state governments. Furthermore, the advisory board, consisting of the scientific advisory board and the user advisory board, evaluates the work of the FÖV.

history

Chess fountain in front of the research building - the FÖV offices in the northern third of the building.

prehistory

  • 1956: The idea of ​​establishing an institute for administrative sciences goes back to a proposal by the Federal Ministry of the Interior in connection with the establishment of the German section of the international institute for administrative sciences on January 20, 1956. Due to the positive assessment of the university's achievements at the time. and advanced training, and because it was jointly supported by the federal government and all federal states (at that time with one exception), Speyer was seen as an “ideal place for the urgently needed expansion of administrative research and the comprehensive planning of development work in the field of administration and of administrative law ”in Germany.
  • In 1961, the university's senate began to consider setting up an institute for “research and information”.
  • In 1962, the university's internal establishment decision followed with a summary of the research assistant positions. One of these research assistants was Niklas Luhmann .
  • In 1965, the Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate issued a decree on January 31, 1965 as a unit within the university. The rector of the university was also the managing director of the institute; Financing and material resources came from the university budget.

Outsourcing from the university

  • In 1976 the FÖV became independent through the establishment of the Research Institute for Public Administration at the University of Administrative Sciences Speyer by order of the Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate on May 31, 1976 [GVBl. P. 184]: This made the institute organizational and financially independent as a self-governing research facility that was directly subordinate to the Prime Minister - State Chancellery - of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate.
  • In 1977, the regulations of the Research Institute for Public Administration at the University of Administrative Sciences Speyer were issued on August 27, 1977 (State Gazette No. 50 of December 27, 1977, p. 922), which contains provisions on the internal organization of the institute.
  • In 1978 it was anchored in the State Law on the University of Administrative Sciences Speyer - Administrative Higher Education Act (- VHochSchG -) of July 21, 1978 (GVBl. P. 568), Article 60 of which formed the legal basis of the research institute.
  • 1982–1984 followed the planning and construction of the institute building, which was inaugurated on June 29, 1984.
  • In 1991 she joined the "Blue List Research Group" (today the Leibniz Association ).
  • In 1991/1992 the five new federal states joined the institute's administrative council.
  • November 3, 1995, the company joined the newly formed Blue List scientific community.
  • In 2004, the conversion of FÖV from a done unincorporated public institution under the supervision of the State in an unincorporated public institution.
  • In 2007, the division from the State Chancellery of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate to the Ministry of Education, Science, Youth and Culture of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate followed.
  • In 2015, the institute left the Leibniz Association at the end of the year.
  • In 2016, the new version of the state ordinance on the German Research Institute for Public Administration came into force.
  • On January 1, 2019, the administrative agreement of the federal and state governments on the (further) funding of the FÖV came into force.

Directors

Legal bases

The legal bases are §§ 67-70 of the Administrative University Act DUVwG, the state ordinance on the German Research Institute for Public Administration of December 10, 2015 (GVBl. RLP, 531) and the regulations of the Research Institute for Public Administration of June 22, 2017 (StAnz RLP, 673).

Research priorities

The research program of the FÖV is regularly revised and approved for 3 years. The research topics are processed in program areas. There are currently two program areas on the topics of “Transformation of the State in Times of Digitization” and “European Administrative Area”. Mario Martini is the head of the “Transformation of the State in Times of Digitization” program area, and Ulrich Stelkens is the head of the “European Administrative Area ” program area .

Consulting focus

In addition to research, the FÖV offers various consulting services for politics and administration. The advisory units of the FÖV include the Institute for Legal Impact Assessment and Evaluation (InGFA), the Institute for Administrative Reform (InVR) and the Institute for Administrative Communication (InVK).

Institute for Legal Impact Assessment and Evaluation (InGFA)

The InGFA analyzes and evaluates the consequences and effects of legislative projects and political packages of measures. The InGFA also includes the Competence Center Youth Check (KomJC) based in Berlin. The task of the KomJC is the implementation and further development of the test and awareness-raising instrument “Youth Check”.

Institute for Administrative Reform (InVR)

The InVR advises politics and administration on issues of administrative modernization such as administrative process management, citizen participation procedures, administrative structure and regional reforms.

Institute for Administrative Communication (InVK)

Projects to simplify the administrative language are the focus of the activities of the IAC.

Publications

The work results of the institute are published in specialist journals, appear by external publishers or in the in-house publication series "Speyerer Research Reports" or "FÖV Discussion Papers". All publications can also be found on the document and publication server (DoPuS) of the research institute and the University of Speyer.

As of January 2019, a total of 291 research reports and 86 discussion papers have been published.

Network and cooperation

The FÖV is a member of networks such as the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), European Group for Public Administration (EGPA), International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA), International Association of Centers for Federal Studies (IACFS), Transatlantic Policy Consortium (TPC), DeGEval - Society for Evaluation eV

The research institute also cooperates with institutions such as Accademia Europea di Bolzano (EURAC, European Academy Bozen), South Tyrol, Italy, Academy for Economics and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA), St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Bahrain Institute of Public Administration (BIPA), Seef, Bahrain, China Society of Administrative Reform (CSOAR), Beijing, People's Republic of China, Escola d'Administració Pública de Catalunya (EAPC, School of Public Administration of Catalonia), Barcelona, ​​Spain, Korea Institute of Public Administration (KIPA), Seoul, South Korea, Korea Legislation Research Institute, Sejong-si, South Korea, National Research University - School of Economics (HSE), Moscow, Russian Federation, School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA), Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, State Law University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Building and location

The FÖV is located in Speyer in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region .

The building is on the campus of the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer at Freiherr-vom-Stein-Str. 2 in the second row to the west behind the Sep Ruf building complex . The stairwell of the office building, which was built in 1984 as an extension to the university's department building, is decorated with frescoes by Paul in den Eicken .

literature

  • Heike Amos: On the history of the research institute for public administration at the (German) University of Administrative Sciences Speyer 1956 / 1962-2001 (Speyer research reports 228), Speyer 2002.
  • Franz Knöpfle: 25 years of the University of Administrative Sciences, in the Speyer University of Applied Sciences series 50

Web links

Commons : German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Document and publication server Speyer (DoPuS). Writings of the German University for Administrative Sciences Speyer and the German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer (FÖV); in January 2019 3579 documents. In: dopus.uni-speyer.de.
  • University of Speyer. official website of the German University for Administrative Sciences Speyer. In: uni-speyer.de.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b organs. In: foev-speyer.de. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
  2. ^ History. In: foev-speyer.de. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Legal basis - Institute. In: foev-speyer.de. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Administrative University Act . In: foev-speyer.de. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
  5. ↑ State ordinance . In: foev-speyer.de. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
  6. ^ Institute regulations. In: foev-speyer.de. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
  7. ^ Research. In: foev-speyer.de. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
  8. ^ Institute for Legal Impact Assessment and Evaluation. In: foev-speyer.de. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
  9. ↑ InVR. In: foev-speyer.de. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
  10. ↑ InVK. In: foev-speyer.de. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
  11. ↑ External Publications - Publications. In: foev-speyer.de. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
  12. ^ Speyer research reports - publications. In: foev-speyer.de. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
  13. ^ FÖV Discussion Papers - Publications. In: foev-speyer.de. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
  14. ^ Association. In: foev-speyer.de. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Cooperations. In: foev-speyer.de. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .