Public Administration in a Multi-Level System

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Postfach 14 09 . 67324 Speyer Freiherr-vom-Stein-Str. 2 . 67346 Speyer Telefon: ++49(0)6232-654-344 Sekretariat: ++49(0)6232-654-339 Telefax: ++49(0)6232-654-414 E-Mail: [email protected] Internet: www.dhv-speyer.de Universitätsprofessor Dr. Dr. h.c. Karl-Peter Sommermann Chair of Public Law, Political Theory and Comparative Law

Telefon: ++49(0)6232-654-344 Sekretariat: ++49(0)6232-654-339 Telefax: ++49(0)6232-654-414 E-Mail: [email protected] Universitätsprofessor Dr. Dr. h.c. Andreas Knorr Chair of Economics Economic and Transport Policy Telefon: ++49(0)6232-654-157 Sekretariat: ++49(0)6232-654-352 Telefax: ++49(0)6232-654-256 E-Mail: [email protected] Postfach 14 09 Freiherr-vom-Stein-Str. 2 67346 Speyer Internet: www.uni-speyer.de

Tbilisi State University

Summer School

“Public Administration in a Multi-Level System”

within the Master’s Program „Public Administration“

from 1 until 15 August 2015

at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer (DUV) A G E N D A

Saturday & Sunday, 1st_{& 2}nd_{of August 2015}

Arrival of the Participants Monday, 3rd of August 2015

(Venue: Auditorium of the New Guesthouse)

09.00 Welcome and Introduction

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Karl-Peter Sommermann, DUV Ass. iur. Claudia Hipp, DUV

09.30 Presentation of the German University of Administrative

Sciences Speyer (DUV) Dr. Klauspeter Strohm, DUV

10.00 Internships in Germany and other EU Member States, Part I

(4-5 students)

Presentations and Discussion

11.30 Library Tour, Mrs. Ursula Renz, DUV

12.00 Lunch Break

13.00 Payment of the Scholarships, Mrs. Susanne Sauer, DUV

14.00 Main Facts about the City of Speyer

Mr. Lasha Kakhishvili, TSU

The Master’s Program “Public Administration”, organized by Tbilisi State University in coop-eration with the German Uni-versity of Administrative Sci-ences Speyer is sponsered by the Volkswagen Foundation.

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14.15–16.00 Organization of State and Public Administration in the Federal Republic of Germany

Daniel Toda Castán, Dipl.-Jur., M.A., DUV

16.30 Walk into the City (Meeting Point: Otto-Mayer-Str., in front of the Guesthouse)

17.15-18.45 Guided Tour, Mr. Michael Wittmer

Tuesday, 4th_{of August 2015}

(Venue: Auditorium of the New Guesthouse & Excursion to the Municipality of Speyer)

9.00 Internships in Germany and other EU Member States, Part II (2-3 students)

Presentations and Discussion

9.45 Self-government of Municipalities in Germany

Prof. Dr. Gunnar Schwarting, Chief Executive Officer of the German Association of the Cities and Towns in Rhineland-Palatinate a.D. , Mainz

12.00 Lunch Break

13.00–15.15 Control of Public Administration by Administrative Courts in Germany Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Karl-Peter Sommermann, DUV

15.45 Walk into the City (Meeting Point: Otto-Mayer-Str., in front of the Guesthouse)

16.30 Visit at the Municipality of Speyer (Neuer Trausaal, Große Himmelsgasse 10)

Mr. Hansjörg Eger, Mayor of Speyer

Discussion about Topics of Local Self-Government Reception

Wednesday, 5th_{of August 2015}

(Venue: Auditorium of the New Guesthouse & Excursion to Berlin)

9.00 Berlin, the Capital of Germany

Ms. Mariam Guniava, TSU

09.15-11.30 Public Administration in a Rule of Law Based State:

selected aspects - administrative procedure - civil service Prof. Dr. Christian Koch, German Research Institute for Public Administration

Speyer (GRIP)

12.30 Bus to the Main station Speyer (from Otto-Mayer-Str.): Excursion to Berlin

13.02 Departure Speyer Hauptbahnhof, Platform 1, Direction Mannheim

13.32 Mannheim, Platform 9, Direction Berlin Hbf (ICE 598)

18.22 Arrival Berlin Main Station (Hbf)

18.33 S 75 (S-Bahn), Platform 15, Direction Jannowitzbrücke

18.45 U8 (U-Bahn), Direction Moritzplatz

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Thursday, 6th_{of August 2015}

9.30 Oberverwaltungsgericht Brandenburg, Higher Administrative Court

Berlin-Brandenburg (Hardenbergstraße 31)

Mr. Dirk Maresch, Judge at the Higher Administrative Court

12.00 Lunch Break

17.00 Visiting the Georgian Embassador Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Lado Chanturia and

Mr. Levan Diasamidze, Envoy of the Georgian Embassy (Rauchstraße 11) Discussion: Recent Development in the Georgian-German Cooperation Friday, 7th of August 2015

9.00-12.00 Deutscher Bundestag, German Parliament (Platz der Republik 1)

9.00-10.30 Guided Tour through the Building of the Bundestag 10.30-12.00 Discussion with Mr. Lippold von Bredow, Legal Secretary

12.00 Lunch Break

14.30-16.00 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ)

(Reichpietschufer 20)

Introduction into the activities of GIZ – Presentation of the Internship Mr. Philipp Bleckmann, Project Manager Human Rights at the German Global Compact Network, GIZ GmbH & Ms. Nino Sutidze, TSU

Saturday, 8th_{of August 2015}

For Free Disposal in Berlin

16.03 U-Bahn Moritzplatz, Return to Speyer

16.32 Departure: Berlin Main Station (Hbf), Platform 8, Direction Mannheim

21.38 S 3, S-Bahn, Platform 1, Direction Speyer

22.06 Arrival in Speyer Main Station

Sunday, 9th_{of August 2015}

For Free Disposal

Monday, 10th_{of August 2015}

09.00–12.15 The Euro: No Future? Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Andreas Knorr, DUV

12.15 Lunch Break

Individual Consultations with the Supervisors of the Master´s Theses / Self-Organized Studying

15.00-15.45 Strasbourg and its European Spirit Ms. Tamar Gzirishvili, TSU

The European Parliament - its History and Today´s Functions Ms. Natia Sirdadze, TSU

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The European Court of Human Rights Mr. Archil Pashalishvili, TSU

15.45–18.00 Workshop: Academic Writing, Master´s Thesis & Guidlines for the Internship Report

Ass. iur. Claudia Hipp, DUV & Ass. iur. Michael Mirschberger, GRIP

Tuesday, 11th_{of August 2015}

(Excursion to Strasbourg)

08.45 Departure to Strasbourg (Otto-Mayer-Str.)

11.00 Visit to the European Parliament

12.30 Lunch Break

14.30 Visit to the European Court of Human Rights

(Meeting at the Entrance at 14.15 o´clock)

16.00 Opportunity for Sightseeing in Strasbourg

20.00 Departure Back to Speyer

Wednesday, 12th_{of August 2015}

10.00 – 12.15 Universities in Transition between Tradition and Modernity: Challenges

for Higher Education Management

Prof. Dr. Giorgi Khubua, TSU

12.30 Lunch Break

14.30 The Development of Public Administration as a Discipline in Germany

Prof. Dr. Eberhard Bohne, DUV

16.00 Self-Organized Studying

Thursday, 13th_{of August 2015}

(Excursion to Mainz)

08.30 Departure to Mainz by Bus (Otto-Mayer-Str., in front of the Guesthouse)

10.00 Ministry of the Interior, Sport and Infrastructure of Rhineland-

Palatinate, Mainz (Schillerplatz 3-5)

Functions of a Land Ministry of the Interior in the Federal Framework Mr. Gerhard Fuckner, Head of the Department of Constitutional Law a.D., Human Resource Management and Leadership in the Public Sector Mrs. Heike Müller, Leiterin des Referats Personalentwicklung, Head of Human Resource Development

(Lecture and Discussion)

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14.00 Visit to the Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate (Landtag Rheinland-Pfalz)

15.00 Opportunity for Sightseeing in Mainz

18.00 Return to Speyer

Friday, 14th of August 2015

09.30 Security Strategy Development: Georgian and EU Perspectives

Jesse Paul Lehrke, PhD

German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer (GRIP)

12.30 Lunch Break

14.00 Evaluation and Final Discussion

19.00 Farewell Dinner (Domhof Restaurant)

Saturday, 15th of August & Sunday, 16th_{of August 2015}