SYNERGIA – final session in the educational program!

Program

The ninth educational session of the 4th SYNERGIA edition analyzed the topic of organizational change using informal organizational networks that increase the effectiveness and pace of change implementation. Siloed, highly hierarchical organizations are far less able to cope with the challenges  of the modern world, are inflexible in their operations and inhibit the implementation of innovations.

The final peer-learning session was attended by participants of the 4th edition and alumni of previous SYNERGIA editions. The peer-learning session was therefore focused on summarizing good practices developed during training sessions from across all SYNERGIA editions as well as networking. Participants of the meeting  have also had the opportunity to get involved for the last time, in a lecture given by an international expert which was entitled: Crisis – will it ever end? Lessons from three international corporate crises affecting public institutions.

Closing ceremony of the 4th SYNERGIA edition

The last session in the 4th SYNERGIA edition ended with an official graduation ceremony. Throughout all four SYNERGIA editions we have 174 graduates of the training program, holding senior management positions in the public administration of Poland, Bulgaria, Latvia and Hungary!

Our sincere congratulations to all SYNERGIA alumni!

What are we doing now in SYNERGIA implementation part?

The alumni of SYNERGIA education and cooperation program both 3rd and 4th edition of the project are now implementing projects in SYNERGIA implementation part:

1. National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFOŚ): Preparing for the transformation of organizational culture, towards a culture that positively influences the creation of an intelligent and agile organization that stably, effectively and efficiently supports ventures and initiatives that serve the environment and activities for the transformation towards a low-carbon economy.
2. The Main Inspectorate of Agricultural and Food Quality (GIJHARS): Building a supportive work culture at IJHARS, through project management, with an appetite for evolutionary turquoise.
3. Mazovian Voivodeship Office in Warsaw (MUW): Preparing assumptions for the implementation of an IT tool for project management at the Mazovian Voivodship Office.

What exactly does this part of the project consist of? Please visit www.synergia.ksap.gov.pl/en

Publication

By the end of 2023, a publication of “Mini-handbook. Maxi-practice.” will be prepared in two language versions: Polish and English.

The handbook is addressed to public administration officials, especially middle and senior managers. It can also serve as an aid to administration researchers and consultants, as well as educators who conduct projects for public administration.

The material covered therein covers all the most important areas of contemporary public management in which it is possible and worth using the transfer of good management practices analyzed during the training program in the project.

What next?

Project alumni form a unique international network of senior executives in public administration, exchanging experiences and knowledge. SYNERGIA Alumni Association has been established to support networking activities.

The project has gained recognition in the eyes of representatives of the Polish administration and enjoys a high reputation in the partner countries.

The initiative of KSAP and partners (LSPA, IPA, UPS) was also pointed out as a model project, by DG REFORM at the DISPA Directors’ Forum, in the context of the creation of the ComPAct initiative www.commission.europa.eu/index_en (a set of activities to support public administration of member states). The aim of the ComPAct initiative is to enable closer cooperation between public administrations of EU countries, and SYNERGIA project is intended  to set an example of how to build a development programme for senior managers accessible to officials of all EU countries.

Funding

The project is co-financed by the state budget and European funds under the Operational Program Knowledge Education Development 2014-2020, co-financed by the European Social Fund. 

More information on the project website: www.synergia.ksap.gov.pl/en