SYNERGIA
A network for cooperation and exchange of experience between high-level officials from Central and Eastern Europe
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SYNERGIA - 2nd online session in the IV edition is behind us
On March 29 and April 4, 2023, the 2nd session of the IV edition of the SYNERGIA project was held in online form. The session was attended by representatives of public administration institutions from Poland, Bulgaria, Latvia and Hungary.
March 29
On March 29, 2023, classes were held on the use of information technology in the public sector. During the session, the participants analyzed the basics of managing the digital transformation of an organization, discussed the topic of creating a digital transformation strategy in the organization and focused on the topic of developing leadership skills in managing the challenges of digitization, including within their own team. Knowledge of the above issues is crucial in relation to all activities in the field of information technology, which are the basis of the functioning of each institution and involve employees at all levels.
April 4
The subject of the second session, held on April 4, 2023, was leading and introducing changes as well as managing people in the organization. During the session, the participants analyzed the aspects of good leadership, wondering how a good leader can use the potential of employees, mobilize employees to act more effectively and create the “best team” instead of a team of “the best” people. Building an effective team in which each person works for common success is an important factor in the development of the organization, and personal awareness of leadership skills is essential for the effective implementation of changes.
Classes in both sessions included both lectures, analysis of the presented case studies and discussions with the participants of the session. Classes were held from 8:30 a.m. to 16:30 p.m.
SYNERGIA – IV edition has started
On 14-17 March 2023, the first training session was held under the IV edition of SYNERGIA – Network of cooperation and exchange of experiences of high-level officials from Central and Eastern Europe. The session was attended by representatives of public administration institutions from Poland, Bulgaria, Latvia and Hungary.
Warsaw session, 14-17 March 2023
The session program included activities in the following thematic areas:
- knowledge management,
- risk management,
- lmanaging people in organizations.
The session began with a facilitated networking meeting. The aim of the meeting was to unify the participants’ understanding of project objectives, clarify the merhod of involvement in the project, get to know the institutions participating in the project and their management challenges, reflect on individual and institutional goals of participation in the project and build project teams. Training sessions in the following days concerned the thematic areas listed above. Representatives of SYNERIA participants worked using the case study method and participated in workshops that lead to a definition of good practices applicable to the realities of public administration institutions.
The session takes place in a full-time mode, at the seat of the Lech Kaczyński National School of Public Administration in Warsaw. Classes are held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
SYNERGIA – summary of the 3rd edition and what next?
On 27 February – 1 March 2023, the last, ninth training session was held as part of the 3rd edition of SYNERGIA project. The session took place in the premises of KSAP in Warsaw and was attended by representatives of public administration institutions from Poland, Bulgaria, Latvia and Hungary.
Program
The session program consisted of two parts: an educational session and a peer-learning session, i.e. an experience exchange session summarizing the knowledge and skills acquired during the third edition of the project.
The topic of the educational session was project management in public administration. The session covered issues such as the use of various project management methods, including the agile method from the perspective of their usefulness to projects carried out by a public institutions. The session was based on the case study method. As part of the peer-learning session, the participants summarized the work on good practices developed during the training sessions and participated in a workshop session that aimed at presenting a good practice used in the Polish administration in the field of project management. The workshop session was organized with the participation of the Government Project Monitoring Office of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister in Poland. The last element of the peer-learning session was a summary session organized in the Open Space Technology formula. Participants summarized their experience from participating in the third edition of SYNERGIA, shared their knowledge and discussed issues important to them at the final stage of the project.
Closing ceremony of the 3rd edition
The last session in the third edition of the project ended with an official closing ceremony. Among the invited guests who spoke during the diploma award ceremony were Minister Dobrosław Dowiat-Urbański, Head of the Civil Service, Mr. Dagmir Długosz, SYNERGIA expert, author of the good-practice mini-handbook, prof. Radosław Koszewski, representative of foreign professors and Mr. Przemysław Rzodkiewicz, Main Inspector of Commercial Quality of Agricultural and Food Products, graduate of the 2nd edition of SYNERGIA and the President of the SYNERGIA Cooperation Network Association.
During the ceremony, participants of the 3rd edition of the project received certificates of completion of the educational and cooperation programme. The Director of KSAP, Mr. Wojciech Federczyk, presented also a certificate confirming the implementation of the management challenge implemented during the project to the Voivodship Sanitary and Epidemiological Station in Warsaw, the winner of the 2nd edition of the implementation in SYNERGIA. The implementation certificate was received on behalf of the institution by Mr. Piotr Parjaszewski, Deputy Director for Administration and Economic Affairs of the Voivodship Sanitary Station.
What’s next?
Participants of the educational and cooperation programme in the third edition of the project are now preparing for the implementation part of the project. To learn more, please visit: https://synergia.ksap.gov.pl/wdrorzenia/wdrorzenie Soon, on 14 March 2023, we will welcome the participants of the 4th edition to the project. We hope that the “SYNERGIA effect” will involve more and more people and institutions of public administration in Poland and in the project’s partner countries. We encourage you to read the information on our website: https://ksap.gov.pl/ksap/aktualnosci/synergia-dlatego-warto Soon, we will publish the first part of the “Mini-manual of maxi-practices” – the result of the work of the participants of the 1st and 2nd edition of the project. The complete manual in two language versions (PL and EN) will be made available in September 2023, at the end of the project. The closing session of the project, for participants of all four editions of SYNERGIA, is planned for
September 2023. We cordially invite all participants of the project to book your time at the beginning of September in order to participate in this event.
Financing
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
SYNERGIA - we are extending the recruitment again
At the request of Polish institutions interested in participaiting in SYNERGIA project, we are extending the recruitment process for the 4th edition until 27 February 2023.
Application
Electronic application forms should be completed in the electronic system by February 27, 2023, 23:59. The recruitment forms (in Polish, for Polish participants) are available in the RECRUITMENT tab: https://synergia.ksap.gov.pl/edycja-iv/
The recruitment in Partner Countries
The recruitment in Partner Countries will last till until the end of January 2023. Responsible for recruitment are Partner Institutions: IPA for Bulgaria, UPS for Hungary and LSPA for Latvia. The contacts to the Coordinators in Partner Countries are available under the link: https://synergia.ksap.gov.pl/en/contact/
Contact
Polish Team may be contacted at the e-mail address: synergia@ksap.gov.pl
SYNERGIA Team