INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Cluj-Napoca 3-5 November 2016

Planning for better communities: Innovations in governance and public administration

Thursday, 3rd of November 2016

8.45-9.00
9.00-9.15
9.1511.45

PhD seminar Room T1 and T2, Topaz building (Minerilor Street, no. 85)
Registration of participants
Introductory remarks by prof. C. Baba, director of the PhD School Public Administration and Public Policies
Module 1 Presentations of research proposals by PhD students (1)
PhD candidates are expected to offer a 7-9 minutes oral presentation in English of their research proposals. The presentations will be followed
by discussions. They will receive feedback in terms of the content of the proposals from their supervisors and FSPAC faculty members; they will
also receive input from Amanda Hamlin, expert in academic writing and thesis preparation

11.4512.00

Coffee break

12.0013.30

Module 1 Presentations of research proposals by PhD students (2)

PhD candidates are expected to offer a 7-9 minutes oral presentation in English of their research proposals. The presentations will be followed
by discussions. They will receive feedback in terms of the content of the proposals from their supervisors and FSPAC faculty members; they will
also receive input from Amanda Hamlin, expert in academic writing and thesis preparation

13.3014.30
14.3016.30
16.3016.45
16.4518.30

Lunch break
Module 2 (by Amanda Hamlin) Thesis preparation (1)
Coffee break
Module 2 (by Amanda Hamlin) Thesis preparation (2)

Friday, 4th of November 2016

Registration of participants
(Topaz building, room T1 and T2, Minerilor Street no. 85)

8.45-9.00

Scientific conference

Practitioners Workshop/Romanian

Panel 1 (English)
Panel 2 (Romanian)
Room T2/Topaz building (Minerilor Street, no.
Room T1/ Topaz building (Minerilor Street, no.
85)
85)
Opening ceremony
Key speakers Dan T. Lazr, Vice-rector, Babes-Bolyai University; Clin E. Hinea, Dean, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication
Sciences; Bogdana Neamu, Chair, Department of Public Administration and Management Department
Session 1
Session 1
Session 1
Council Room, Traian Mosoiu building.
No. 71)

9.00-9.30

9.3011.00

Moderator: Viorel STNIC, FSPAC

professor

Moderator: Sorin Dan andor, professor,

FSPAC

Moderator: Cornelia F. Macarie, professor,

FSPAC

Speakers and topics:

Speakers and topics

Speakers and topics

1. Clin E. HINEA, professor and dean,

FSPAC, Ramona BUTCOVAN, head for
Project Management Department, Zalu
City Hall, Strategic planning in local
communities. Role of integrated
development plans (SIDUs) in local
development
2. Gheorghe DAMIAN, mayor, Ciugud,
Alba County, Performance and creativity
worth over 20 million Euro The
European experience of Ciugud commune
3. Viorel STNIC, vice-dean, FSPAC,
Strategic problems in rural communities
from Romania
4. Emilia BOTEZAN, Head of
International Affairs and Foreign
Investment Department, Cluj-Napoca City

1. Ada BBOI (TUDORIC), PhD student FSPAC,

Babes Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Cornelia
Felicia MACARIE, Professor, Department of
Public Administration and Management, Babes
Bolyai University, Why Don't Women Run and
Get Elected in Romania? Local Elections and the
Gender Gap
2. Adrian Mihai INCEU, Professor, Finance
Department, Babes-Bolyai University, ClujNapoca, Haas ANDREI, PhD student FSPAC,
Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Tax
Arrears by Regions in Romania
3. Alex HENDERSON, Assistant Professor, Long
Island University, US, Tudor ICLU, Lecturer,
Department of Public Administration and
Management, Babes Bolyai University, ClujNapoca, Dan BALICA, PhD, Perceptions of

1. Andrei CHIRC, PhD student FSPAC, Babes

Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Dan Tudor
LAZR, professor, Department of Public
Administration and Management, Babes Bolyai
University, Cluj-Napoca, Students Expenditure Part of the Universitys Economic Impact.
Estimating the BBU Students Expenditure in
Cluj-Napoca
2. Alexandu PAVEL, PhD student, research
assistant, Babes Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca,
Bogdan Andrei MOLDOVAN, Lecturer,
Department of Public Administration and
Management, Babes-Bolyai University, ClujNapoca, Local Economic Development in Rural
Communities from North-Western Region,
Romania
3. Raluca SUCIU, Lecturer, Department of Public

Hall, www.clujbusiness.ro - A Project for

the Business Community in Cluj-Napoca

Discretion in Street-Level Public Service:

Examining Administrative Governance in
Romania
4. Irina Ana KANTOR, Lecturer, Political
Sciences Department, Babes Bolyai University,
Cluj-Napoca, Carmen Gabriela GREAB, PhD
student FSPAC, Babes-Bolyai University, ClujNapoca, Experimental Local Governance in
Romania. An Exploratory Study on Participatory
Budgeting in Cluj-Napoca
5. Paul ZAI, Lecturer, Department of Public
Administration and Management, Babes-Bolyai
University, Cluj-Napoca, Innovative Approaches
regarding Decentralization in the European
Union (via Skype)

11.0011.30

Coffee break
Session 2

11.3013.00

Administration and Management, Babes-Bolyai

University, Cluj-Napoca, Proposals for Improving
Environmental Governance at the Local Level in
Romania
4. Nicolae URS, Lecturer, Department of Public
Administration and Management, Babes-Bolyai
University, Cluj-Napoca, E-Government Services
in County Seats from Romania

Moderator: Viorel STNIC, vice-dean,

FSPAC
Speakers and topics:
1. Laura Florina CHIRIL, Manager, ADI
Slaj Plus, Culture and Tourisms as
Factors of Local Economic Development
2. Florin MOROANU, executive director,
Association Cluj-Europe Capital of
Culture 2020, Development of the
Cultural-Artistic Sector in Cluj-Napoca and
its Impact on Tourism, (2010-2016)
3. Emilian POP, Scleni mayor and
ACOR (Association of Communes and
Cities in Romania) president (Maramure
branch), Implementation of internal audit

Session 2

Session 2

Moderator: Ciprian Tripon, lecturer, FSPAC

Moderator: Adrian Hudrea, lecturer, FSPAC

Speakers and topics

Speakers and topics

1. David BARNES, PhD student, University of

Delaware, Octavian MOLDOVAN, PhD student
FSPAC and research assistant, Babes-Bolyai
University, A Multi-Dimensional Policy Analysis
Framework for Global Economic Crisis
Narratives
2. Yksel DEMIRKAYA, Associate professor,
Marmara University, Turkey, Performance
Measurement and Management Regulations in
Turkish Municipalities
3. Marius C. PROFIROIU, Professor, Academy of
Economic Studies, Bucharest, Septimiu SZABO,

1. Corina ROTAR, Lecturer, Communication, PR

and Advertising Department, Babes-Bolyai
University, Cluj-Napoca, Organization-ImagePublic. Case Study Cluj-Napoca City Hall
2. Marton BALOGH, Associate professor,
Department of Public Administration and
Management, Babes-Bolyai University, ClujNapoca, Natalia BALOGH, Lecturer, Department
of Public Administration and Management,
Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Social
Economy Structures from Romania
3. Elena Ctlina ZAR, PhD student, Western

in public organizations
4. Cosmin VLAICU, legal secretary,
Slaj County Council, The role of legal
secretaries in emergency situations
5. Carmen CIORNEI, Head of Social
Protection Department, Cluj-Napoca City
Hall, Intervention Model in Poor Families
6. Oana BUZATU, spokesperson for ClujNapoca City Hall, Bottom up Citizen
Participation in Cluj-Napoca. Case study
regarding the Adoption of Regulation on
Walking Dogs on the Public Domain

13.0014.00

PhD student, Academy of Economic Studies,

Bucharest, Differences in Citizens Perception
towards Decentralization in Romania
4. Bianca RADU, Lecturer, Babes-Bolyai
University, Cluj-Napoca, Influence of public
participation on the resilience of communities in
Romania
5. Petru SANDU, MD PhD(c), Department of
Public Health, Babes-Bolyai University, ClujNapoca, Romania, Diana DULF, PhD,
Department of Public Health, Babes-Bolyai
University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Rzvan
CHERECHES, Professor, Department of Public
Health, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca,
Elena BOZDOG, PhD student, Department of
Public Health, Babes-Bolyai University, ClujNapoca, Hilde SPITTERS, PhD student, Tranzo,
Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands,
Cathrine Juel LAU, Research Centre for
Prevention and Health, Capital Region of
Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark, Len VAN DE
GOOR, Tranzo, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The
Netherlands, How to Build-Up Collaboration in
Local Level Policymaking by Using a Policy Game
Intervention - A Case Study in 3 EU Countries
Lunch, FSPAC cafeteria, Topaz building
Session 3

14.0016.00

University, Timisoara, Controversial Law Aspects

regarding the Compliance with the Law of
Construction Works
4. Bogdana NEAMTU, Associate professor,
Department of Public Administration and
Management, Babes-Bolyai University, ClujNapoca, The Role of Universities in Urban
Reconversion Projects

Discussions and conclusions.

Reflections on the interaction between
universities and local authorities

Moderator: Roger Hamlin, professor, Michigan

State University
Speakers and topics
1. Ana-Maria BERCU, Associate professor,

Session 3(*)
Moderator: Nicolae URS, lecturer, FSPAC
Speakers and topics
1. Paula BEUDEAN, PhD student FSPAC, Project
manager Danis Foundation, Business

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Mihaela

ONOFREI, Professor, Alexandru Ioan Cuza
University, Iasi, Impact Factors on Motivation
Process in Public Administration; Towards
Competitivity or Inertia?
2. Elena TUDOSE (IORGA), PhD, Academy of
Economic Studies, Bucharest, Alina-Georgiana
PROFIROIU, Professor, Academy of Economic
Studies, Bucharest, Using Benchmarking as a
Managerial Tool in Public Utilities: Case Study Urban Sanitation
3. Mihaela ONOFREI, Professor, Alexandru Ioan
Cuza University, Iasi, Elena CIGU, Lecturer,
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, The Design
of Fiscal Decentralization in European Union
Countries
4. Carole NEVES, Director Emeritus, Office of
Policy and Analysis, Smithsonian Institution, US,
Independent Analysis Matters: How Think Tanks
Shape Progress
5. Cornelia Felicia MACARIE, Professor,
Department of Public Administration and
Management, Babes-Bolyai University, ClujNapoca, Octavian MOLDOVAN, PhD student
FSPAC, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca,
Local Communities, Gender and Education
6. Dacian C. DRAGO, Professor, Department of
Public Administration and Management, BabesBolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Law and Public
Administration
16.0016.30
16.30-

Coffee break
Session 4

engagement in education
2. Ioana LEPDATU, Teaching assistant,
Communication, PR and Advertising
Department, Babes-Bolyai University, ClujNapoca, The Activity of President Klaus Iohannis
on Facebook. Image Analysis
3. Emil BOC, Associate professor, Political
Sciences Department, Babes-Bolyai University,
Cluj-Napoca, Innovation and the Smart City.
Trends and Perspectives
4. Ioan HOSU, Professor, Communication, PR
and Advertising Department, Babes-Bolyai
University, Cluj-Napoca, Replicability and
community development
5. Cynthia CURT, Lecturer, Political Sciences
Department, Babes-Bolyai University, ClujNapoca, Integrity Standards in Local Public
Administration. Legislative Stability of the
Integrity Legal Framework
* This panel reconvenes at 15.00

18.30

Moderator: Alex Henderson, assist. prof., Long

Island University
Speakers and topics

19.30

1. Sorin Dan ANDOR, Professor, Department

of Public Administration and Management,
Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania,
Measuring Public Sector Innovation
2. Dan LUPU, PhD, Alexandru Ioan Cuza
University, Iasi, Efficiency and Corruption in
Local Romanian Counties
3. Roger HAMLIN, professor, Michigan State
University, US, Planning for big land uses - the
new Detroit Bridge and Logistics center
4. Anatolie COCIUG, PhD student FSPAC,
Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Silviu
Marian CIOBANU, PhD student Faculty of
Geography, Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca,
Romania and BENEDEK Jozsef, professor,
Faculty of Geography, Babes-Bolyai University,
Cluj-Napoca, Romania, The Safety of Imported
Second-Hand Vehicles: Case Study on Vehicle-toVehicle Crashes in Romania
5. Raluca ANTONIE, Associate professor, BabesBolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Building Policies
and Services on Social and Health Area for a
Better Quality of Life
6. Clin E. HINEA, professor and dean,
Department of Public Administration and
Management, Babes-Bolyai University, ClujNapoca, Romania, Strategic Planning in Local
Communities from Romania. Best practices
Gala dinner (Casino, Central Park)

Saturday, 5th of November 2016

Workshop: Strategic planning as a tool for creating better communities
8.45-9.00

9.0010.45

Registration of participants
Welcome message by FSPAC dean professor Clin E. Hinea
Session 1
Speakers
Yksel DEMIRKAYA, Associate professor, Marmara University, Turkey
Roger HAMLIN, professor, Michigan State University, US
Jim VAN RAVENSWAY, adjunct professor, Michigan State University and former director for the Planning Department, City of East Lansing,
Michigan, US

10.4511.00

Coffee break

11.0012.45

Session 2
Veronica JUNJAN, Assistant professor, Twente University, Netherlands
Alexey BARABASHEV, Professor, Research Director of the Department of Public Administration, National Research University "Higher School of
Economics", Moscow, Russia

12.45.14.00

Lunch (Topaz hotel)

14.0015.45

15.4516.00
16.0017.45
18.30

Session 3
Izabella BARATI, visiting professor, CEU, Hungary
Clin HINEA, Professor and dean, Department of Public Administration and Management, Babes Bolyai University, Romania
Tudor ICLU, Lecturer, Department of Public Administration and Management, Babes Bolyai University, Romania
Marius PROFIROIU, Vice-rector and professor, Academy for Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Coffee break
Session 4
Jos Manuel Ruano DE LA FUENTE, Professor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Methodological aspects pertaining to the project
Wrap up and final conclusions
Dinner (Hanul Dacilor restaurant, C. Brncui Street, no. 86)