Choose a module that you find interesting and relevant to your professional development. To read more about the module kindly visit each organiser’s SAYP-page. You will find links in ‘Apply online’ step.
Perspectives on Multi-level Governance, Decentralisation & Human Rights
Lund University, 30 participants, 1 – 12 June 2020
This module mainly focuses on the division of power at different levels of the Swedish public governance structures and on how human rights is protected by the system on national, regional and local level. The module combines theory with a high level of practice, including lectures, seminars/workshops with highly qualified staff from Lund University, with study visits to relevant organisations and institutions. This combination enables the participants to get a deeper insight in public administration, as well as exchange experiences of the systems in their respective countries. In addition, the participants will establish new contacts and networks between all participating countries both with the present participants and with the SAYP Alumni network. The module is based on a teaching method that requires active participation and a high-level of interaction between the participants.
After finishing the programme, the participants will have gained knowledge about Swedish public administration, and about methods for working with development and human rights in such a decentralised public administration. It is thus not an in-depth course in human rights as such. The participants will also gain new contacts and establish new networks for their future work.
Migration and Integration in the Eastern Partnership and the Baltic Sea Region: Policy and Administrative Challenges for the Development of Inclusive Societies
Gothenburg University, 20 participants, 7 – 20 June 2020
The key aim of this module is to assist public servants, policymakers and civil society workers in developing a more comprehensive understanding of the diverse political, societal, and administrative challenges associated with migration and integration relevant to the Eastern Partnership, the Baltic Sea Region and other states. An additional aim is to focus on identifying good practices at all levels of governance that have been developed to address these challenges. Such practices can serve as concrete inspiration for public servants, policymakers and civil society workers in a range of settings, allowing for more coherent and sustainable responses to migration and integration challenges, and ultimately resulting in more inclusive societies.
The module relies on a mix of lectures, problem-based learning exercises, seminars and project work, providing participants with a rich analytical and practical toolkit for addressing migration and integration issues of relevance. To achieve this, we examine cases within the Eastern Partnership, the Baltic Sea Region, the European Union, as well as Asia and Africa. As the module will be held in Tbilisi, Georgia, there will be an opportunity for study visits highlighting the experiences of an EaP country in meeting practical migration and integration challenges associated with refugees and IDPs. The module will include both a preparatory activity to allow participants to work together in pairs to identify themes of particular relevance, and a follow-up activity providing participants the opportunity to collaborate in pairs on an migration and integration issue of relevance for their respective region.
Sustainable Public Management
Malmö University, 30 participants, 15 – 26 June 2020
Sustainable Public Management is a training programme within the framework of the Swedish Institute´s Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP), and is a two-week intense training programme held in Sweden at Malmö University, developed to build awareness, capacity and resilience in the practice of governance. The programme offers a helicopter perspective on good governance and is built around the idea of course participants’ sharing of knowledge and know-how, and to individual learning as a result of working and discussing key issues of sustainable public management with peers from other countries. Experienced teachers and researchers will be leading the course and partake in the knowledge sharing.
The course is structured thematically, covering topics such as, for example, public management, governance, transparency, leadership, gender equality and public ethics. Each topic is introduced by a lecture and then followed up by a knowledge-sharing seminar and then a more practically oriented seminar at a Swedish governmental agency or civil society organisation. Throughout the course each student will participate in a cross-country group, in order to facilitate mutual learning processes and to present the project at the end of the course. Facilitating the group work is done by a series of lectures on social and public innovation.
Sustainable e-Government for Resilient and Innovative Democratic public administration (SeGRID)
Linköping University, 30 participants, 9 – 21 August 2020
The module Sustainable e-Government for Resilient and Innovative Democratic public administration (SeGRID) is about digitalization of government services and administration, conceptualized as e-government. Digitalization implies new demands from citizens, but also from professionals and policy makers aiming to improve public efficiency, transparency, accessibility, equality and other public values by smart and sustainable use of digital technologies. The aim of this module, within SAYP, is to develop skills and address challenges around sustainable e-government, including resilience, inclusion and innovation in a digital society, through interactive learning anchored in both theory and practice.
The pedagogical approach of the module focuses on interactivity, sharing of experiences and best practices, and collective knowledge building. The module is initiated by preparatory studies in the participating countries with two webinar discussions on the goals, expectations and the work methods in the module. The thematic module is based on a number of key interactive lectures, study visits and presentations called gallery walks – led by researchers and practitioners from Sweden, with focus on challenges, lessons and best practices. The discussions from the lectures are mirrored in smaller groups, focusing more specifically on reflections and questions that connect to the respective countries’ realities and challenges such as transparency, effectiveness, equality, sustainability goals, democracy and legitimacy. The participants will collaborate with each other in smaller groups to discuss salient or common problems, and then present their work in gallery walk presentations. Several study visits are organized, where participants meet with regional and national key actors of sustainable e-government.
Transnational Public Administration and Organizing
Södertörn University, 30 participants, 12 – 24 October 2020
This SAYP module on transnational public administration and organizing (TPAO henceforth) is a response to the growing realization and need among public servants, political decision makers, and civil society actors working with the public sector, to handle the increasing transnational dimension of their work. The term transnational refers to public administration that takes place at the level of bureaucratically appointed public servants, and operates at the level of national, regional and local public agencies that must reckon with jurisdiction and practices from other countries. It also brings into the policy process particular interests emanating from a variety of stakeholders, including political parties, local communities, civil society organizations, etc.
Given the relevance and complexity of the transnational processes outlined above, the purpose of this module is to give the participants theoretical knowledge on administrative and organizational aspects of TPAO in order to develop practical skills to apply this knowledge in their own everyday professional practice. Because existing practice among professionals tends to yield to formalised rules in TPAO, it is imperative to equip the practitioners with instruments for understanding implications of their actions in the transnational dimension of their policy field. In addition, the module zooms in on the organizational level and elucidates the organizational dynamics that affect TPAO, and organizational challenges that are likely to occur when the transnational dimension enters the organization.
