Siena 2024 - UDiTE - Knowledge Hub

UDiTE AND UNSCP successfully hosted a high level conference on Friday 19th and Saturday 20th April 2024 in the magnificent city of Siena in Italy.

Siena is a beautiful historical city, that stands as an iconic symbol of Good Governance, with Ambrogio Lorenzetti's fresco - the Allegory of Good and Bad Government, painted around 1338 in Siena.

Our high level conference involved eminent academics, senior practitioners and input from policy makers from the EU Committee of the Regions, the Council of Europe and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Speakers set out the challenges, pointed to potential solutions and highlighted different approaches to good governance that are vital tpo local authority ;leadership at a time when we are confronted by such significant transitions - economic, environmental and social.

Interdependence and not just independence must be reinforced throughout all spheres of governance as the key to us working together and finding innovative solutions with our communities to the challenges we face.

With many local authority chief executives assisting the logistics behind the June Electionsfor the European Parliament our European speakers reflected on the future shape of EU policy and its budgetary scope post 2027 that will be felt by many local authorities.

The UDiTE-UNSCP conference shone a spotlight on the current situation and provided members with a unique opportunity in Siena to exchange views and learn about how peers are managing the challenges of local authority leadership in their communities that they serve across Europe.

Local authority Chief Executives facing the challenge of Good Governance and change

Sala Italo Calvino, Palazzo Squarcialupi - Santa Maria della Scala - Piazza Duomo

	FRIDAY 19th APRIL, 2024
13:00 - 14:00	Welcome and registration of participants (with small welcome buffet)
14:00	Start of proceedings: introduced and moderated by Roberto Nobile Joint Coordinator functional UNSCP “Secretaries in Europe” and 2nd Vice President of UDiTE.
	Institutional greetings: Prof. Roberto Di Pietra, Rector of the University of Siena Prof. Nicoletta Fabio, Mayor of the Municipality of Siena Matteo Biffoni, President of ANCI (National Association of Italian Municipalities) Tuscany, David Bussagli,President of the Province of Siena Gianni Lorenzetti, President of UPI (Union of Italian Provinces) Tuscany
	Speeches: Stéphane Pintre - President of UDiTE Amedeo Scarsella - UNSCP National Secretary Luca Costantini - UNSCP Deputy National Secretary
	Video message: Niall Sheerin, Video message from the Council of Europe on the European Lobel of Good Governance Reports: Prof. Giorgia Pavani, Professor of Comparative Public Law University of Bologna and comparative constitutional law and Eucities, holder of the Jean Monnet chair “The role of local authority officials against a backdrop of changing municipal law”
	Dr. Daniele Crespi, Head of innnovative services, e-Governament and Regions for the Maggioli Group - “Present and future challenges for the Maggioli Group working in partnership with local authorities”
	Discussion with conference participants
16:00 – 16:15	Coffee Break
16:15 – 18:15	Prof. Massimo Balducci, expert of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities - Council of Europe, former full professor at the European Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht and at the National School of Administration in Rome: “Comparative perspectives on the role of local authority chief executives from across Europe: plotting a roadmap for the future ”
18:30	End of day 1 conference
20:00	Aperitif with music in the garden in front of the Salone degli Orti dei Tolomei
20:45	Gala dinner at the Salone degli Orti dei Tolomei
	SATURDAY 20th APRIL, 2024
09:00	Welcome and registration of participants
09:30	Resumption of work: introduced and moderated by Roberto Nobile – Joint Coordinator functional UNSCP “Secretaries in Europe” and 2nd Vice President of UDiTE.
	Speeches: Giuseppe Giordano - Councillor for IT Services and Digital Development of the Municipality of Siena Hélène Guillet - President of SNDGCT (Syndicat National des Directeurs Généraux des Collectivitès Territoriales) Amedeo Scarsella - UNSCP National Secretary Magda Stepanyan - President of SRLA (Strategic Risk Leadership Association)
	Reports: Antonino Saja, former President of UDiTE and National Secretary of UNSCP and Director of SSPAL (Higher School of Local Public Administration): “Local authority chief executives across Europe: an analysis of common traits and perspectives” Raffaella Saporito, Associate in Practice of Government, health and not for profit SDA Bocconi-School of Management Milan: “When bureaucracy meets politics: getting beyond the debate between the merit and spoils system”. Simone Bastianoni, full professor of Environmental Chemistry and Cultural Heritage, University of Siena, professor of Sustainability, Cycle Analysis and Environmental Certification, Ecodynamics: “Sustainability: between dynamic approaches and concrete actions”.
11:15 -11.30	Coffee break
	Gisella Alfiero – Area Manager Centro Nord, Dasein s.r.l. - “*Measuring transferable skills in public administration to boost recruitment and promote professional development*”.
	Discussion with conference participants
	Video messages: Thomas Wobben - video messagge from the European Union Committee of the Regions
	Dorothée Allain Dupré - video messagge from the Organosation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
13:30	End of conference
13:45	Conference informal lunch - Sala della Contrada della Selva, Rhinoceros Society
Have a look at the UDiTE conference album

Updated: 23/02/24 - Simon Pascoe

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