In September 2003, following a decade of joint planning
with the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School
of Public and International Affairs and government
and business leaders from the United States and the
Republic of Macedonia, the Graduate Center for Public
Policy and Management welcomed its first cohort of
students and became the first graduate school of public
policy and management in Central and Eastern Europe.
Since then, more than 50 students have graduated from
the center.
About
the GCPPM
The GCPPM
was established to create a critical mass of well-trained
public servants to lead the process of administrative
reform in the Republic of Macedonia.
The center
provided an opportunity to prepare current and future
leaders for positions of public service, at a critical
time when countries in the Balkans are transforming
their economies and reforming public administrations
to better serve their citizens. Students earned either
the Master of Public Policy and Management from the
University of Pittsburgh (for experienced professionals)
or a Certificate in Public Policy and Management (for
students with an undergraduate degree and limited
work experience).
GSPIA Professor
William Dunn and GSPIA Associate Professor David Y.
Miller led the planning, implementation, and successful
conclusion of the first phase of the GCPPM, culminating
with the graduation of the center's second cohort
of students in May, 2006.
Students
GCPPM served
highly qualified students with five or more years
of professional experience; most students are employed
in government positions with significant responsibility
for policymaking and management in the areas of finance,
education, governmental reform, security, environmental
protection, and European integration.
Innovative
Course Delivery
Courses
were offered in English by a team of GSPIA faculty
and adjunct faculty from Macedonian universities who
used traditional and Web-based distance education
to deliver lectures. A hallmark of the program is
the integration of existing and cutting-edge distance
learning technologies. A partnership between UNET,
an Internet Service Provider located in Skopje, and
the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Instructional
Development and Distance Education, created an innovative
distance education approach that provides live interactive
education from Pittsburgh to Macedonia. The full multimedia
experience of GCPPM's distance education can be experienced
by visiting Mediasite
at the University of Pittsburgh.
Alumni
Some of
the most promising leaders in the Republic of Macedonia
now claim GSPIA as their alma mater. Graduates of
the GCPPM have found their degrees to be very valuable
in advancing their careers in Macedonia; some examples
of their current employers and positions are:
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Agricultural
Credit Discount Fund Manager, Ministry of Finance
-
Head
of EU Harmonization of Legislation and SSA Implementation
Unit, Ministry of Economy, Sector for European
Integration
-
Head
EU Integration Unit, Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Water Economy
-
Project
Director, World Bank Project Coodinattion Unit,
Ministry of Education and Science
-
Director
of Public Aministration Programs, OECD
-
Chief
of Cabinet of Mayor
-
Head
of the Department for EU Legislation and Standardization,
Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning
-
Chief
of Staff, Minister of Foreign Investment, Ministry
of Labor and Social Policy
-
Senior
Advisor for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Transport
and Communications, Civil Aviation
-
Advisor,
Information Department, The Assembly of the Republic
of Macedonia
-
Executive
Director, Association of Consumers of Macedonia
-
Head
of Unit, Public Administration Reform Unit
-
Chief
of Staff and Senior Advisor, Minister of Health
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Head,
Public Administration Training, World Bank Macedonia
-
Deputy
Director, DFID-Public Administration Reform Project
-
Executive
Assistant to the Rektor, South East European University
-
Instructor
& PA Junior Faculty Development Fellow, Faculty
of Public Administration, SEEU
-
Manager,
International Banking, Komercijalna Banka
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