During the plenary sessions Minister Pribilovic talked about the challenges in implementation of managerial standards as key elements of the professionalization of public service, Mr. Gregor Virant, the UNDP expert, about the culture of interactions between politicians and senior civil servants in the government, Mr. Jacques Roudiere, the expert on human resources from the French School of Public Administration (ENA), about a transparent, effective merit-based recruitment and development of senior civil servants, and Ms. Merle Nurmoja, the expert for human resources from Estonia, about performance management based on competencies.

The conference was divided into four sessions at which the public servants talked about the competency requirements of senior managers for PAR and EU integration process, accountability as a driver for more competent and performance oriented managers in public sector,  performance and its contribution to the process of optimisation of public administration, as well as coaching as a new tool for professional development of top managers. During the sessions, the participants had opportunity to exchance good practicies and provide recommendations for improvement. The recommendations were devoted to further strengthening of the competencies of high managerial staff, strengthening of regional cooperation and further exchange of experience, depolisation of public administration and channging of the existing culture.

The conference gathered more than 80 participants from ReSPA members and Kosovo*.