RCPAR Advisory Board

The Advisory Board provides strategic recommendation and substantive support and guidance on the programmatic framework, general direction and programme impact, in order to enhance the RCPAR’s effectiveness. The Advisory Board consists of up to 15 members, nominated for a period of five years. The members are internationally recognised scholars and practitioners on public administration reform, ensuring wide thematic and geographic representation. The Board reviews strategy papers, assists in the review and selection of demand-driven multi-country project proposals, advises on priorities for public administration reform in the region, and promotes the development of new partnerships.

The members participate in the Advisory Board in their personal capacity and not as members of the organisations they belong to. The members of Board devote their time, resources and expertise to the RCPAR on a voluntary basis, and they receive no financial compensation whatsoever. For more information, please see the attached Terms of Reference.
 

Advisory Board meetings

Advisory Board membership (2008 - 2012)

The current Advisory Board consists of the following members:

  • Demetrios Argyriades, Greece.
    Retired UN Staff Member, Professor of Public Administration at New York University and City University New York.
     
  • Christos Hadjiemmanuil, Greece.
    Professor of Financial Law, London School of Economics and University of Piraeus
     
  • Rafkat Hasanov, Kyrgyzstan.
    Executive Director, “Investment Round Table”.
     
  • Kartlos Kipiani, Georgia.
    Deputy Head of the Government Chancellery of Georgia , Lecturer at the Caucasus School of Business. 
       
  • Zhanargul Kusmangalieva, Kazakhstan.
    First Deputy Director, Institute for Parliamentary Development under the People’s Democratic Party “Nur Otan”.
     
  • Florin Lupescu, Romania.
    Director, Directorate "ICT Addressing Societal Challenges", European Commission Directorate General for Information Society and Media, Associate Professor at the University of Bucharest.
     
  • Derry Ormond, United Kingdom.
    Independent Advisor in Governance. Former Head of the OECD Public Management Service (PUMA) the Support for Improvement in Governance and Management (SIGMA) Programmes. 
     
  • Nikos Ε. Papadakis, Greece.
    Associate Professor of Public Policies in Education & Training, Department of Political Science, University of Crete. Member of the Board of the Andreas Papandreou Institute of Strategic and Development Studies (ISTAME).
     
  • Aleksandra Rabrenovic, Serbia. 
    Research Fellow, Institute of Comparative Law. 
     
  • Tiina Randma-Liiv, Estonia.
    Professor of Public Administration and Policy at Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia. 
     
  • Emilia Sicakova – Beblava, Slovak Republic. 
    Assistant Professor/Lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science at the Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Member of Transparency International Slovakia.
     
  • Stavros Theodoropoulos, Greece.
    Managing Director of Anamet. High-level executive of Viohalco, the largest Greek metal processing group.
     
  • Yordanka Tzvetkova, Bulgaria.
    Regional Programme Manager for Europe and Central Asia, International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization.
     
  • Tony Verheijen, the Netherlands.
    Senior Public Sector Specialist, Africa Public Sector Reform and Capacity Building Department, World Bank.