In September 2024 KSAP started implementing a project titled "KSAP inspires!". As part of the project, we invite KSAP students and graduates, public administration employees and members of KSAP community to meet at KSAP the experts and outstanding personalities from the world of administration, politics, culture, business, from Poland and abroad.

Objective of the project

We want KSAP to become a center for inspiring discussions on public affairs, a place where dialogue takes place and topics important for administration are discussed. The meetings at KSAP will serve to integrate the public administration community, to provide a space for exchanging experiences and good practices, and to build networks.

KSAP inspires!

Addresses of the project

The project is targeted at KSAP students and graduates, all public administration employees interested in innovations and in a different look at already known issues and phenomena.

Form of meetings

Meetings are held once a month, at 16:30 – 18:30, in the form of a 20-minute inspiring lecture, followed by a moderated discussion. The speeches are recorded and available post factum on the KSAP website, with the possibility of listening at any time. Ad hoc meetings are also proposed to KSAP audience.

Schedule of meetings:

1. The first meeting was held on 26 September 2024. The title was “Different generations in administration – together or separately?” Tadeusz Reimus, practicing integrative psychotherapist, KSAP consultant and trainer, presented the challenges, but also the opportunities for cooperation between employees of many generations in public administration institutions. Each generation is brought up in different conditions, has different needs and different approaches to work and life. Managing generational diversity in every organization is a big challenge and requires a deep understanding and respect for the unique characteristics, experiences, values ​​and expectations of each generation.
2. Second meeting (ad hoc meeting) was organized on 15 October 2024 , entitled “Good governance in the interconnected world”. Discussion with KSAP guest, David Zapolsky, Vice President for Global Public Policy and General Counsel (Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy & General Counsel), representing Amazon - one of the largest companies in the world, focused on how to construct a mission, vision and organizational strategy in the context of implementing technological innovations and ethical management. How to reconcile the introduction of innovations, especially technological ones, and responsible management? How can organizations develop new products and services while ensuring ethical standards and compliance with the law?
3. The third meeting, on 22 October 2024 , was devoted to the topic of knowledge management in the public sector: strategies and practices. Professor Paweł Wyrozębski from the Warsaw School of Economics helped us to understand how to properly design a knowledge management system and, together with the participants, tried to find the answer to the question whether or why it is worth using a systemic approach to knowledge management. Professor Wyrozębski also presented examples of solutions and good practices used in public institutions in Poland and around the world, showing how knowledge management can support the development and innovation of the public sector.
4.  The upcoming meeting will be held on 19 November 2024 . The ambassador Tomasz Orlowski will talk about diplomacy in the modern world. How can it be effective and how can every official find his way in it?