PD Advisory Board

The Advisory Board and its expert committees advise our management and the Supervisory Board on strategic issues, on the development and evaluation of new business ideas and new cooperation models, and on public relations.

The members of PD’s Advisory Board

Paul Johannes Fietz Member of the Board of the Institute for Federal Real Estate

Chairperson of the Advisory Board

Prof. Dr. Ines Mergel Professor of Public Administration and Digital Governance at the University of Konstanz

Deputy Chairperson of the Advisory Board

Dr. Uda Bastians Councillor and Head of the Legal and Administration Department at the German Association of Cities

Dr. Martina Diedrich Head of the Governance Center at the CHANCEN network, Leipniz Institute for Research and Information in Education

Dr. Dirk Günnewig State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance of North Rhine-Westphalia

Prof. Dr. Katharina Kleinschrot Professor for Construction Process Engineering and Circular Value Creation

Tanja Mildenberger State Secretary in the Berlin Senate Department for Finance

Prof. Dr. Andrea Römmele Vice President of the Hertie School

Martin Schallbruch CEO of govdigital eG

Bert Wendsche Lord Mayor of the City of Radebeul and President of the Saxon Association of Towns and Municipalities

“Emerging stronger from a crisis”

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What lessons should officials learn from the Covid-19 pandemic? How sustainable is the public sector's drive for modernisation? And how can public sector bodies make the most of the particular dynamics of this change?

At their meeting on 26 March 2021, the members of the Advisory Board discussed new strategies for making the public sector more resilient to future crises. There was an evident consensus that this requires a sustainable change of culture within public sector bodies.

Specialist dialogues of the PD Advisory Board

Link zur Dokumentation der PD-Beiratssitzung 2019 zum Thema "Die Zukunft des öffentlichen Dienstes"

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The public sector

In April 2019, the members of the PD Advisory Board discussed various aspects of the future of the public sector considering demographic patterns and the associated shortage of skilled workers. The conference transcript “The Future of the Public Sector” features the main contents of the lectures as well as findings from the working groups involved in the event.

The contributions focus on increasing the attractiveness of public administrations as employers. Further discussions addressed the issues of how to attract new employees and how to design the recruitment process and structured training programmes.

The specialist dialogue of the PD Advisory Board took place on 11 and 12 April 2019 in Berlin.

PD-Beiratssitzung 2019 zum Thema "Die Zukunft des öffentlichen Dienstes" download as PDF (2 MB)

Link zur Dokumentation der PD-Beiratssitzung 2018 zum Thema "Im Dialog: Digitalisierung"

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Digitalisation

The conference transcript “Expert Dialogue: Digitalisation” presents highlights of the two-day exchange of the PD Advisory Board in April 2018, covering the opportunities and risks of digitalisation, insights into practical implementation and outlooks on the future of digital administrations.

The contributions examine the topic of digitalisation from different perspectives and discuss, amongst other topics, the opportunities and risks of digitalisation when it comes to providing municipal services and for streamlining complex administrative procedures. The necessary steps for implementing the E-Government Act are addressed by a meaningful practical example.

The expert dialogue took place on 18 and 19 April 2018 in Berlin.

PD-Beiratssitzung 2018 zum Thema "Im Dialog: Digitalisierung" download as PDF (2 MB)

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