Course Topics
M1: Fundamentals of Administrative Activity, Administrative Procedures and Acts, Legal Remedies and Protections, Impact of Digitalization on Administration M2: Law and policy of European and international organisations (processes, actors, norms); Students will also get a deeper understanding of how the international legal order operates and how norms are to be interpreted. Last but not least, the course will also address a number of topical policy issues facing European and international organisations (e.g. innovative models of governance for conflict resolution and prevention et alt.)

Teaching format
M1-lectures supplemented by exercises M2-lectures (online)

Educational objectives
Knowledge and understanding The student will acquire legal knowledge necessary for the training of senior public sector professionals, capable of understanding and managing the dynamics and relationships within public bodies and local, national and supranational administrations. This knowledge is essential to enable students to successfully take part in public competitions. The student/student will acquire knowledge of organisational models, the business factors involved in the organisation of public enterprises, operating in different sectors (international organisations, central administrations, local authorities, healthcare, public enterprises) and the consequences for the community. You will also acquire knowledge necessary for developing, managing and evaluating the impact of public projects, and knowledge useful for analysing organisational innovation processes and interpreting current tools and trends relating to personnel management in public companies. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding The student will acquire the ability to: - interpret and apply the main rules on the organisation and functioning of public bodies; - use the techniques of legal reasoning in the field of public administration and the public sector, to use the appropriate legal terminology in the three teaching languages, and to apply the knowledge acquired to concrete legal and organisational events at local, national and supranational level. Autonomy of judgement The student will acquire the ability to: - apply the knowledge acquired to interpret economic and business phenomena in order to make managerial and operational decisions in the context of public administration; - select data and use appropriate information to describe a problem concerning the design, implementation and evaluation of public sector projects and policies, aiming at innovation and improvement of processes, products and results. Communication skills The student will acquire the ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form the specialised content of individual disciplines, using different registers according to the target audience and communicative and didactic purposes, and to evaluate the educational effects of his/her communication. Learning skills The student will acquire the ability to: - use information technology autonomously to carry out bibliographic research and investigations and for one's own training and updating; - identify thematic links and establish relationships between different cases and contexts of analysis; - frame a new problem systematically and generate appropriate taxonomies; - develop general models from the phenomena studied.

Assessment
M1-Attending Students 1. Practical tests conducted during lectures, either individually or in small groups, designed to address and resolve real-world cases. 2. The final exam consists of a written test with six open-ended questions: four from the first part of the course on administrative activity, and two from the second part on digital transition. Each question carries a maximum of 10 points, contributing to a total possible score of 30 points. Non-Attending Students The final exam consists of a written test with six open- ended questions: four from the first part of the course on administrative activity, and two from the second part on digital transition. Each question carries a maximum of 5 points, contributing to a total possible score of 30 points. M2-For attending and non-attending students: written exam with case studies to test knowledge application skills acquired during the course Knowledge and understanding: Whether students have developed a thorough knowledge and understanding of European and international law will be tested by way of so-called knowledge questions. Applying knowledge and understanding: Whether students have learned how to find, identify and use sources of relevant legal accounts in relation to European and international law will be tested by so-called problem questions/case studies. This will also show whether they have understood how to interpret complex legal provisions. Last but not least, it also exhibits their ability to apply their knowledge of European and international law to actual or hypothetical factual scenarios. Making Judgments: Whether students have learned how to make informed judgments will be examined by so-called problem questions/ case studies. Lastly, the assessment mode is the same for attending and non-attending students.

Evaluation criteria
M1- In assessing the answers, account will be taken of: Adequate knowledge of the institutions of administrative law. Critical ability. Expository and argumentative skills, reflecting the capacity to logically develop arguments. M2-clarity of answers, command of language (both legal appropriateness, grammar and logic), ability to summarize, evaluate, and establish relationships between topics.