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TUT Faculty of Social Sciences signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Guanxi Institute of Public Administration in Nanning, China


On 7 November 2011, the TUT Faculty of Social Sciences signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Guanxi Institute of Public Administration in Nanning, China. This is the central PA research and training institution in the very dynamic Southern Chinese province of Guanxi (50 million inhabitants), with a beautiful, extensive campus in Nanning, the district’s center and the “Green and Flower Capital of China” and gateway to South-Eastern Asia. 

The MOU includes agreements on post-graduate education and training, research and consultancy collaboration, and faculty and scholarly exchange. It is based on previous visits and cooperation on the scholarly level between the two institutions. It includes the areas of Public Administration, Technology Governance, and Law.

During the current visit, head of TUT delegation Professor Wolfgang Drechsler, Chair of Governance and Vice Dean of International Relations of the Faculty of Social Sciences, also delivered a faculty seminar on “Wang An-Shih and the Origins of Modern Public Management”, and he and delegation member Professor Tiina Randma-Liiv, Chair of Public Management and Policy and Vice Dean of Academic Affairs, gave lectures to senior civil servants on “Post-NPM Public Management Reforms in Europe” and “Performance Management – Solving or Creating Problems?”, respectively. The TUT team also included Mr. Aziz Klebleyev, Research Assistant at the Chair of Governance and PhD candidate, who speaks fluent Chinese.