INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON REGULATION OF LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICES An international study experience on local regulatory issues
Turin, Italy 9th-20th sept. 2013
Overview The School is designed to offer two weeks “full immersion” in user charges regulation of local public services (e.g. waste, water, public transport, district heating, sport facilities) and is addressed to undergraduate students at their last year, graduate students and officials from the Public Administration (municipalities, counties, regional bodies) and regulatory agencies.
The course lasts two weeks and is articulated in three parts: - theoretical module - industry analysis - case studies (with a virtual regulatory final report prepared by attendants) For further information, please have a look to the programme
Fees and accommodation in Turin Low rates and free accommodation. Registration fees for admitted attendants are as follows:
Profile
Fees
What you get
Condition
A
150,00 Euro
registration to the ISS 2013 and free accommodation in the University Residence
payment receipt returned by the 4th of July 2013. In case of delay, the School reserves the right to assign the place to another candidate in the reserve list.
B
Free
registration to the ISS 2013 and free accommodation in the University Residence
attendants from new (post 2004) EU Member States and non OECD countries (*)
Applications and Deadlines The application form is on-line from the 4th of February 2013. The deadline for the submission of the application form is the 14th of June 2013. Admitted attendants will be contacted directly by email by the the 25th of June 2013.
Cancellation policy for admitted students - Profile A: in case of withdrawal the fee will not be refunded - Profile B: considering that the participation is free, a deposit is due (150 Euro with payment receipt returned by the 4th of July 2013); the deposit will be totally refunded to the attendant at the end of the Summer School (there is no deposit refund in case of cancellation)
Selection criteria applied:
Curricula are evaluated on the basis of three main criteria: 1) relevance of applicant's studies and professional experience / current job position to the topics of the Summer School programme 2) balanced geographical distribution of selected participants (OECD / non-OECD members; distribution per continent; inclusion of applicants from Countries non represented in the previous editions) 3) balanced distribution of educational background (e.g. economics; environmental engineering; law; public administration; ...)
Moreover, in the case of curricula with similar score, also some attention has been given to the selection of profiles with expertise in different sectors relevant to the domain of regulation of LPS (e.g. water cycle, waste, energy, ...).
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