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This year's annual conference of the German Section of the IIAS focused on 'The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in public administration'. Research associates from the National Institute for Public Administration Germany (NIPAG) were present to discuss the topic with practitioners.

The recently published NIPAG Discussion Paper addresses the question of how public administration can most effectively meet the challenges of the present and the future. It sets out strategies for maintaining capacity of public administration to act effectively in the context of multiple crises and rapid change. NIPAG conceptualises this in terms of task orientation, which can be defined as a project-oriented approach to work that takes tasks as the fundamental unit of analysis.

Dr Jonas Botta, research associate at the NIPAG, gave evidence as an expert witness on the planned Police Commissioner Act (LT-Drs. 18/9606) in front of the Interior Committee of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia on 12 November 2024.

From October 2024, Rafael Leite from Brazil will be a guest researcher at the National Institute for Public Administration Germany for one year. We are delighted to welcome him and look forward to exchanging experiences with him. He is a recipient of the prestigious German Chancellor Fellowship sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. In this interview, he answers five questions about his work and his interest in the German administration.

The evaluation of the implementation of the Schleswig-Holstein Open Data Act (ODaG) was concluded in October 2024. The NIPAG was commissioned to prepare sections of the report on the initial evaluation of the legislation in accordance with scientific standards.

The NIPAG project 'Support for the implementation of the Act to Strengthen Children and Youth (KJSG): Conversion of administrative structures in the field of integration support' is presented in the report 'Working together towards one goal – We are shaping integrated child and youth welfare' (which is published by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) and now also available in print.

The second workshop in the series 'New Work in public administration' took place on 19 and 20 September 2024 and focused on the temporal and functional flexibility in the workplace. The workshop, organised by the NIPAG, was chaired by Prof. Dr Jan Ziekow and DrSilke I. Keil in cooperation with the Subcommittee on 'General Administrative Organisation' (UA AV) of Task Force VI of the Conference of the Ministers of the Interior in the conference rooms at the Berlin office of the NIPAG.

The advent of the metaverse, which will merge physical and virtual reality, will give rise to a number of new legal questions. The JuWissDay event, scheduled for 27 and 28 September 2024, addressed these issues in depth with a series of engaging keynotes and panels in Speyer.

The findings of the project, 'Digital autonomy and governance in the context of legal-administrative systems', were unveiled at the international conference, 'Autonomy in the Age of Digitisation'. The National Institute for Public Administration Germany (NIPAG) is participating in the project.

The National Institute for Public Administration Germany (NIPAG) has redesigned its website and revised its content in line with its commitment to providing a user-friendly and informative online presence. Following a comprehensive relaunch on 10 September 2024, the new NIPAG website not only offers a modern and barrier-free design, but also an expanded range of information and a consistent visual language.