Deadline: June 6, 2014
Applications are now open for the 2014 Turin International Summer School on regulation of Local Public Policies. The Turin School of Local Regulation has announced that this year’s International Summer School will take place in Torino, Italy from 8th – 19th of September 2014. 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).
Registration Cost and Benefits
Selected participants can benefit of very low registration fees; free registration from non-OECD countries and new EU member States. Registration includes;
- Fees and accommodation in Turin
- Low rates and free accommodation.
Eligibility
The Summer School is open to undergraduate students at their last year, graduate students and officials from the Public Administration (municipalities, counties, regional bodies) and regulatory agencies.
Selection criteria
Curricula are evaluated on the basis of three main criteria:
- relevance of applicant’s studies and professional experience / current job position to the topics of the Summer School programme
- balanced geographical distribution of selected participants (OECD / non-OECD members; distribution per continent; inclusion of applicants from Countries non represented in the previous editions)
- 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 is 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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