OCAP

Observatory on Change in Public Administration

Since 2006, SDA Bocconi’s Monitor on Change in Public Administration, OCAP has been the point of reference for researchers, public administration managers and policy makers. Through a series of research activities, in fact, over the year OCAP has become the venue for comparison and debate among public sector academics and experts.

Why OCAP?

OCAP’s main objective is to support and influence the public administration modernization process. A program that is aimed at the new generations of managers and professionals. One that is addressed through innovative research that is up with the times.

Activities

Through OCAP, SDA Bocconi promotes multidisciplinary studies and comparative researches in two categories:

local and national public administrations
international and supranational organizations

Against the backdrop of these two categories, OCAP researches various topics:

public administration finances, planning and control
e-government and technological innovation: where do we stand?
investments, project finance and public-private partnerships: between opportunity and critical issues
the relationship between the management of public services and political governance of the territory
organization and personnel management
strategy and planning in public administration.

Research results

The outcome of OCAP activities are shared every year in a white paper published by Egea.

Our Team

SDA Bocconi’s OCAP team is led by the scientific director of research Greta Nasi. Collaborating closely with her are professors Marta Barbieri, Francesca Casalini, Maria Cucciniello, Niccolo Cusumano, Alexander Hiedemann, Giorgio Giacomelli, Silvia Rota, Raffaella Saporito, Alex Turrini, Giovanni Valotti e Veronica Vecchi

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