The conference will include a session devoted to the presentation of papers, which will take place on 17 September. Be part of a lively discussion on how to innovate public administration at local level and share your research, experiences or examples of good practice with us. You can present in Czech or English. The call is open to academics and practitioners - from municipalities, authorities, the non-profit sector or companies.

Key conference themes:

- Environmental sustainability in public administration at local level

- Diversity and Inclusion in local public administration

- Citizen participation in local public administration

- Digital transformation in local public administration

 Please submit your abstract of 250-500 words in English no later than 15 July 2025 via this form: https://forms.office.com/e/TaK9910Yrq.

Then submit the full paper by 30 September 2025 to info@innlocal.eu.

Selected papers will be published in indexed journals. The planned publication date is January 2026.

If you have any questions, please contact Mgr. Lukáš Vomlela, Ph.D., lukas.vomlela@fvp.slu.cz and Ing. Magdalena Chmelařová, Ph.D., magdalena.chmelarova@fvp.slu.cz

More information about the project itself can be found at https://innlocal.eu.

We look forward to your contributions !