Internationalisation of Executive Programmes for Public Administration. A Transatlantic Comparative Study

The development of the public sector has been influenced by specific characteristics as they pertain to the sector's crucial function of achieving efficient, effective, and equitable delivery of services at all levels of government both in the continental and regional spheres. Generally, the processes of globalization, Europeanization and/or integration impose best innovative practices, and experiences in designing and operationalizing efficient executive programmes in meeting the training needs of the public sector in every country regardless of its varying nature across international or regional boundaries. In this context, the paper aims to analyse and emphasize the general trends of an imminent internationalization process for the Executive Programmes in Public Administration. The research method is based on "Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA)", taking into consideration both the curricula and organization of the programme