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On 10-11 June 2025 I took part as a trainer in Regional School of Public Administration (ReSPA)‘s “Seasonal School on Talent Management: Structured Succession Planning for Future-Ready Public Administrations“ which dealt, as the title says, about the strategies to be prepared and tasks to be performed when a public servant retires, an issue that is becoming more and more important as the demography of western economies shifts towards seniority.

Peña-López, I., Pogačar, P., Kiviloo, S. & Coirint, Y. (2025). Knowledge Package for Succession Planning in the Western Balkans. Volume 1: Analysis and Recommendations. Podgorica: ReSPA.
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Peña-López, I. (2025). Knowledge Package for Succession Planning in the Western Balkans. Volume 2: Strategic Framework. Podgorica: ReSPA
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Vlajkovic, V.; edited by Peña-López, I. (2025). Knowledge Package for Succession Planning in the Western Balkans. Volume 3: Prospective Toolkit. Podgorica: ReSPA
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The materials of the sessions we produced were lately refined and have been published as a three-volume work:
Knowledge Package on Succession Planning in the Western Balkans:

• Volume 1 — Succession Planning in the Western Balkans Public Administrations: Analysis and Recommendations. Regional diagnosis, EU cases, and the policy-level roadmap. By Peña-López, I., Poga?ar, P., Kiviloo, S. & Coirint, Y. (2025)
• Volume 2 — Strategic Framework for Succession Planning in Public Administration. Principles, conceptual foundations, and implementation pathways. By Peña-López, I. (2025)
• Volume 3 — Prospective Succession Planning Toolkit for the Western Balkans Administrations. Hands-on methodology, tools, and templates (developed independently, informed by Volumes 1 and 2). By Vlajkovic, V.; edited by Peña-López, I. (2025)

The whole set covers from a short theoretical conceptualization of the environment, reasons and importance of public servant succession planning, to the more applied resources for planning it, including a good bunch of templates.

Downloads:

Full document:
Peña-López, I., Pogačar, P., Kiviloo, S. & Coirint, Y. (2025). Knowledge Package for Succession Planning in the Western Balkans. Volume 1: Analysis and Recommendations. Podgorica: ReSPA.

Full document:
Peña-López, I. (2025). Knowledge Package for Succession Planning in the Western Balkans. Volume 2: Strategic Framework. Podgorica: ReSPA.

Full document:
Vlajkovic, V.; edited by Peña-López, I. (2025). Knowledge Package for Succession Planning in the Western Balkans. Volume 3: Prospective Toolkit. Podgorica: ReSPA.

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