Workshop: Assessing dynamic capabilities of public institutions

Sébastien is deputy head of unit for Governance and Public administration at DG REFORM. He is responsible for the implementation of reform projects in the area of efficiency of the State; HR reforms, anti-corruption and anti-fraud, emergency services and justice.

He has over 20 years of experience leading reform and infrastructures projects in EU Member States and also in the USA and international organisations (World Bank, European Commission). As a member of the Task Force for Greece, Sébastien worked as advisor to 3 successive Ministers of Reform in Athens from 2012 to 2015. He was also responsible for the setup of the Syrian refugees “Resettlement office” in Ankara in the context of the EU-Turkey deal on migration in 2016.

Rainer Kattel is Deputy Director and Professor of Innovation and Public Governance at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP). Before joining UCL IIPP, Rainer led Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance for 10 years, building it into one of the leading innovation and governance schools in the region.

Rainer has also served on various public policy commissions, including the Estonian Research Council and European Science Foundation. He has worked as an expert for the OECD, UNDP and the European Commission. Currently, he leads the Estonian Government’s Gender Equality Council, and is a member of E-Estonia Council advising the Prime Minister of Estonia. In 2013, he received Estonia’s National Science Award for his work on innovation policy.

Rainer has published extensively on innovation policy, its governance and specific management issues. His recent books include:

• How to Make an Entrepreneurial State: Why Innovation Needs Bureaucracy (with Wolfgang Drechsler and Erkki Karo; Yale, 2022)
• Innovation Bureaucracy (with Wolfgang Drechsler and Erkki Karo; Yale, 2020)

Natasa currently supports the Cyprus Ministry of Finance as an external consultant for the project of setting up a state owned in-house consulting company.  In her current role she is responsible for delivering the action plan, resulting from the development of the business case for the Cyprus in-house consulting company. From 2015 to 2021 she served as a Deputy Tax Commissioner at the Cyprus Tax Department, where she was involved in the Department’s reform projects and sponsored the project to introduce the new Integrated Tax Administration System. As a Chartered Accountant she previously worked in the fields of Audit and Business Consulting.

Michael is a Chief Adviser at the Agency for Public Finance & Management based at Denmark’s Ministry of Finance.