JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION - Naspaa

Knowledge Transfer of Educational Programs in Public Management:Juveniles; Court of Appeal; Department of Homeland Security, GamblingCommission; Department of Penitentiaries, Prisons; and the National Institutefor Criminality and Criminology. The PUMP can be considered as an executiveprogram that only addresses professionals.Table 2 provides an overview of the interviews, along with core informationon interviewees’ respective programs. All interviewees graduated between 2001 and2007. Although this is a large range of years, we thought it would be interestingto see if time made an impact on transfer. Given that these kinds of programs mayhave a different form of transfer, it was necessary to consider a large time frame,because transferring management programs may need more time than transferringshort-term, technical training programs. The number of respondents was rathersmall in terms of absolute numbers, but in terms of the response rate, it was quitegood. [See Table 2]Table 2.Overview of InterviewsMain Objectives ofProgramTarget GroupPublic ManagementProgram (PUMP)• Provide insight in publicmanagement and policy• Impart knowledge andskills concerning methodsin public management andpolicy• Develop competencies forpublic sector managers• Create a pool of expertsand generate managerialcapacity within the federaladministration• Support the modernizationprocess• Generate anintradepartmental andinterdepartmental networkof experts• Civil servants from thefederal administrationMaster in Public Managementand Public Policy (MPP)• Provide insight in publicmanagement and policy• Impart knowledge and skillsconcerning methods in publicmanagement and policy• Develop competencies forpublic sector managers• Encourage networks among(future) civil servants fromvarious public administrations• Civil servants (federal,Flemish/regional and locallevels)• Regular students242 Journal of Public Affairs Education