Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) are national-level institutions responsible for auditing government activities and accounts, crucial for good governance and societal trust. The United Nations recognizes their importance and encourages cooperation with INTOSAI to improve public accounting and auditing practices. The study investigates the relevance of cross-fora networks for enhancing institutional capabilities and social innovation within the global INTOSAI network. It aims to understand the extent of collaboration between SAIs within INTOSAI. Our framework assesses SAIs' participation within INTOSAI through representation in four specialized forums (United Nations, INTOSAI, INTOSAI Regional Organizations, and Subregional Associations). Participation is measured by their involvement in committees, commissions, and working groups. Preliminary findings indicate stronger collaboration within respective forums than cross-fora network collaboration, with INTOSAI being the primary convergence point among all regional forums. We add to the literature, showing potential ways to promote cooperation, strengthening SAIs' capacities to address global challenges, and promote sustainable development and digital transformation.

The humanitarian crisis caused by war is beyond the normal capacity of any single agency, institution, or organization and requires collaboration and coordination of various public, private, and nonprofit organizations. Millions of people can be impacted by the negative consequences of the humanitarian crisis and the services they require are outside of the scope of any national or international agency or organization. That is why the response to the crisis requires multiorganizational intersection for successful assistance.

This paper analyses the structure of the response to the humanitarian crisis caused by Russian invasion of Ukraine. The study focuses on the coordination and collaboration among the humanitarian partners, identifies the main players, and highlights the problematic issues and barriers during the response. A content analysis and network analysis are used to analyze the relationships among the network members to coordinate their response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.

The latest pandemic has occurred alongside multifaceted set of global crises and has further diluted into new crises. The prolonged pandemic and other intertwined crises have become ordinary subjects for public authorities and policymakers (Christianson & Barton, 2021; see Gilbert, 2007).The undeniable wickedness of current governance issues has prompted our study to delve into the dynamics of organizing governance within public networks during crises. We will scrutinize the governance interactions among inter-organizational public networks operating during challenging times. Instead of assuming pandemic governance as an automatically collaborative effort (see Davies, 2012), we ask the question of how cooperation is framed through the encounters of key actors within the public governance network during the pandemic?

We critically examine encounters and cooperation within inter-organizational public governance networks within the Finnish pandemic governance context. The semi-structured interviews were collected in 2021 after the first two waves of the pandemic. The study informants were selected through purposive sampling targeting the individuals holding central positions as pandemic policymakers at the national level (n=28) and regional/local level (n=24) in Finland. Frame analysis was applied to gain insights into the dynamics of governance interactions and cooperation within the public network.

The pandemic responses can be viewed as outcomes resulting from the coordination and governance of multiple stakeholder interests within public networks. Both formal and informal networks were utilized, at least in theory, to formulate policies that emerged through collaboration among multiple stakeholders and their complex interdependent relationships. Public networks involved a multitude of actors from the public, societal, and private spheres, each with their own intertwined and sometimes ambiguous interests.

The findings of our study shed light on the prevailing, alternative, and parallel interests, as well as the tensions that arise in the organization of responses within public networks. Four frames of cooperation emerged from the analysis: fostering collaboration amidst diverse interests, reconciling competing interests under pressure, organizing pandemic responses amidst conflicts and control, and acting and managing within the network while preserving the integrity of one's own agency. We argue that the primary obstacle to co-designing policies and generating greater public value lies in these tensions, which are disregarded and underestimated within public networks.

Consequently, by examining the dynamics of cooperation, we can shed light on the governance interactions within public networks when addressing emergent and complex societal problems in turbulent situations. By adopting a critical stance to uncover the dynamics of networked cooperation during a crisis, we contribute to the broader discussion on the significance of interaction as a determining factor in public networks. To further explore these dynamics within networks, the focus needs to shift towards governance interactions and how these encounters shape the conditions for collaborative governance and social innovations.

One of the freedoms enjoyed by EU citizens is the free movement of workers. This includes the rights of movement and residence for workers, the right to work in another Member State and be treated on an equal footing with nationals of that Member State. EU Mobile Citizens (EUMCs) are, in reality, often not treated on an equal footing.

Workers from within the EU are sometimes lured with promises that do not hold true and end up in situations of exploitation. Knowledge on how to access the relevant information before the move is crucial to be able to assess the pros and cons of moving. In order to return, it is not always known what channels and options are available. In our paper we look at ways to improve information flows from the regional, local and national authorities to EUMCs. We focus on Small to Medium-Sized Towns (SMSTs), where problems are exacerbated as most EUMCs work there in agriculture, horticulture and logistics, while fewer resources are available.

EUMCs are often ‘under the radar’ of municipalities, both in receiving as in sending countries. Regions lose a large part of their labour force, and when EUMCs return, they may not be able to ‘fit back in’. In the project EUCITFAIRGO (Interrege Europe application for a start in 2024) we look in both types of regions. For this paper we have used existing literature to support a pilot study on an overview of existing methodologies and practices for information to newcomers across the EU.