Report from the II National Scientific Conference on “Changes in Administrative Procedural Law From the Perspective of Practice and Theory,”Jacob of Paradies Academy in Gorzów Wielkopolski,6 April 2018

Katarzyna Samulska The Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland Report from the II National Scientific Conference on “Changes in Administrative Procedural Law From the Perspective of Practice and Theory,”Jacob of Paradies Academy in Gorzów Wielkopolski,6 April 2018 The second nationwide scientific conference devoted to changes in administrative procedural law from the perspective of practice and theory took place on 6 April 2018 at the Jacob of Paradies Academy in Gorzów Wielkopol‑ ski. A co‍‑organizer of the Conference, besides the Department of Administration and National Security of the Jacob of Paradies Academy, was the Local Govern‑ ment Appeal Court in Gorzów Wielkopolski. The conference gathered about 70 interested participants in its subject matter. Both representatives of the world of science and practice. In addition to the faculty of the Jacob of Paradies Academy in Gorzów Wielkopolskim the Conference was attended by academic staff from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, University of Wrocław, University of Szczecin, University of Zielona Góra, and Social Academy of Sciences in Lodz. The Conference was also attended by presidents and members of self‍‑government appeal boards from the whole country, judges of administrative courts, including the president of the Voivodeship Administrative Court in Szczecin, representatives of the self‍‑government of Lubuskie Voivodeship, representatives of local self ‍‑governments andother public institutions, and legal professionals. During the Conference, three panels were organized, each composed of rep‑ resentatives of the administrative law community: academics, administrative court judges, legal advisers and members of the Local Government Appeal Colleges. Among the topics discussed by the speakers, several were related to the last amendment to the Code of Administrative Procedure which entered into force on 1 June 2017. Discussed were reasons for introducing the changes, new rules for resolving doubts, and citizens’ trust. Also raised during the proceedings were de legeferenda changes regarding administrative, tax, and court‍‑administrative procedures. There was also a lively exchange of opinions that allowed us to clarify the interpretation doubts of the new legal regulations. The importance of applying Studia Administracji i Bezpieczeństwa nr 5/2018 the law was emphasized as an element of building trust in public administration bodies. Considered were such changes that would strengthen the functioning of public administration and improve its operation together with the adjudication activity of appeal colleges. 206  (...truncated)