INNOVATIONS
INNOVATIONS NEW PUBLICATION – PRACTICAL GUIDE
In addition, the current developments on the equivalence principle in case law were elaborated and the assessment of the amount of cost surpluses in fee budgets and its proper use were interpreted in step with actual practice. With the fee check, KDZ supports the correct determination of costs and surpluses, the extent to which existing surpluses are used for follow-up costs in the internal context of fee budgets and the extent to which steering policy objectives have been achieved.
46 kdz ANNUAL REPORT 2021
KDZ im Dialog With ‘KDZ im Dialog’, KDZ launched a new series of events in order to promote the exchange of ideas on various topics in public administration (such as administrative reform, governance, urban policy, public finances and federalism) and to make them known to a wider audience. At 3:00 pm on every first Thursday of the month, KDZ experts discuss with practitioners and scientists from the public sector. Interested parties have the opportunity to talk to the experts and actively participate in the dialogue. Every dialogue is then published as a podcast on the popular podcast platforms (Spotify, Apple, etc.) and are available to listen to any time. For more information on current topics, dates and past ‘KDZ im Dialog’ events, please visit https://www.kdz.eu/en/kdzimdialog
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The summer of 2021 saw the release of ‘Calculation of fees – Guideline for practicioners’, a reference book co-authored by Peter Biwald and Dalilah Pichler (KDZ) as well as Sabine Bollinger and Florian Koci (City of Vienna). Like its predecessor in 2007 – the extended new edition is to be an important reference work for calculation processes in fee budgets for practical use. In addition to the presentation of the legal and economic basics of calculation, the numerous concrete examples intend to enable interested readers to calculate fees independently.
