State Secretary of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic, Michal Kaliňák, will take part in a discussion on the modernization of local governments and local state administration at the Spring ITAPA conference. He will present a vision of a new model of municipal management aimed at improving services for citizens and simplifying their everyday interactions with public offices. He will speak about concrete steps such as the introduction of shared services centers, address the need for fair redistribution of competencies between small municipalities and larger cities, and outline proposals for better cooperation with non-governmental organizations. The primary goal of these changes is to create a more accessible and efficient public administration that responds to the needs of people in the regions. According to him, the key starting point for reforms is the reality in the regions, not theories developed in offices—therefore, he aims to build all reforms on the real needs of local leaders and citizens.