Newsletter Improving Administrative Sciences Worldwide
Table of contents IIAS : • Knowledge Portal.......................................................... 2 • IIAS MENAPAR Conference.................................... 2 • IIAS Project Groups..................................................... 2 • IIAS International Congress, 2015...................... 2 • IIAS International Congress, 2014...................... 3 IASIA : • IASIA Annual Conference, 2014........................... 4 • Awarded Awards during Conference................. 4 • IASIA 2015 Conference............................................. 4 • CIAPA First accreditation – Two Programs of the Foundation Getulio Vargas in Brazil................... 4
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Editorial This year 2014 has been characterized by a strong presence of IIAS and its entities in the Euro-MENA region. We have in mind particularly the first conference of MENAPAR in Manama (Bahrain), the Congress of the IIAS in Ifrane (Morocco) and the MED in Rome (Italy). We will add to this list in December our participation to an international conference established by IPA in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). Mentioning this amounts to acknowledge the efforts that have been made on both sides to advance the regionalization strategy of IIAS. If AGPA LAGPA and have now been firmly brought into the great family of IIAS, it is not yet the case with other parts of the world.
EGPA : • EGPA Annual Conference & PhD Symposium, 2014......................................... 5 • TAD 10 - Transatlantic Dialogue,, 2014............ 5 • EGPA Annual & PhD Symposium, 2015.......... 5 • MED 7 Euro Mediterranen Dialogue, 2014..................... 6
We’re thinking especially of the MENA region and sub-Saharan Africa. Regarding a regio-
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shape this project. So far the various players are still at the stage of intentions. Hopefully
AGPA : • Annual Conference of AGPA, 2014.................... 7
these will quickly turn into an action plan!
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We now come to the final stretch of a year that was rich in terms of activities. To those
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Africa) and of EGPA in Speyer (Germany), the TED and TAD dialogues, respectively in Cluj
GAAP : • Annual Report.................................................................. 9 • Event Management Tool........................................... 9 • Event Survey.................................................................... 9 • IRAS - CURRENT THEMES.................................... 9 IIAS : • Agenda ............................................................................ 10
nal group in the Middle East and North Africa (MENAGPA), we have no doubt that the creation of the MENAPAR network is a step in the right direction and it is not unrealistic to expect the completion of this project for next year. Regarding a possible African Group for Public Administration, progress is slower and it will take patience and perseverance to
mentioned above, we will add the annual conferences of IASIA in Port Elizabeth (South (Romania) and in Lugano (Switzerland). In addition, it is worth mentioning again the annual conferences of AGPA in Jakarta (Indonesia) and of LAGPA in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Rest assured that we do not expect slow down next year! Indeed, numerous events are already planned and, for some, in preparation. We can look forward with confidence to the future IIAS and its entities.
Rolet Loretan Director General Rue Defacqz 1, box 11 B-1000 Brussels, Belgium tel: +32 2 536 08 80 - fax: +32 2 537 97 02 e-mail: info@iias-iisa.org
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IIAS Knowledge Portal - CURRENT THEMES
During the summer, our interns have collected information on the administrative profile of several Member States of the Institute and especially those of Brazil and France that will host our Congress and our conferences in 2015.
We have also prepared several themes we would like to address in the coming months: public policy (environment, education and employment ...), public utilities management.
After finalizing the theme addressed in 2014: Innovation in the public sector, we will open a new focus related to our 2015 activities: Trust and Governance. We will address this important topic of the Trust in Public Administration. Interviews and news will be articulated for discussion around several axis such as: maintaining and enhancing trust of citizens/users in their administration, trust of civil servants in public sector reforms. n
IIAS MENAPAR Conference - RETROSPECTIVE The Presidents of IIAS and IASIA accompanied by the Director General of the Institute went to Manaùa The presidents of IIAS and IASIA accompanied by the Director General of the Institute went to Manama (Bahrain) on 23 and 24 April this year to attend the first conference of the «Middle East & North Africa Public Administration Research Network» (MENAPAR). In addition to the ceremonies and various parallel sessions, the conference program included plenary sessions aimed at defining the research agenda for the MENA region as well as the networking of different actors in the region. For the rest, an organizational meeting was held on April 23 to set up the basic structure and functioning of MENAPAR and officially give life to this new network, born before a cheering crowd. The next meeting of MENAPAR take place in Tunis in October ! n
IIAS Project Groups - RETROSPECTIVE IIAS Project Group on Supranational Administration The project group met in Helsinki from 18 to 19 May 2014. The meeting took place at the NIB (Nordik Investment Bank) in the presence of 90 participants representing 38 international organizations. The main topics discussed were: • challenges to jurisdictional immunity before national courts • legal issues relating to other privileges and immunities (outside jurisdictional immunity) • contentious and institutional employment law issues • benefits-related employment law issues • internal justice systems • legal issues in relation to new trends and changing features of IOs • legal issues when reconciling new technology with existing concepts of privileges and immunities
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Ursula Wellen, Lead Counsel, Department of Human Resources and Administration, Office of the General Counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), chair of the group from 2013 to 2014 was renewed for a new mandate. We would like to thank her for her engagement. n
IIAS International Congress, 22-26 June 2015, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) COMING UP The IIAS has the pleasure to announce you that the next congress will be held from 22 to 26 June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on the theme «Trust in Public Administration». The event will be organized in collaboration with the Fundação Getúlio Vargas. The call for papers is now available on the website www.iias-congress2015.org We look forward to welcome you in Rio! Contact: Anne De Boeck, IIAS Executive Secretary and Events Officer a.deboeck@iias-iisa.org n
IIAS IIAS International Congress, 13-17 June 2014, Ifrane (Morocco) RETROSPECTIVE The 2014 International Congress of the IIAS was held in Ifrane in Morocco from 13 to 17 June 2014 on the main theme «Rethinking Responsibility and Accountability of Public Administration in Times of Globalization, Decentralization and Privatization»
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Braibant Lecture presented by Christopher Pollitt on « TOWARDS A NEW WORLD: SOME INCONVENIENT TRUTHS FOR ANGLOSPHERE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ».
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The following subthemes were addressed during the event: • Proliferation of Responsible Actors in Public Administration: competition, sharing of roles and responsibilities and cooperation among actors • Rethinking Accountability in Times of Proliferation of Public Actors: content and effective systems for accountability • Capacity-building in the Times of Changes and Decentralization: organization and human capital development at national, subnational and local government levels The scientific programme included notably: of the IIAS Study/Project Groups: The project group on security; the study group on the quality of Governance; the Study Group on Civil Service and Politics; the Study Group on Strategic HRM and Organisational Behaviour in the Public Sector; the Study Group on Prevention and Management of Disaster and Catastrophes – How Administrations deal with Wicked Problems and the Study Group on Financial and Fiscal Administration.
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Fourth Intercontinental Administrative Forum on « Continuity and Change of Reforms ». The debates were animated by Dr Raed Ben Shams, Director of the Institute of Public Administration of Bahrain. Two extreme positions on this debate could be advocated, susceptible of infinite ramifications: - the most continual feature of public administration and of Mediterranean politics is its reformist ambition, translated in numerous reform attempts proclaiming discontinuity with the past, and the deceptive results of these attempts. The more it changes, the more it remains, it sounds - what remains in public administration and Mediterranean politics is its discontinuity, its continual adaptation to changing needs and circumstances, leading either to a pendulum move between models or to some progression on an absolute scale, but actual results anyway. Willy-nilly, some results have been achieved, it sounds. The Forum benefited from the presence of high level speakers: Professor Dr. Christopher Pollittt, United Kingdom, co-author with Professor Dr Geert Bouckaert for the publication (2011) « Continuity and Change in Public Policy and Management », London: Edward Elgar, 232 p and Professor Dr. Jacques Bourgault from IPAC, Canada
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Platforms related to the three above mentionned subthemes – these platforms intended as a bridge between the scientific and the practitioner points of view; between supply and demand of academic knowledge on public administration. This policy platform will conduct a contradictory debate on the issue of “Proliferation of Responsible Actors in Public Administration: competition, sharing of role and responsibility and cooperation among actors”.
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and panels respectively: - Panel on Max Weber and te many disciplines of Public Administration - et les nombreuses disciplines de l’Administration publique – 2014 marks the 150th birthday of Max Weber, the German sociologists whose theories of power and bureaucracy are still today one of the most important inspirations and foundations of both the practice and the academic undertaking of Public Administration. - Host country panel – Accountability and territorial governance in Morocco - A session MENAPAR on Public Management Education and Research in the MENA – the following themes were addressed: Competency requirements for Public management education and training in the Gulf region; The “Arab Spring” of Public management education; Regionalizing public management education; Can public management education undo bureaucracy?; What is Arab public management education?; Public management education and research; International collaborations for public management education and training; Recruitment practices in the public sector: “the ENA hegemony” and its fallouts; Successful benchmark experiences of PM education in the world. - Panel on Governance Reform and China’s Growth – the topics addressed were notably: Governance in China; From rural to urban: The Story of the Huaming Town; Governance Network; Administrative reform and social development. We would like to greet the local organizing committee, the speakers and the participants that have contributed to the success of the congress. The IIAS Statutory meetings were also held during the congress. The IIAS is pleased to communicate the extension of the mandate of the Director General, Rolet Loretan, until April 2017.
We also would like to inform you on the following new corporate membership: • China – School of Government – Sun Yat-sen University • Singapore – Nanyang Centre for Public Administration at Nanyang Technological University The IIAS counts today 36 State members, 29 National Sections, 67 Corporate members and 4 International Organizations. n
IASIA IASIA Annual Conference, 30 June to 4 July 2014, Port Elizabeth (South Africa) - RETROSPECTIVE The International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration organized, in collaboration with the Nelson Mandela University, its annual conference in Port Elizabeth, South Africa from 30 June to 4 July 2014 on the theme Good Governance: the position of Students, Scholars and Practitioners. The event welcomed 184 participants from 38 countries around the world. We thank the local organizing committee and the University for the Warm Welcome and the excellent cooperation that has contributed to the success of this conference.
The IASIA 2014 conference addressed the following theme “Good governance: the position of students, scholars and practitioners”. This year IASIA invited two keynote speakers, namely Rolf Alter and Christopher Tapscott, to discuss good governance from two difference perspectives, the OECD and the developmental countries. Various issues related to the theme were discussed in plenary sessions and during the sessions of IASIA’s nine Permanent Working Groups. In each working group, authors presented their papers which stimulated rich dis-
Awarded Awards during Conference RETROSPECTIVE The OP Dwivedi Award honors a distinguished international scholar or practitioner to pay tribute to his/her significant contribution to public administration and to the advancement of public policy in the world. The 2014 OP Dwivedi Award has awarded Dr. John-Mary Kauzya, Chief of Public Administration Capacity Branch, Division for Public Administration and Development Management -Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations. The DC Stone Award honors a distinguished international scholar and/or practitioner for
advancing the well-being of IASIA. This year, the DC Stone Award has been received by Prof. Purshottama Sivanarain Reddy, Professor at University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The Pierre de Celles Award for the best paper presented at the 2013 IIAS-IASIA Joint Congress in Bahrain is awarded to: Christina W. ANDREWS, Simone RESENDE and Wilson M. ALMEIDA for their paper: Delivering education to the poor: lessons from local governments in Brazil. n
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developed by a joint United Nations/ IASIA task force which was initiated by the United Nations in 2005. This task force held hearings throughout the world and over 1,500 individuals participated in meetings that resulted in the development of the final report of the United Nations/ IASIA Task Force on Standards of Excellence for Public Administration Education and Training. CIAPA and IASIA are pleased to announce that the first programs which have gone through the international accreditation process have been granted full six year accreditation. These programs are the Professional Master’s in Public Administration of the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE) in Rio de Janeiro and the professional Master’s in Public Ad-
cussions with the audience. Eminent speakers discussed topics related to the conference theme in various plenary and panel sessions that were held at this year’s conference, namely: • Host Country Panel: Development in South Africa: Towards Good Governance? • What constitutes Good Governance? • IASIA Awards session • Forum of Heads of Schools and Institutes • PhD session • Prizes awarded during the Conference – retrospective n
IASIA 2015 Conference, 6-10 July 2015, Paris (France) COMING UP IASIA has the pleasure to inform you that the next conference will take place from 6 to 10 July 2015 in Paris (France). The following theme “Alternative Service Delivery Arrangements” will be discussed during the numerous sessions of IASIA’s ten working groups and also during the various panels and plenary sessions. Our annual conference will be organized in cooperation with the Centre National de la Fonction Publique Territoriale (CNFPT). The call for papers is now available in the following website: www.iasia-conference2015.org/ Join us in Paris from 6-10 July and together, let us build the future of public administration! Contact: Bardhyl Dobra, IASIA Executive Secretary (b.dobra@iias-iisa.org) n
ministration program of The Business Administration School of São Paulo (EAESP). Both programs completed the CIAPA accreditation process earlier this fall. The two schools, which are components of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), officially requested CIAPA accreditation and submitted their self-assessment reports. This was followed by a site visit carried out by a CIAPA team of experts. The site visit team submitted its final report to the Commission (CIAPA) which unanimously granted full six year accreditation to both the EBAPE and EAESP programs. n
EGPA EGPA Annual Conference, 10-12 September 2014 & PhD Symposium, 8-9 September 2014, Speyer (Germany) - RETROSPECTIVE The European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) organized in collaboration with the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer et le German Research Institute for Public Administration, its annual conference, 2014, in Speyer, Germany from 10 to 12 September. The conference was preceded by a PhD Symposium on 8 and 9 September.
participants with theoretical and analytical approaches.
dans la mobilisation et le suivi des ressources au sein des réseaux de l’action publique».
The 19 EGPA Study Groups and the Frenchspeaking seminar gathered members of their network at this occasion. The participants presented and discussed their papers during the sessions. EGPA Partners also joined us for special joint sessions.
The conference welcomed 446 participants from 38 countries around the world.
The French Speaking Seminar addressed the following theme: Acting managers in public policy networks: New practices and solutions under the pressure of budget cuts and performance expectations.The French-speaking Seminar was organized in collaboration with IGPDE (Institute for public management and economic development), agency of the Ministry of the Economy and Finance (Paris, Bercy, France) dedicated to research, the training of civil servants, and providing support for public policies and reforms. A round table was jointly organised on the theme: «Rôles des managers publics
An Institutional Platform: EGPA and its institutional partners, Speyer: past, present and future was also organised on September 11, 2014. Further to an introduction by Professor Stefan Fisch on the historical background of the European Group for Public Administration: EGPA coming back to Speyer and a discussion chaired by Professor Sabine Kuhlmann, the EGPA President, Professor Edoardo Ongaro summarised the new EGPA Strategy and invited Professor Maria Aristigueta, President Elect of ASPA and Professor Mirko Vintar, Past President of NISPAcee to underline the importance of the different partnerships and to share their views for the future.
During the PhD Symposium, 22 PhD Students presented and discussed the theoretical framework and the results of their thesis research. They also shared their experience in conducting researches. Eckhard Schroeter, Christoph Reichard, and Michèle Morner prepared and chaired the different plenary and parallel sessions. They provided the PhD Students with advices and animated the discussion. Professor Frits van der Meer and Professor Ivar Bleiklie provided the
TAD 10 - Transatlantic Dialogue, 4-7 June 2014, Lugano (Switzerland) - RETROSPECTIVE The 10th Transatlantic Dialogue took place at the Università della Svizzera italiana in Lugano, Switzerland from 4 to 7 June 2014 on the theme: From Public Administration to XXI Century Collaborative Administration – The role of public networks. More than 130 participants from 20 countries over the world attended the 10TAD. The 10TAD programme was structured around five workshops: Workshop 1: Metrics and methods in collaborative settings; Workshop 2: Institutional relations, network structure and network management: what does it matter?; Workshop 3: Social and cognitive boundaries in collaborative administration; Workshop 4: Where is the pivot of networks? The role of the network manager; Workshop 5: Networks in the Social, Welfare, Cultural, and Emergency Fields: Solution or a Symptom of Rising Complexity
We thank the local organizing committee for the excellent cooperation that has contributed to the success of this event. n
EGPA Annual Conference, 2425 August 2015 & PhD Symposium, 26-28 August 2015, Toulouse (France) COMING UP The next EGPA Annual Conference will be held in Toulouse (France) on 26-28 August 2015. The Conference will be preceded by the PhD Symposium on 24-25 August 2015. The Conference is organised in close cooperation with the L’Institut d’Études Politiques de Toulouse (Sciences Po Toulouse). n
All the TAD10 participants took part at the following plenary sessions: • Round table on global governance and networks – Moderator: Eric‐Hans Klijn, Erasmus University; Discussants: Jacob Torfing, Roskilde Universitet ‐ H. Brinton Milward, University of Arizona ‐ Ghazi Gherairi, University of Tunis; • Closing Plenary session with the reports by the Workshop Co‐chairs and Conference Co‐chairs; • Four keynote speeches: - «Network management: what do we know and where are we going» ‐ Eric‐Hans Klijn, Erasmus University; - «What we Know and Don’t Know about Dark Networks and What it Means for Public Management» ‐ H. Brinton Milward, University of Arizona; - “Coordinating Hierarchies, Markets, and Networks: A Catch 22?” ‐ Geert Bouckaert, KU Leuven; - “Collaborative Governance and Traditional Public Administration” ‐ Kenneth J. Meier, Texas A&M University. n
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EGPA MED 7 – Euro Mediterranen Dialogue, 8-10 October 2014, Rome (Italy) RETROSPECTIVE The Seventh Euro Mediterranean Dialogue on Public Management, MED 7 took place in Rome, Italy, on October 8, 9 & 10, 2014 on the theme “Societal government and sustainable public management: Challenges for the Euro-MENA area” This MED 7 was organized by EGPA, the University Roma Tor Vergata in close partnership with the Italian National School of Administration (SNA), the Institute of Public Management and Territorial Governance, IMPGT – Aix Marseille University and the National School of Administration in Strasbourg, ENA. Other key partners of the MED were also present at this occasion. Prior to the MED 7 conference, the MED PhD workshop gathered 17 young researchers who presented and discussed their PhD thesis research projects. The different sessions were chaired by well-known professors in the Euro-Mediterranean zone, experts in public management. The opening special panel was dedicated to the theme: Is there a Mediterranean way to social innovation?» The speakers presented different Italian experiences.
More than 130 participants presented papers and testimonies during the parallel sessions structured around the different sub-themes: Track 1: Reviewing government expenditure: towards a smarter sustainability of public finances; Track 2: Coproduction, collaborative administration and public private partnerships; Track 3: The Horizon of the social innovation in the Mediterranean area: challenges for public policies and civil society; and the Open Track. During the MED institutional platform, our partners were invited to present their projects and priorities for the coming years. Many topics were suggested for our future discussions: sustainable development, education, training and employability, public policies, partnerships and key projects in order to manage the main challenges of our societies etc.
The MENAPAR meeting will be organized in Tunis in October 2015 and the Euro-MENA Dialogue will be held in Oman in October 2016. Further information will be posted on the MED platform: www.med-eu.org n
TED 8 – TransEuropean Dialogue, 5-6 February 2015, Milan – Bocconi University (Italy) COMING UP
The closing ceremony were dedicated to a reflection on the future of the dialogue and its
PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT In February and June 2014, the Strategy Committee of IIAS has approved the strategic plan of President Geert Bouckaert for his term, and defined some priorities. The objective of the plan is to strengthen the role of international reference of the Institute in the field of public administration. It aims, among others, at strengthening the attractiveness of the Institute for members, at developing sustainable synergies with international organizations, at pursuing its regional development, and at keeping innovating in the organizations of events. The Strategy Committee has defined three priorities. First, two new benefits are created for member states. They now have the possibility of constituting a new type of group – solution groups – to focus with representatives from other members, on issues arising from a political-administrative – as opposed to academic – agenda. On the other hand, internship positions are now opened up at the Institute’s Secretariat to civil servants from member states introducing a demand for it. Second, the Institute intends making work of the general consultative status it recently obtained at the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Therefore, the Institute wants contributing to some key debates taking place in the numerous bodies of the Council to which it can access now, on basis of the intellectual production of the Institute’s working and regional groups. Moreover, the theme of trust that the IIAS Congress shares in 2015 with the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration allows strengthening synergies between both bodies through exchanges of contributions and invitations. Finally, the Secretariat has the mission of supporting these strategic objectives through a systematic collection of data on the relevant stakeholders. n
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extension to the MENA area in partnership with MENAPAR.
The next TED will be organised from 5 to 6 February 2015 in Milan at the Bocconi University on the theme: Towards Meaningful Measurement: Performance Management at the Crossroads of internal efficiency and social impacts. For further information: please contact Dr. Fabienne Maron – f.maron@iias-iisa.org. n
AGPA Annual Conference of AGPA, 27-29 August 2014, Jakarta (Indonesia) RETROSPECTIVE On August 27-29, 2014, the 2014 Asian Group for Public Administration (AGPA) Annual Conference was held in Jakarta. 95 experts and academics from 13 countries including China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, India and Philippines participated in the Conference. This Annual Conference was jointly organized by Chinese Academy of Personnel Science (CAPS) and Office of the Vice President, the Ministry of Administrative Reforms, the National Institute of Public Administration and Universitas Indonesia. The theme of this Annual Conference is Enhancing Public Trust and Governance through Innovative Public Administration in Globalized and Regionalized Asian Countries. The Conference consisted of 3 sub-themes: The Complexity of Structure and Proliferated Actors in Improving Public Trust and Governance: Building Cooperation and Competition; The Paradox of Globalization, Regionalization and Decentralization in Search of Accountable, Responsible and Effective Governance; and Opportunities, Challenges, Learnings
and Innovations in Asian Public Service. Meanwhile, these was also a special panel for IIAS Study Group on Efficiency, Effectiveness and Governance. The Conference had received 83 abstracts and 60 full papers. Three well-known experts delivered keynote speech at the plenary session. 54 participants delivered presentations at the parallel sessions. Four experts served as the general rapporteur and assistant rapporteurs.
was held on Aug 27. The meeting approved AGPA Regulations, and re-elected Steering Committee members and President. The Steering Committee unanimously re-elected Prof. Jiang Wu as the President in his second term. Ms. Ying Xiong from Chinese Academy of Personnel Science was appointed as Executive Secretary of AGPA. n
During the Opening Ceremony, IIAS President Geert Bouckaert, AGPA President Jiang Ww, IASIA President Michel de Vries, and Vice-minister of State Apparatus and Administrative Reform of Indonesia Eko Prasojo delivered welcome speeches. Dr. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, Chairman of UKP4 (President Delivery Unit) attended the conference and made a keynote speech. The IIAS Director-General, Mr. Rolet Loretan, delivered an address in the closing ceremony. The AGPA Steering Committee Meeting
LAGPA Annual Conference of LAGPA, 13 and 14 October 2014, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) - RETROSPECTIVE The Annual Conference of Latin American Group for Public Administration (LAGPA) was held in Rio de Janeiro from 13 to 14 October 2014 at the headquarters of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (Fundação Getulio Vargas – FGV). About 40 participants from several countries in the region met to discuss the three main themes: • prospective views ; • new organizational arrangements ; • evaluation of public programs. The conference was chaired by Professor Bianor Cavalcanti, President of LAGPA, which is one of the regional groups of International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS). This IIAS event brought synergy and was mutually benefited as it has been included as one of the three other international events,
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which filled the commemorative week of the FGV 70th anniversary. The two events were: an academic seminar that honored the memory of Professor Guerreiro Ramos, a politician, public servant and member of the faculty of FGV; and 2nd Latin American Meeting of Think Tanks, which deepened the debate on regional public policies, and the role of these institutions in this matter 2nd Latin American Meeting of Think Tanks. Special guests to the week were the President of IIAS (Geert Bouckaert), the President of IASIA (Michiel de Vries), the General Director of IIAS (Rolet Loretan) and the Executive Secretary of IIAS (Anne De Boeck). Professor Bouckaert delivered a speech during one of the panels, Professor de Vries and Mr. Loretan acted as spokesmen along the series of meetings. Mrs. De Boeck and Mr. Loretan, in addition to their participation in
the LAGPA meetings, had the chance to perform the precursor visit to the facilities offered for the next 2015 IIAS Annual Conference to be held in Rio de Janeiro, co-sponsored by FGV. Please see http://www.iiascongress2015.org/ This set of events - LAGPA Annual Conference, the Seminar Guerreiro Ramos and the 2nd Latin American Meeting of Think Tanks - were crowned by a celebration dinner, held on October 15th, which is the Teachers’ Day in Brazil. Speaking for the 170 international honor guests, at the dinner table, Dr. Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal, President of FGV, addressed special thanking notes to the international institutional partners, among which IIAS is included and “has contributed and contributes continually to the FGV mission’s fulfillment”. n
PUBLICATIONS We are pleased tio announce the last publications in the IIAS Series:- Governance and Public Management : Developments in Strategic and Public Management: Studies in the US and Europe Edited by Paul Joyce, John Bryson and Marc Holzer Governance and Public Management IIAS Series – Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
The Integrity of Governance: What it is, What we know, What is done and Where to go Edited by Leo Huberts Governance and Public Management IIAS Series – Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
Through up-to-date studies of public services, an outstanding cast of contributors provide in-depth and innovative perspectives on the state of strategic public management in the USA and Europe. Collectively, these compelling case studies offer profound insights
In the first book of its kind, Leo Huberts provides a much-needed critical synthesis of cutting-edge research on public sector integrity. The study explores a range of issues relating to the topic, including the definition and importance of public sector integrity and the various methodological approaches to the field, as well as considering the causes for the violation of values associated with integrity. It examines the steps that can be taken to improve adherence to these values in an attempt to put ethics on the agenda of government and governance research. The result is a study that will constitute a vital resource for students and scholars of comparative politics, public policy and public administration. n Manufacturing Civil Society: Principles, Practices and Effects Edited by Taco Brandsen, Willem Trommel and Bram Verschuere Governance and Public Management IIAS Series – Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
into the emergence of strategic management practices and capabilities at both the national and subnational level. Moreover, the individual contributions also investigate the nexus between strategic planning and other public management systems as well as the strategic dimension of networks and partnerships. This volume shows that strategic management, far from being simply a disciplined approach to long-term decisions, has become a central feature of public organizations at large in the USA and Europe. The result is a collection that is essential reading for all students and scholars of public management and administration. n
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Faced with declining social cohesion, more and more governments are trying to revitalise society by attempting to reconstruct local communities, civil society and citizenship. One way to do this is to share public responsibilities with organized citizens and third sector organisations. As a result, relationships with citizens, communities and third sector organisations are increasingly brought within the realm of public management, subject to accountability procedures, embedded in hierarchical structures, included in arenas for competition and contracting. This volume examines the emergence of this new type of governance, exploring the dynamics, effectiveness and appropriateness of this governmental response to the fragmentation of modern social life. n
MARKETING Annual Report The second annual report of the IIAS and its entities IASIA, EGPA, LAGPA and AGPA was published online since June.
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IIAS : 130 members State Members: 35 National Sections: 29 Corporate Members: 60 International Organizations: 4 Individual Members: 2
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This is a major change because, besides the fact that the user only has one login for all events, this system allows: • A secure method of online payment; • An optimization of billing procedures; • An adequate process for the revision of papers; • An optimal information spreading via emailing from IIAS and its entities. n
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IRAS - International Review of Administrative Sciences CURRENT THEMES Professor Staffan I. Lindberg won the prize of the IRAS 2013 Best article. The title is on “Mapping accountability: core concept and subtypes” and is published in IRAS, vol.79 (2): 202-226. There is a free access on http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/collection/ prize2013. “Time, temporality and timescapes in administration and policy” is the theme issue of the Vol.80 (3) 2014 of IRAS. It was edited by Michael Howlett and Klaus H. Goetz. The special issue focuses on analyses that seek to explain policy development over time; the link between time and power; and the role that visualisation may play in helping to understand change over time. The other contributors are Joshua Newman, Donley T. Studlar, Paul Cairney , Harvey J. Tucker and Enrico Borghetto.
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Four other articles complete this issue. They are on Savings in public services after the crisis (Steven Van de Walle and Sebastian Jilke), Reporting performance information in the public sector (Sandra Cohen and Sotiris Karatzimas), The discretionary use of performance information by different local government (Iris Saliterer and Sanja Korac) and The responsiveness of social policies (Menno Fenger, Martijn van der Steen, Lieske van der Torre). For further information go on: ras.sagepub.com n
IIAS
Agenda 11-14 November 2014
XIX International Congress of CLAD on the Reform of the State and Public Administration Quito (Ecuator)
1-4 December 2014
Institute of Public Administration Conference Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
30-31 January 2015
Meeting of the EGPA Steering Committee Brussels (Belgium)
5-6 February 2015 TED 8: Trans-European Dialogue EGPA Milan (Italy) 23-24 February 2015 IASIA Board of Management Meeting IASIA Brussels (Belgium) 25 February 2015
IIAS Statutory Meetings Strategy Committee and Scientific Program Committee, Finance Committee Brussels (Belgium)
26-27 February 2015
IIAS Council of Administration Brussels (Belgium)
4-5 June 2015 TAD 11: Transatlantic Dialogue EGPA Boston (United States) 22-26 June 2015
IIAS International Congress Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
6-10 July 2015
IASIA Annual Conference Paris (France)
24-28 August 2015
EGPA Annual Conference : 26-28/08/2015 preceded by the PhD Symposium : 24-25/08/2015 Toulouse (France)
2-4 September 2015
AGPA Annual Conference Seoul, South Korea
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