2013 LAGPA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Date and venue: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) from 24 to 30 October 2013 In collaboration with the Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública (INAP) and the Fondation Getulio Vargas (FGV) Latin American Center for Public Policies The specific activities derived from the Working Group have been presented: n Articulation of an Information system (IS). It collected data, build indicators, order the information, set out frames for analysis and build conceptual models and produce reports and information n Comparative study on public policies in security matters in four countries: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru n Development of a communication and financial strategies, as well and a legal framework The LAGPA organised its third plenary session from October 23 to 25 at the headquarters of the Fondation Getulio Vargas, in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) The co-ordinator of LAGPA, M. José R. Castelazo, presided, and 30 experts from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru were able to meet. The President of IASIA, Prof. Michiel de Vries and the Director General of the IIAS, Mr Rolet Loretan, were also invited to participate in the debates which centered essentially on the question of the creation of a Latin-American Observatory for Public Administration. At the end of these debates, it was unanimously decided to create such an Observatory and to base it in Mexico City. Incidentally, a new LAGPA co-ordinator in the person of Prof. Bianor Cavalcanti (FGV, Brazil) was designated, succeeding Mr José Castelazo, who has been Coordinator of LAGPA since its inception in 2010.
During this meeting, Mr Rolet Loretan, Director General of the IIAS, and the President of INAP Mexico, Mr José Castelazo, signed an MoU governing the resumption of the translation into Spanish and publication of the RISA by INAP Mexico, retroactive from the September 2013 issue. Participation Number of participants registered: 34
Members of LAGPA 56% Others 44%
Number of countries represented: 10 Top 5 of countries 1. Brazil 2. Colombia 3. Mexico 4. Argentina 5. Peru
Males 85%
Females 15%
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