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Session Overview
Location: New Education Building Room 12
New Education Building, Ground Floor, Bloemfontein Campus.
Date: Monday, 01/July/2024
2:30pm
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4:00pm
WG 3-S1: Public Sector Reform
Location: New Education Building Room 12
Chair: Dr. Randhir AULUCK, University of Westminster
Chair: Prof. David FERRAZ, ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa
Chair: Prof. Manchuan WANG, China Society of Administrative Reform
Date: Tuesday, 02/July/2024
9:00am
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10:30am
WG 3-S2: Public Sector Reform
Location: New Education Building Room 12
Chair: Dr. Randhir AULUCK, University of Westminster
Chair: Prof. David FERRAZ, ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa
Chair: Prof. Manchuan WANG, China Society of Administrative Reform
2:00pm
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3:30pm
Capacity Development Workshop: Importance and Relevance of the Standards of Excellence for Public Administration Education and Training
Location: New Education Building Room 12
Chair: Dr. Najat ZARROUK, IASIA President and Director of Development, Knowledge Management and ALGA of UCLG Africa, UN CEPA Member
Chair: Dr. Cristina RODRIGUEZ-ACOSTA, United Nations Division of Economic & Social Affairs

2:00 pm to 2:10 pm     
Welcome and Objectives of the Session
 
Mr. Juwang Zhu, Director, Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), United Nations Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNDESA).
 
Dr. Najat Zarrouk, Director of Development, Knowledge Management and African Local Governments Academy (ALGA) of UCLG Africa, President, International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA), UN-CEPA member, Morocco.

Prof. Hamid Ali, ICAPA-Steering Committee Acting Chairperson (Online).

2:10 pm to 2:30 pm      
Moderator: Mr. Cesar Alfonzo, IASIA Executive Secretary.
 
What are the Principles for Effective Governance for Sustainable Development and how can they help improve governance, and why is it important to integrate the SDGs in the curricula of schools of public administration?

Ms. Cristina A. Rodriguez-Acosta, Inter-Regional Adviser, DPIDG/UNDESA


What new capacities are needed in the public sector to achieve the SDGs?  
Presentation of UNDESA Framework
Ms. Adriana Alberti, Chief, Program Management & Capacity Development Unit (PMCDU), DPIDG/UNDESA.

2:30pm to 2:55pm
Why is it important to have Standards of excellence in education and training in public administration?

Dr. Ra'ed BenShams, Task Force Member; President of International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS)
Prof. Ludmila Gajdosova, Task force Member; Executive Director, NISPACee.
Prof. Juraj Nemec, Professor, Masaryk University, Czechia.
Dr. Rachel Emas, Task force Member; Associate Teaching Professor and Director of Master of Arts in Environmental Resource Policy, George Washington University (Online (TBC)  

What are the UN DESA/IASIA Standards of Excellence in Public Administration Education and Training and how are they being updated?  
•    UNDESA/IASIA

2:55 pm to 3:25 pm
Questions/Comments from the audience

3:25 pm-3:30 pm
Wrap up and Closing remarks by UNDESA & IASIA.

4:00pm
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5:30pm
WG 3-S3: Public Sector Reform
Location: New Education Building Room 12
Chair: Dr. Randhir AULUCK, University of Westminster
Chair: Prof. David FERRAZ, ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa
Chair: Prof. Manchuan WANG, China Society of Administrative Reform
Date: Wednesday, 03/July/2024
9:00am
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10:30am
WG 3-S4: Public Sector Reform
Location: New Education Building Room 12
Chair: Dr. Randhir AULUCK, University of Westminster
Chair: Prof. David FERRAZ, ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa
Chair: Prof. Manchuan WANG, China Society of Administrative Reform
11:00am
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12:30pm
WG 3-S5: Public Sector Reform
Location: New Education Building Room 12
Chair: Dr. Randhir AULUCK, University of Westminster
Chair: Prof. David FERRAZ, ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa
Chair: Prof. Manchuan WANG, China Society of Administrative Reform
Date: Thursday, 04/July/2024
9:00am
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10:30am
IIAS Council of Administration meeting
Location: New Education Building Room 12
Chair: Dr. Ra'ed Mohammed BENSHAMS, IIAS President

Governance meeting for IIAS Council of Administration members only


 
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