The 2019 IASIA Conference will be organized by the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration in close cooperation with ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL). The conference will take place at the campus of ISCTE-IUL on July 22-26.

The choice of this theme reflects the awareness that public administration must have a significant contribution to the construction of a good society, where the values underlying the SDGs are a key issue. For this, it is essential to promote the analysis and discussion of the most significant questions at stake in order to find solutions that guarantee a reform of public administration where structures, procedures and, in general, the practices of public servants conform to the assumed values.

As usual, the conference aims at bringing together practitioners, academics, PhD students and young researchers in public administration and management, as well as contributors from any other disciplines who will exchange on current and ongoing topics and concerns during the various sessions. ISCTE-IUL has made a notable investment in public administration over the last few years and is today the reference school in this area in Portugal. It also has modern and functional facilities that allow the best hosting of the conference.

The preparatory work for the conference in 2018 is underway and is expected to draw a large crowd.

ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) is a public university established in 1972. Pursuing teaching, research and community service activities, it plays a major role in educating qualified specialists and personnel, whose cultural, scientific and technical skills enable them to contribute to sustainable development both at the national and the global level. The strategic objectives of ISCTE-IUL are: innovation, quality, internationalization and development of an entrepreneurial culture.

With approximately 9000 students enrolled in undergraduate (46%) and postgraduate (54%) programs, 450 teachers and 220 non-teaching staff, ISCTE-IUL is proud to be one of the most dynamic and innovative universities in the country.

The International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) is the specialized entity of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) established in 1961 and is located in Brussels. IASIA is an international/global association, whose mission is to strengthen administrative capacity building around the world, to advance excellence in public administration education and training, and to conduct, discuss, and disseminate cutting-edge scholarly research and "smart practices" on governance and administration.

IASIA provides organizations and individual members from various part of the world, having the same concerns, with the opportunity to consider and advance their interests from a global perspective while taking into account local, regional and national specificities. As a platform for the exchange of knowledge, IASIA makes at once mutual support and assistance more possible and helps serve the needs arising from the increasingly complex environment in which governments and their public services are called on to operate.

The main conference theme will be "Public Administration’s Missions and Goals for the Achievement of the SDGs.” The 2019 IASIA Conference will gather academics and practitioners to discuss the role of public administration including the definition of the very specific missions, clear goals and easily measurable objectives for the achievement of the SDGs.

We warmly invite you to submit your contributions on the topics of IASIA working groups, the main conference theme which will be discussed by working group XIII as well as the tailor-made session for PhD students.

Chairs: Hendri Kroukamp , Ludmila Gajdosova , Blue Wooldridge

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Chairs: Najat Zarrouk, Paul Collins

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Chairs: Randhir Auluck, Benoit Cathala, Alketa Peci

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Chairs: Cristina Rodriguez-Acosta, Amitava Basu, PS Reddy

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Chairs: Liezel Lues, Yingchun Sun, Juraj Nemec

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Chairs: Christina Andrews, Henry Wissink, Michiel S de Vries

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Chafika Agueznay, Liza van Jaarsveldt

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Frank Naert, Ruben Dario Echeverry, Adrian Velazquez Vazquez

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Tamer Qarmout

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Tamer Lorenzo Kihlgren Grandi

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Pregala Pillay

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Wolfgang Drechsler, Michiel de Vries

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All prices include:

Participation in the Conference

Lunches and coffee breaks

Welcome reception on 22 July

Gala Dinner on 24 July.

Social program on 26 July .

Every participant may add up to two accompanying persons, at a price of 150 € each.

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In addition to the thirteen IASIA Working groups, the PhD seminar and traditional IASIA panels such as the Forum of Heads of Schools or the Host country Panel, our association is keen to organize panels on specific topics that are of great interest for education and training in the field. Submitters are strongly encouraged to propose topics likely to be of broad interest in the PA education and training community and interactive sessions that will engage both the panelists and the audience in creative ways. Of special interest are topics focusing on curricula, joint-degrees and vocational education and training.

Institutional members and partners as well as interested affiliated-individuals are invited to submit proposals for panels. For more information, please consult the call-for-panels below or contact the IASIA Executive Secretary, Bardhyl Dobra b.dobra@iias-iisa.org

Deadline for abstract submission extended: 15 March 2019

N.B. authors who have submitted their abstract before 15 February will receive their notification before 15 March 2019.
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N.B. authors who have submitted their abstract before 15 February will receive their notification before 15 March 2019.