Page 10 - Annual Repost 2021

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES
The year of 2021 marked the 60th anniversary of the
establishment of IASIA. Over the past sixty years, IASIA has
committed itself 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 research
and “smart practices” on governance and administration
worldwide.
Facing the uncertainty generated by COVID-19 and the
challenges to governance capacity exposed by the
pandemic, IASIA played its role and stepped up efforts to
stimulate the production and dissemination of relevant
knowledge on public governance to support the policy
response to the global ght against the pandemic. Under
the new paradigm of virtual communication, and with
great support from the IIAS-IASIA secretariate, our
association, under the leadership of the Board of
Management, has quickly responded and reformulated its
way of interacting with its members, with the academy, our
strategic allies, public service, and professionals in
accordance with the standards of best practices in public
management.
Based on the successful experience of organising the on-
line conference in 2020, we organised the 2021 annual
conference and the 60-year anniversary of our association
virtually. Together with IIAS, the IASIA-IIAS 2021 conference,
sponsored by the University of South Africa (UNISA), and
important international and local partners, both from the
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Ms. Dong Qing
President of the International
Association of Schools and
Institutes of Administration (IASIA)
government and the private sector, addressed the topic
of “Public Administration & Industry 4.0/4IR.” It took place
between July 26th and 30th in Bela-Bela, South Africa, and
was a very successful virtual event which gathered more
than 350 people, from 57 countries, covering all time zones
in the world. During those intense days of presentations,
there were three plenaries, ve workshops, eight panels
and 49 parallel sessions of IASIA Working Groups and IIAS
tracks.
Bringing together old and new friends, we celebrated the
90-year anniversary of IASIA virtually, to recall those warm
and highlighted moments in the past, and to discuss the
challenges and opportunities ahead. I believe this
anniversary is the most special one in the history of our
association. We are sure that we are moving forward with a
right direction and look forward to getting together with all
of you as we celebrate the 100-year anniversary.