5th UNPAN e-Knowledge Management Training Workshop
The 5th UNPAN e-Knowledge Management Training Workshop will take place 23-26 October 2007 in Seoul, The Republic of Korea.
URL: http://www.unpan.org/directory/conference/guest/browseoneconference.asp?conference_id=2117

• In May 2007, AAPAM representatives met and formed partnership with the All Africa Public Sector organisation and agreed to market their All Africa Public Sector Innovation Award 2007 to the AAPAM membership.
• The Secretary General attended the 7th Interregional Consultative Meeting of UNPAN and the 7th Global Forum on Reinventing Government held in Vienna, Austria in June.
  
• AAPAM participated in the SADC Seminar on the African Public Service Charter, “Towards an Agenda for the Implementation of the African Public Service Charter”, held in June in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was attended by the AAPAM Programmes and Finance Officer.
• In July, the Secretary General attended the 4th Forum of African Heads of Public Service, held in Magaliesburg, Gauteng, South Africa and the Workshop on the Establishment of the AAPAM South Africa National Chapter, held in Johannesburg.

Recent Publications

• African Journal of Public Administration and Management - Vol. XVIII. No. 1 January 2007
• Report of the 28th Roundtable Conference: “Towards an Effective Delivery of Public Services in Africa”
• Wealth Creation for Poverty Eradication in Africa, edited by M. Jide Balogun and Yolamu R. Barongo
• AAPAM Newsletter - May-August 2007

Recent Publications

• Public Administration Review - July/August 2007
• The Bridge - 18 July 2007 issue
• PA TIMES - June 2007 issue

Recent Publications

• Community Scorecard in the Health Context – A pilot initiative in Andhra Pradesh
  
• Report on the South Asia Regional Workshop on Social Accountability
• Citizen’s Guide on RTI
  
• Mass Awareness on RTI – Pilot Project in Andhra Pradesh
  
• Capacity Building for Access to Information Project – Project Brochure
  
• Strategy for Girl Child Education in Andhra Pradesh
• Newsletter on Social Accountability – Vox Populi
• Newsletter on Right to Information – RTI Times
  
• Best practices on urban poverty eradication (audio visual)
• Midday meals
• School Child Health (Insurance) Plan
• Livelihood Programme (UPADHI)

• "Carta Iberoamericana de Gobierno Electrónico"
• "Escuela Iberoamericana de Administración y Políticas Públicas" - Program 2007-2008

• Nuria Cunill Grau, CLAD's Director of Programs
• Fabián Repetto, Instituto Interamericano para el Desarrollo Social (INDES), Interamerican Development Bank (IADB)
• Luciano Prates Junqueira, Programa Pós Graduaçao em Administraçao, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Sao Paulo (PUC-SP), Brasil

Recent Publications
CLAD’s Journal Reforma y Democracia
The 38th edition contains the following articles:

• Ana Bellver: Reformas en materia de transparencia: segunda generación de cambio institucional;
• Ernesto Aldo Isuani: Política social en la región: desafíos políticos y de gestión;
• Rolando Castillo Quintana: Análisis sociopolítico de la gestión pública en el marco de la reforma del Estado y de la interculturalidad;
• Enrique Gomáriz Moraga: Sistema político y políticas públicas en América Latina;
• Edgardo Mosqueira Medina: De la evaluación por productos a la evaluación por resultados e impactos: análisis de las experiencias recogidas del proyecto de modernización del Estado argentino;
• Ricardo Uvalle Berrones: Institucionalidad, eficacia y desafíos de la democracia; y
• Knut Veisten y Wagner R. Gomera: Deficiencias en la organización del servicio de aseo: un caso donde la contratación no funciona en la práctica como en la teoría.

CLAD's Association Members for 2007 are entitled to receive free of charge editions 37, 38 and 39 of this journal. Subscription conditions, abstract, and guide for contributions are available on CLAD's web site.
URL: http://www.clad.org.ve/reforma.html

Other publications:

• Reforme's Bulletin
• Ricorep's Bulletin - Red de Instituciones de Combate a la Corrupción y Rescate de la Ética Pública (RICOREP)
• Academic Network's Bulletin - Red de Postgrados en Administración y Políticas Públicas (REDAPP), Red de Escuelas e Institutos Gubernamentales en Asuntos Públicos (REIGAP)

Updated sections of SIARE (in Spanish)
- Bibliographical Information on State, Administration and Society
This database contains 39,549 bibliographical references (including access to 4,751 full texts) pertaining to books, documents and articles that deal with State reform, public management modernisation and public policy topics.  8,426 of the references are in English.
URL: http://www.clad.org.ve/siare/biblo/en_biblo_a.html

- Research and Training Activities related to Public Affairs
This database allows users to review 165 undergraduate and 772 post-graduate study opportunities - 77 doctorate, 416 masters and 279 specialisations - in public administration, public policies and similar disciplines. For each reviewed course, it provides information about objectives, regularity, duration, international accreditation, scholarships and requirements, among other aspects.
URL: http://www.clad.org.ve/siare/insti/insti_f.html

- Juridical Basis of Public Institutionality
 With a view to supporting legislative development processes, this section enumerates the titles of juridical norms -and in some cases the full text- underlying State Reform and Modernisation processes underway in public administrations in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Iberian Peninsula. The said norms are organised according to relevant categories.
URL: http://www.clad.org.ve/siare/basesju/inicio.html

- Innovations and Tendencies of E-Government in Latin America
The section presents experiences and best practices in E-Government as a means to get the State nearer to its citizens. In particular, now are available sites related to the information society.
URL: http://www.clad.org.ve/siare/innotend/gobelec.html

• Information society and e-government
• Ethics and transparency in public management
• Academic networks: formation and training for the professionalisation of civil service
• Professionalisation of senior officers of the public administration
• State and democracy
• Local development
• Innovations in the management of public policies
• Construction of a management for results

• Fernando Fernández-Savater, Professor of Philosophy, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Spain
• Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Director, Centro de Estudos Sociais (CES), Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
• Luis F. Aguilar Villanueva, Professor, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico

CPSI UNPAN Outreach
CPSI has extended its outreach with potential senior level members in some Southern Africa region countries. These members are from Angola, Malawi, Lesotho, Tanzania, Mauritius and Zimbabwe. These members agreed and committed themselves to partner and contribute content to the UNPAN portal.

Recent Publications

• Case Study on Community-based Seed Production
• Grassroots Innovation

Recent Publications

• Auditing for Social Change: A Strategy for Citizen Engagement in Public Sector Accountability
• Innovations in Governance in the Middle East, North Africa, and Western Balkans: Making Governments Work Better in the Mediterranean Region
• Report of the Expert Group Meeting on E-participation and E-government: Understanding the Present and Creating the Future

Publications issued as part of the Government Reinvention Series launched at the 7th Global Forum in Vienna, Austria in June 2007

• The Challenges of Restoring Governance in Crisis and Post-Conflict Countries
• Excellence and Leadership in the Public Sector: The Role of Education and Training
• Governance for the Millennium Development Goals: Core Issues and Good Practices
• Public Administration and Democratic Governance: Governments Serving Citizens

Recent Publications

• UNECE Countries in Figures 2007, ECE/CES/STAT/2007/7 - Sales # E.07.II.E.8 - ISBN 13:978-92-1-116960-7. See country profiles at: http://www.unece.org/stats/profiles2007
• UNECE Report – 2007, ECE/INF/2007/1 – April 2007
• European Forest Sector Outlook Study: Trends 2000-2005 Compared to the EFSOS Scenarios ECE/TIM/DP/47 – May 2007

Conference Information
EROPA 21st General Assembly and Conference and 53rd Executive Council Meeting
Theme: "Service Quality in Public Sector: An Outcome-Based Approach"
Dates: 18-21 November 2007
Location: Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Contact: Dr. Mojtaba Khalesi
Tel: (+98-21) 33910029
Fax: (+98-21) 33951070
E-mail: eropa.iran@mporg.ir

Online Workshop on E-Government: Policies and Strategies
The Online Workshop on E-Government: Policies and Strategies, was held from 15 January to 12 March 2007.  It was based on an online forum, on the web page of the ICT Division within ESCWA, and was organised over three phases as follows: (a) collecting information related to the national experiences in e-government in ESCWA member countries; (b) discussing the findings of the first phase and the challenges of e-government in the region; and (c) discussing the recommendations formulated according to the outcome of the second phase.
URL: http://www.escwa.org.lb/divisions/ictd/workshop/forum/default.asp

Recent Publications (available online at http://www.escwa.org.lb/information/publications.asp)

• Guidelines for the Formulation and Implementation of ICT Strategy, E/ESCWA/ICTD/2007/2
• Review of Information and Communications Technology and Development, ‎Issue No. 6, E/ESCWA/ICTD/2007/1
• Establishment of the ESCWA Technology Centre for Development, E/ESCWA/ICTD/2006/WP.1
• Review of Information and Communications Technology and Development, ‎Issue No. 5, E/ESCWA/ICTD/2006/3
• Estimates and Forecasts for GDP Growth in the ESCWA Region, E/ESCWA/EAD/2007/Technical Material.2
• Summary of the Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the ESCWA Region, 2006-2007, E/ESCWA/EAD/2007/2
• Economic Trends and Impacts No. 4: Foreign Aid and Development in the Arab Region, E/ESCWA/EAD/2007/1
• Summary: Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the ESCWA Region – 2006, E/ESCWA/EAD/2006/1
• Report on Foreign Direct Investments Inflows in the ESCWA Region, E/ESCWA/GRID/2006/Technical Material.2
• Social and Economic Situation of Palestinian Women 2003-2006, E/ESCWA/ECW/2007/Technical Paper.1
• Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in Selected Arab Countries - Summaries of Concluding Observations, 06-0126
• Technical Cooperation Report – 2006, E/ESCWA/PPTCD/2007/Technical Material.1
• The Rebuilding and Revival of Lebanon: A Policy Paper with Initiatives, E/ESCWA/ECRI/2007/2/Rev.1
• Population Ageing in Arab Countries, E/ESCWA/SDD/2007/Technical Material.2
• Bringing Equity to the Development Agenda, E/ESCWA/SDD/2006/Technical Paper.4
• Vital Statistics in the UNESCWA Region, E/ESCWA/SCU/2006/2
• External Trade Bulletin of the ESCWA Region, Fifteenth Issue, E/ESCWA/SCU/2006/3
• Plan of Action for Implementation of the Agreement on International Railway in the Arab Mashreq, E/ESCWA/GRID/2007/Technical Paper.1

Listing of ICAP Publications and Transparency Laws from Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic
ICAP has developed a database of documents on legislation related to transparency and internal controls from Central America, Panamá and the Dominican Republic.

Conference Information
Course on Formulation and Evaluation of Environmental Projects
Dates: 30 July - 8 August 2007
Location: Guatemala
Contact: Ramón Rosales Posas, Coordinator
Tel: +1-506-253-40-59 / 253-46-16
Fax: +1-506-225-20-49
E-mail: rrosales@icap.ac.cr
URL: http://www.icap.ac.cr/Principal/tabid/102/Default.aspx

ICCE Participates in Unscripted Future Initiative
The ICCE is organising a series of discussions related to Park University's new Unscripted Future Initiative. An unscripted future, as defined by the University, consists of:

• Vast social, economic, employment, environmental, technological and global changes affecting our students and the world;
• Changes so unique and wide-ranging that we have no data for how to assess their impacts or how to deal with them;
• Changes that are beyond partisan politics; and
• Increased perception of personal and global impact or even risk.

ICCE Hosts 2007 Great Decisions Series
The ICCE is hosting a series of eight free public forums related to the eight topics from the Great Decisions briefing book, published annually by the Foreign Policy Association. Each forum is moderated by a Park University faculty member and features a panel of local and, on occasion, international participants.

Remaining 2007 Schedule

• 12 September 2007 (Topic: Climate Change)
• 26 September 2007 (Topic: War Crimes)
• 10 October 2007 (Topic: Central Asia)
• 24 October 2007 (Topic: South Africa)

Course Information
Economic Coordination & Integration
This course will be held over a period of 26 days and will provide intensive training in the field of economic integration in Africa. It will cover:

Dates: 13 August - 7 September 2007
Location: Dakar, Senegal
Contact: IDEP
E-mail: idep@unidep.org
URL: http://www.unidep.org

NEWS FROM IIAS
International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS)
http://www.iiasiisa.be/iias/aiacc.htm

NEWS FROM IPAC
Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC)
Institut d'administration publique du Canada (IAPC)
http://www.ipac.ca (English)
http://www.iapc.ca (French)

IPAC Award for Innovative Management: Presentation of Finalists
The IPAC Award for Innovative Management celebrates innovative managerial initiatives in the public administration of Canada. The gold, silver and bronze winners of this year's competition will make their winning presentations at the 2007 IPAC Annual conference which will take place 26-29 August in Winnipeg.  The theme of the 2007 competition is "New Service Breakthroughs with Technology."  The 2007 finalists are:

• Learn Now BC – British Columbia Education
• Provincial Wait Times Information Systems – Cancer Care Ontario
• Nunavut Community Skills Information System – Nunavut Education

URL: http://www.2007winnipegipac.ca

IPAC Launches New Centre
IPAC is pleased to announce the creation of the Centre of Excellence on Performance Management and Accountability. CEPMA will develop research and provide a forum for the exchange of best practices, networking and the development of innovative approaches to public management.  CEPMA will be a unique inter-disciplinary venue at the crossroad of public, private, Broader Public Sector and non-profit sectors, to analyse trends and develop targeted approaches for performance management issues of common concern.   The inaugural meeting of CEPMA will take place on 16 October 2007 in Ottawa.
URL: http://www.ipac.ca/cepma.html

• Performance Management and Accountability Conference (in partnership with the University of Ottawa) - 16 October in Ottawa
• Knowledge Network on Regulatory Governance and Innovation - 22-23 October in Ottawa
• Energy Security in a New Context: A North American Perspective - 29-30 October in Edmonton
• Balanced Collaborative Governance in Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems - 7 November in Toronto
• Knowledge Network on Governance Dialogue - 14-15 November in Vancouver
• Leading from the Middle: Leadership Lessons of Middle Managers - 6-7 December in Toronto
• International Conference on Recordkeeping - May 2008 in Ottawa

Recent Publications

• The December 2006-January 2007 issue of the bimonthly electronic IPMA-HR International News is available online at www.ipma-hr.org.
• The October 2006 issue of the Assessment Council News is available online at www.ipmaac.org.
• Various press releases can be found online at www.ipma-hr.org.

NEWS FROM NASPAA
National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA)
http://www.naspaa.org

NEWS FROM NISPAcee
Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee)
http://www.nispa.sk

Recent Publications
NISPAcee News - Summer 2007 issue

Lessons and Recommendations for Improvement: Central and Eastern European Public Administration and Public Policy
Editor: Juraj Nemec
This is the first pilot of a series of annual volumes that will start from 2008.  In each article, the authors explore the unique experience of a particular country, identify the approaches that were used by these countries, and assess the success and sustainability of these approaches.

Post-Communist Public Administration: Restoring Professionalism and Accountability
Editors: David Coombes, Laszlo Vass
Containing the proceedings from the 14th annual conference held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 11-13 May 2006, the book is divided into four sections. The first section looks at meaning of professionalism in public service. The second section of the book looks at professionalism in the implementation of public policy. The third section focuses on professional ethics and standards of conduct. The fourth section focuses specifically on the influence of foreign assistance.

NEWS FROM RCOCI
Regional Cooperation Office for City Informatization (RCOCI)
http://www.apcity.org

RCOCI Participates in Meeting of Institutes of Public Administration
RCOCI participated in the Meeting of Institutes of Public Administration held on 25 June 2007 at the Austria Centre Vienna (ACV). The meeting was organised by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and included directors of schools and institutes of public administration, MDIs, staff colleges and university faculties. The Meeting of Institutes of Public Administration “Capacity Building for Standards of Excellence in Public Administration Education and Training” brought together the heads and faculty of public administration schools from around the world to discuss the new methodologies for improving the quality of public administration education and training.

UNPAN-AP Editorial Department Kicks Off Its Semi-annual Summing-up 2007
The UNPAN-AP Editorial Department convened its summing-up meeting for the first half year of 2007 on 1 June 2007. Mr. Wang Genxiang, Vice Director of the Shanghai Municipal Internet Economy Consulting Center, Research Fellow Wang Yizhi, Director of the SASS Institute of Information, Ms. Zhu Zhengxian, Director of the SASS Information Center, and Zhang Guangwen, Manager of Hotsale attended the meeting upon invitation.   The meeting was presided over by Research Fellow Wang Jianhua, Chief Editor of UNPAN-AP. Zhang Zhun, Assistant to Chief Editor, gave a report on the half year work of 2007. It is said in her report that with dedicated and practical working style and customer-oriented concept, UNPAN-AP excels in various item appraisals conducted by UNPAN in its monthly implementation report. In monthly “Top 50” document list especially, UNPAN-AP not only wins the first place in the list, but has also set a record during the department’s five-year growth. Apart from that, in the aim of customer-oriented service, and to offer a dynamic support for a stepped-up cooperation with the Shanghai Municipal Informatization Commission, RCOCI has initiated an endeavor of revising the widely-read e-magazine of Asia-Pacific City Informatization Bulletin by adjusting the news items and expanding the scope to the globe upon readers’ request. The revised new Bulletin has received favorable feedback from readers worldwide. For details, please visit http://www.unpan.org/directory/conference/guest/browseoneconference.asp?conference_id=2092.

• Asia and Pacific City Informatization Bulletin, Issue 18 Summer 2007 (New Edition)
• Governance Asia-Pacific Watch, May 2007
• Governance Asia-Pacific Watch, June 2007
• Governance Asia-Pacific Watch, July 2007

NEWS FROM UNCRD
United Nations Centre for Regional Development
http://www.uncrd.or.jp

Thirty-Fifth International Training Course in Regional Development (ITC 35)
UNCRD completed ITC 35 in Nagoya, Japan, from 17 May to 27 June 2007. The ITC 35 was attended by mid-level professionals from central and local governments in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Colombia, Ethiopia, Japan, Lao PDR, Nepal, Tonga, and Zimbabwe.  This six-week annual training course reflected the concept of “Sustainable Regional Development” based on UNCRD’s three focus areas: environment, human security, and disaster management.  The course was comprised of six modules with lectures, cases for study and discussion, as well as field visits to gain insight into Japanese development experiences.  The participants formulated and took home concrete and practical action plans designed to help solve current development issues and problems in their home countries.  
URL: http://www.uncrd.or.jp/tr/index_itc.html

Nine Workshops Assess Vulnerabilities and Coping Strategies at Community Level
The UNCRD Latin America and Caribbean Office and Bogotá-Cundinamarca Regional Planning Board held a series of workshops as part of the human security assessments project in Bogotá-Cundinamarca, Colombia, from 30 May to 22 June 2007.  320 participants comprising community leaders and representatives of community organizations attended nine workshops which were held in six municipalities in Cundinamarca and three localities in Bogotá.  The aim was to discuss the specific threats and vulnerabilities perceived at the community level and the means to cope with the community in decision-making, as well as the level of understanding with government authorities to face human security-related threats.

Seminar on Urban Planning, Living Environment Improvement with Community Participation - Follow-up Project of ITC
As a follow-up of the International Training Course in Regional Development (ITC), a seminar was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from 3 to 5 May 2007, co-organised with the National Centre for Construction, Urban Development and Public Utilities (NCCUDPU, Mongolia), and the Urban Development Resource Centre (UDRC, Mongolia).  Forty officials from NCCUDPU, Ministry Construction and Urban Development, and local governments attended the seminar.  In the six sessions of the seminar, presentations were made on Urban Planning and Living Environment Improvement, Community Participation, Action Plans, and Action Plan Modification by former ITC participants from Mongolia and UDRC as well as UNCRD.
URL: http://www.uncrd.or.jp/tr

Asian Mayors Sign Kyoto Declaration for Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) in Cities
The Asian Mayors' Policy Dialogue served as a pre-event to the Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank, 23-24 April 2007 in Kyoto, Japan, Asian city mayors presented their initiatives in promoting EST at the city level, shared best practices and lessons learned, and discussed future steps.  To express city mayors' firm determination to work for EST, the Kyoto Declaration was endorsed and signed by 22 Asian city representatives.  This event was also collaborated with the First UN Global Road Safety Week from 23-29 April 2007.
URL: http://www.uncrd.or.jp/env/est

Recent Publications

• Regional Development Studies (RDS) - Vol.10 2006
• UNCRD Newsletter - No. 62, July-December 2006

NEWS FROM UNGC
United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNGC)
http://www.ungc.org