Chronicle of the Institute
| Published date | 01 September 1971 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002085237103700315 |
| Date | 01 September 1971 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
CHRONICLE OF THE INSTITUTE
IIAS, its Sections and Members
Mr. Jacques Stassen,
XVth International Congress
the new Director General
of Administrative Sciences
Rome, 6-11 September 1971
Mr. Jacques Stassen, whose appointment as
Director General of IIAS has been confirmed
by the Council of Administration, was born at
On the invitation of the Government of the
Li6ge on 15 October 1911. A doctor of law
Italian Republic, the Institute held the XVth
and licentiate in political science, he is an
International Congress of Administrative Scien-
ordinary professor in the University of Li6ge
ces in the Palazzo dei Congressi, Rome-EUR,
where he teaches administrative law and ad-
from 6 to 11 September 1971. The Italian
ministrative science.
National Section had undertaken the local
organization of the Congress to which the
He was granted honorary status in 1968
President of the Italian Republic had kindly
after having practised as a barrister-at-law
conferred his patronage.
The Organizing
for 35 years during which he specialized in
Committee, under the chairmanship of Mr.
administrative cases as adviser to several
Vincenzo Uccellatore, President of Section in
ministerial departments, local authorities, and
the Council of State, left nothing to chance in
public enterprises. He was one of the few
making the conference a particularly successful
counsel who regularly conducted pleadings
occasion of Italian and Roman hospitality.
before the Belgian Council of State. He was
The participants, of whom there were 488 re-
for ten years a member of the Li6ge Bar
presenting 70 countries and 13 international
Council.
organizations, will remember it with pleasure
and gratitude.
Mr. Stassen is a member of the Belgian
Institute of Administrative Sciences which he
The agenda included three principal subjects
has often officially represented on the IIAS
which were dealt with from an interdisciplinary
Council of Administration. He is also a mem-
point of view, in order that their institutional
ber of the European Institute of Legal Studies,
and functional, legal, technical, practical, and
the Centre Interuniversitaire de Droit Com-
other aspects might be surveyed and studied
par6, the Belgian Institute of Political Science,
simultaneously. Since their selection in 1968,
the International Law Association, and the
they have been carefully and thoughtfully
editorial boards of several specialized ad-
prepared on the various levels of the Institute’s
ministrative law and administrative science
work by the Permanent Services, the Executive
journals. He is a former professor at the
Committee, the Barcelona Round Table in
Institut Sup6rieur des Hautes Etudes and the
June 1969, the National Sections and, finally,
Centre de Formation Sociale, Liege.
the drafting of general reports presented to the
Congress for discussion before their final
He has taken part in many international
versions are printed and published. The three
conferences in those various fields and parti-
subjects were :
cularly in most of the IIAS congresses and
round tables, at which he has been chairman
SUBJECT 1 : Governmental and Adminis-
of various meetings. He was a member, from
trative Organization in the Field of Scientific
1960 to 1965 of the Committee on Comparative
Research (General Rapporteur : Mr. Antonio
Administrative Law Cases and from 1967 to
de Juan Abad, Spain).
1971 of the Ad Hoc Committee on Comparative
Administrative Procedure and Processes. He
SUBJECT 2 :
The Changes of Procedures,
was the general rapporteur for the comparative
Methods, and Organizational Structure of the
study recently conducted by IIAS on the
Administration to cope with the Effects of
procedures for granting building permits.
Technical Progress.
Mr. Stassen is also the author of many
A. The Application of Information Processing
articles and studies concerning administrative
in Public Administration (General Rapporteur.:
law problems and cases.
Mr. Aime Francois, Belgium). <
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B. New Integrated Systems for Planning and
Galleries of the Castel Sant’Angelo. A special
Budgeting (General Rapporteur : Mr. Tomis
programme of visits and excursions was also
O’Cofaigh, Ireland).
a rranged for the ladies.
SUBJECT 3 :
The Participation of Users or
*
directly Interested Persons in Public Administra-
* *
tion, including National Education Administra-
tion.
The Opening Meeting of the Congress was
held
A. The
on
Participation of Users
Monday, 6 September, at 5.30 p.m.
or directly
The
Interested Persons in Public Administration
large audience included distinguished re-
(General Rapporteur : Mr. Jagan Nath Khosla,
presentatives of Church and State and mem-
bers of the
India).
Diplomatic Corps.
Mr. Emilio Colombo, President of the
B. National Education Administration (General
Council of Ministers, welcomed the congressists
Rapporteur : Mr. Henri Buch, Belgium).
in the name of the Italian Government as well
as his own, and recalled the importance of the
In addition, special meetings were held for
Institute’s role and purpose in the past, the
representatives of schools and institutes of
present, and the future. That importance was
administration for the discussion of a series of
constantly increasing in the promotion and
problems of common interest. To make such
development of the science of administration.
meetings more effective, regional subgroups
In all countries, new forms of management and
were formed for the first time.
participation suited to the needs and conditions
of the different societies were being sought,
The Council of Administration, the General
and could only be devised through such com-
Assembly, the Executive Committee, and the
parisons and discussions as those for which
Standing and Ad Hoc Committees of IIAS
the work of IIAS provided opportunities.
also held their regular sessions on the occasion
Moreover, in keeping with its traditions, the
of the Congress.
Institute thus contributed to international
co-operation, closer relations between peoples
Brief accounts of all the above meetings are
and governments, and the promotion of a
given further on. As has been customary
more integrated international society based on
during the last ten years, the Institute will not
mutual respect and peace.
publish the proceedings of the Congress.
Instead, revised versions of the general reports
Mr. Nikola Stjepanovic, President of IIAS,
will be published incorporating the data pro-
on behalf of all concerned, thanked the Presi-
vided by the discussions and any further in-
dent of the Council of Ministers and the Italian
formation collected by their authors. They
Government for their welcome and for having
will appear in English and in French.
organized the Congress at Rome, a city with
a unique universal vocation. The subjects on
The Congress’s serious programme of work
the agenda, which dealt with some of the
was accompanied and enlivened by another of
essential aspects of administration in all coun-
receptions which was worthy of the imperial
tries, were both topical and important, viz. the
traditions that the Italian Republic takes pride
promotion of scientific research, the acquisi-
in respecting. On the evening of Monday
tion of new methods or techniques, and the
6 September, the participants and their wives
establishment of closer relations between the
were received by the Province of Rome in the
Administration and the Citizen.
Capitol Gardens where they could reflect at
leisure on the highly varied features of the
Mr. Remo Gaspari, Minister for Administrat-
history and culture of the Eternal City, from
ive Reform, also stressed the interest and
the terraces overlooking it, in the rich
importance of the work of the Congress to the
Capitoline Museum, or from the top of the
Italian Government, among others. Taking
Tarpeian Rock. On Wednesday 8 September,
pattern by other countries, Italy had established
they were taken on an excursion to Tivoli,
an organization for scientific and technological
the ancient Tibur, where the remains of
research. The Government - like any other
Hadrian’s Villa are no less imposing than the
-
was attentive to administrative improvement,
Villa d’Este, in the gardens of which a cold
particularly by making room for technical
buffet was served. The customary closing
progress, and awaited the results of the Con-
reception, offered by the Italian Government,
gress with the keenest interest in order to
was held on Friday 10 September in the
benefit from any guidance or suggestions.
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The same applied to autonomy, decentraliza-
In the closing speech, Mr. Nikola Stjepanovic
tion, and participation, which were of present
warmly thanked Italy for its hospitality. His
concern in the country. The work of IIAS was
profound gratitude was due to the Italian
all the more valuable because it combined the
National Section for the magnificent organiza-
research of specialists, both theorists and
tion of the Congress and to all who, with Mr.
practitioners, both jurists and non-jurists, in
Onorato Sepe, whose competence and devotion
many disciplines, and covered the problems of
had been beyond praise, had worked for the
administration in industrial as well as in
success of the arrangements for the Congress
developing countries.
both before and during the meetings.
Mr. Massimo Severo Giannini, President of
the Italian National Section of IIAS, associated
himself with previous speakers’ words of wel-
SUBJECT 1 - Governmental and
come, before briefly explaining the structure,
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