Chronicle of the Institute – IIAS, its sections and members
| DOI | 10.1177/0020852312469176 |
| Date | 01 December 2012 |
| Published date | 01 December 2012 |
| Subject Matter | Chronicle of the Institute – IIAS, its sections and members |
International Review of
Administrative Sciences
78(4) 788–791
!The Author(s) 2012
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International
Review of
Administrative
Sciences
Chronicle of the Institute – IIAS,
its sections and members
Rolet Loretan
George Santayana’s conviction that: ‘The Difficult is that which can be done imme-
diately, the Impossible, that which takes a little longer’ could, or maybe should,
guide the actions of the Institute. Sometimes it really seems as though this assertion
is particularly pertinent for the great IIAS family since its projects are so numerous
and sometimes seem so complex. Since the publication of the last Chronicle which
appeared in Issue 2 of June 2012, numerous events of major importance have
marked the end of spring and summer.
An important delegation from IIAS and IASIA participated in the Committee
of Experts in Public Administration (CEPA) at the UN headquarters in New York.
Various meetings were held in New York, in parallel. Worth mentioning is the
meeting of the partners in UNPAN as well as a combined UNDESA–IASIA
‘taskforce’ relating to the strengthening of public administration and leadership
at local level (a second session was organized as part of the annual conference of
IASIA in July 2012).
Then, at the beginning of May, the first regional conference of the Asian Group
for Public Administration (AGPA) of IIAS took place in the Maldives. The theme
was ‘Local Governance and Reform: Service Delivery, Transparency and
Accountability’.This regional conference was opened by the President of the
Islamic Republic of the Maldives in the presence of numerous dignitaries from
the region and from AGPA, as well as the President of IIAS, Mr Pan Suk Kim,
Mr Wu, Vice-President of IIAS and coordinator of AGPA, as well as the under-
signed, the Director General of IIAS.
Two weeks later, from 23 to 26 May 2012, IIAS, IASIA and EGPA met in Ohrid
(Macedonia) for the annual conference of NISPAcee which marked the 20
th
anni-
versary of this international member organization of the Institute. On this occa-
sion, two panels were organized by the entities of the Institute: the first panel was
set up by EGPA and the second jointly by IIAS and IASIA. The general theme of
the conference was ‘Public Administration East and West: Twenty Years of
Development’.
EGPA organized its 8
th
transatlantic dialogue (TAD), in collaboration with
ASPA. This took place at Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands, from
Rolet Loretan is Director General of IIAS
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