IIAS, its Sections and Members
| DOI | 10.1177/002085236202800318 |
| Date | 01 September 1962 |
| Published date | 01 September 1962 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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CHRONICLE
OF
THE
INSTITUTE
IIAS,
its
Sections
and
Members
Xllth
International
Congress
of
Administrative
Sciences
Vienna,
16-20
July
1962
1933-1962...
Twenty-nine
years
after
the
Fifth
International
Congress
of
Administra-
tive
Sciences,
the
Institute
has
met
again
in
the
Vienna
Hofburg,
on
the
invitation
of
the
Austrian
Federal
Government.
But
this
Twelfth
Congress,
which
looked
rather
towards
the
future
than
the
past,
had
little
else
in
common
with
the
earlier
one.
In
the
interval,
momentous
historical
events
have
changed
the
face
of
the
world.
The
atmosphere
has
changed,
and
States
have
different
needs
which
call
for
new
structures
and
methods.
It
was
another
generation
which
assembled
for
five
days
at
Vienna
in
the
stately
halls
of
the
former
imperial
resi-
dence.
The
number
of
countries
represented
clear-
ly
indicates
the
change.
There
were
28
in
1933,
of
which
19
were
European.
At
the
1962
Congress,
there
were
73 :
28
European,
18
African,
18
Asian
and
9
American
coun-
tries.
Besides,
15
international
and
supra-
national
organizations
had
sent
one
or
more
delegates.
In
all,
there
were
some
450
parti-
cipants,
many
of
whom
were
accompanied
by
their
wives.
The
following
subjects
were
on
the
Agen-
da :
Subject
1.
Technical
Assistance
in
Public
Administration :
Lessons
of
Experience
and
possible
Improvements.
General
Rapporteur:
Mr.
Fernand
Vrancken
(Belgium).
Subject
2.
Public Relations
in
Administra-
tion :
I.
Official
Publications.
General
Rap-
porteur :
Mrs.
Suzanne
Honore
(France).
Subject
3.
Government
Organization
for
Economic
Development.
General
Rappor-
teur :
Mr.
Giuseppino
Treves
(Italy).
For
each
subject
the
Congress
had
to
dis-
cuss
a
substantial
general
report,
which
was
the
result
of
two
,years’
extensive
research
and
preparation.
A
summary
account
of
the
discussions
will
be found
further
on.
In
view
of
the
amount
of
information
collected
and
the
importance
of
the
conclusions
which
the
Congress
approved,
it
was
decided
that
the
Institute
would
re-edit
the
three
general
re-
ports
when
the
General
R-apporteurs
have
thoroughly
revised
them
in
the
light
of
the
Vienna
discussions
and
the
further
particulars
they
and
the
Institute
have
meanwhile
obtain-
ed.
Publication
of
the
final
reports
is
plan-
ned
for
early
1963.
Owing
to
the
re-edition,
the
proceedings
of
the
Congress
will
not
be
published
as
a
separate
volume.
The
subjects
were
examined
in
turn
at
plenary
meetings
and
group
meetings.
The
smaller
delegations
were
thus
able
to
parti-
cipate
in
the
discussions
on
all
three
subjects
with
very
little
inconvenience.
The
conclu-
sions
of
the
three
Working
Groups
were
pre-
sented
and
discussed
at
a
plenary
meeting.
Apart
from
the
three
principal
subjects,
a
series
of
special
meetings
were
held
during
the
Congress
for
representatives
of
Schools
and
Institutes
responsible
for
the
training
of
civil
servants
on
a
national
or
regional
level.
One
such
meeting,
on
the
problem
of
co-operation
between
institutions
of
the
kind
and
univer-
sities,
was
held
jointl,y
with
the
university
teachers
present
at
the
Congress.
The
special
meetings
formed
the
subject
of
a
more
detailed
account
also
published
further
on.
A
correct-
ed
version
of
their
working
documents
will
be
published
later.
This
Congress
also
provided
an
opportunity
for
the
customary
sessions
of
the
statutory
organs
(General
Assembly,
Council
of
Admin-
istration,
and
Executive
Committee)
and
Standing
Committees
of
IIAS.
On
the
evening
of
the
opening
meeting,
an
official
reception
was
offered
by
the
municipal
authorities
in
the
main
room
of
the
New
Town
Hall.
After
supper,
dance
music
was
pro-
vided
by
an
orchestra.
On
Tuesday
after-
noon,
17
July,
a
special
train
took
the
con-
gressists
to
Diirnstein,
a
picturesque
village
on
the
banks
of
the
Danube,
in
the
centre
of
the
wine-growing
district
of
Wachau.
They
were
met
by
music
played
by
an
orchestra
with
local
costumes
and
instruments,
and
most
pleasantly
welcomed
by
Mr.
Figl,
Gov-
ernor
of
the
Land
of
Lower
Austria,
a
former
Federal
Chancellor.
Finally,
on
Thursday
363
evening,
19
July,
a
magnificent
reception
was
organized
in
the
galleries
of
Schanbrunn
Palace.
On
behalf
of
the
Austrian
Govern-
ment,
the
Federal
Chancellor,
Mr.
Gorbach,
greeted
personally
all
the
congressists
and
their
wives.
*
The
Plenary
Opening
Meeting
was
held
on
Monday,
16
July
1962,
at
11
a.m.
in
the
presence
of
many
distinguished
persons.
Mr.
Edmund
Hartig,
Chairman
of
the
Austrian
National
Section,
welcomed
the
par-
ticipants
and
expressed
the
hope
that
the
work
of
the
Congress,
which
was
the
second
the
Institute
had
organized
in
the
historic
Hofburg,
would
be
successful.
Mr.
Frants
Hvass,
President
of
IIAS,
thanked
the
Austrian
authorities
for
their
welcome
and
paid
particular
tribute
to
the
City
of
Vienna.
He
described
the
Institute’s
development
since
the
first
Vienna
Congress,
in
1933,
and
showed
that
it
had
been
parallel
to
that
of
the
administrative
sciences
which,
in
their
turn,
reflected
the
changes
in
the
world.
It
was
most
important
to
extend
interdisciplinary
and
comparative
studies,
as
they
were
fundamental
factors
of
better
mu-
tual
understanding,
and
of
improvement
in
the
structures
and
methods
of
public
admin-
istration.
Mr.
Slavik,
Deputy
Mayor
of
Vienna,
re-
ferred
to
the
City’s
charm
and
magnificent
past,
and
went
on
to
sketch
the
development
of
its
municipal
government
from
the
tech-
nical
point
of
view.
The
trend
was
towards
increasing
mechanization
and
automation,
and
the
development
was
on
the
same
lines,
though
on
a
smaller
scale,
as
that
of
the
cen-
tral
governments
of
most
countries.
The
Federal
Chancellor,
Mr.
Gorbach,
then
drew
a
parallel
between
the
development
of
administrative
problems
since
1933
and
that
of
the
world
in
general.
The
last
thirty
years
had
witnessed
profound
political
changes
(accession
to
independance
of
formerly
colon-
ized
peoples),
economic
changes
(increased
state
intervention),
social
changes
(improved
standard
of
living),
juridical
changes
(greater
concern
for
organizing
social
and
administra-
tive
life
in
harmony
with
human
rights),
and
administrative
changes
(development
of
the
administrative
sciences,
more
systematic
establishment
of
international
and
supra-
national
administration,
improved
methods,
etc.).
It
was
in
the
light
of
those
changes
that
the
present
problems
of
administration
should
be
studied.
The
subjects
on
the
Congress
agenda
gave
an
idea
of
them
which,
although
limited,
was
centred
on
essential
fields.
He
declared
the
Twelfth
International
Congress
of
Administrative
Sciences
open.
Subject
1
—
Technical
Assistance
in
Public
Administration :
Lessons
of
Experience
and
Possible
Improvements.
Chairmen :
Mr.
G.
Martinez
Cabañas
(Mexico),
Mr.
T.B.
Balta
(Turkey)
Mr.
H.
Bourdeau
de
Fontenay
(France),
and
Mr.
S.B.
Bapat
(India)
General
Rapporteur:
Mr.
F.
Vrancken
(Belgium)
Précis-Writer :
Mr.
Y.
Chapel
(IIAS)
As
arranged
at
Lisbon
(See
a Review*,
No.
4/1961,
pages
468-474),
the
General
Rapporteur
had
prepared
a
substantial
report
in
which
he
had
suggested
several
possible
improvements.
The
summary
of
his
sugges-
tions
was
examined
item
by
item.
In
general,
both
the
plan
of
the
report
and
the
improve-
ments
in
question
were
approved,
subject
to
a
few
clarifications
which
are
mentioned
below.
The
discussions
gave
rise
to
lively
exchanges
of
views
in
which
several
representatives
of
countries
(Brazil,
Cameroon,
Canada,
Ghana,
Irak,
Lebanon,
Poland,
Republic
of
Korea,
and
Tunisia)
which
had
not
replied
to
the
questionnaire
explained
their
positions.
They
provided
an
opportunity
for
a
comprehensive
review
of
the
problems
of
technical
assistance
in
public
administration
and
for
the
adoption
of
the
resolution
on
research
and
documenta-
tion,
which
is
reproduced
further
on.
The
conclusions
adopted
would
take
up
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