Items of News
| Published date | 01 March 1959 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002085235902500116 |
| Date | 01 March 1959 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
ITEMS
OF
NEWS
CONTENTS
ARTICLES
( pages
115
to
119)
Belgium :
Aspects
of
the
Administrative
Reform
( p.
115)
Lebanon :
Administrative
Reform
(p.
117)
United
Nations :
Expanded
Programme
of
Technical
Assistance
(p.
118)
NEWS
IN
BRIEF
( pages
119
to
124)
Argentina,
Bolivia,
Brazil,
British
Somaliland,
Chile,
Co-
lombia,
Colombo
Plan,
Ecuador,
Ethiopia,
Europe,
France,
Germany
(Federal
Republic),
India,
Jamaica,
Lebanon,
Morocco,
Pakistan,
Peru,
Turkey,
United
Arab
Republic,
United
Nations,
United
States,
Venezuela.
CHRONICLE
OF
THE
INSTITUTE
(pages
125
to
131).
BELGIUM
ASPECTS
OF
THE
ADMINISTRATIVE
REFORM
In
its
statement
to
Parliament
last
Novem-
ber,
the
Government
expressed
the
intention
of
making
sustained
efforts
in
administrative
reform.
A
first
step
was
the
inclusion
among
the
Ministers
of
Mr.
Albert
Lilar,
as ~
Mem-
ber
of
the
Council
of
Ministers,
appointed
as
the
Prime
Minister’s
Deputy,
to
deal
with
general
administration
and
administrative
re-
form
-.
A
Royal
Order
entrusted
Mr.
Lilar
with
the
preparation
of
draft
legislation
on
the
organisation
and
operation
of
the
public
services
in
general,
and
on
the
related
admin-
istrative
and
financial
staff regulations.
So
that
Mr.
Lilar
may
successfully
complete
his
task,
the
Prime
Minister’s
duties
in
the
field
of
administrative
and
budgetary
control
have
been
transferred
to
him
and
the
General
Ad-
ministration
Service
has
been
placed
at
his
disposal.
A
second
step
has
been
the
forma-
tion
of
at
Council
of
Wise
Men
to
help
the
Minister
in
his
work
by
examining
certain
problems.
It
is
an
advisory
council
composed
of
two
senior
civil
servants,
Mr.
Van
Der
Meulen
and
Mr.
A.
Molitor,
and
two
univer-
sity
professors,
Mr.
M.-A.
Flamme
and
Mr.
E.
Dassel.
A
further
development
is
that,
on
6
March
1959,
Mr.
Lilar
made
an
important
statement
before
the
Senate.
After
outlining
the
past
history
of
administrative
reform
in
Belgium
(1),
he
explained
the
principles
that
would
govern
the
reform
and
mentioned
the
main
fields
in
which
it
would
be
carried
out.
It
has been
assumed
from
the
start
that
ex-
perience
has
shown
that
it
will
be
better
to
do
without
advisory
commissions,
and
to
ap-
proach
the
situation
directly
and
gradually,
but
continuously.
The
entire
work
will
be
based
on
four
prin-
ciples :
(a)
Civil
service
participation.
An
impor-
(1)
Cf.
the
article
on
this
subject
by
V.
Crabbe,
Review
1954,
pages
869-905.
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