Special Meetings of Representatives of Schools and Institutes of Public Administration
| DOI | 10.1177/002085236102700420 |
| Date | 01 December 1961 |
| Published date | 01 December 1961 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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was very little known in scientific circles, to
mittee of IIAS was of the opinion, at its
be published before the Congress. Ot’her
meeting held on 16 September, that, before
speakers, however, thought that the essential
considering the publication of the full text of
data contained in the various reports should
the reports, it would be preferable to await
be included in the general report for examina-
the result of the discussions to which the
tion by the Congress. The Executive Com-
general report would give rise.
Special Meetings of Representatives of Schools and
Institutes of Public Administration
INTRODUCTION
Steering Committee
Since the
For the first time, representatives of schools
meetings were ad hoc in character
and
and institutes concerned with civil service
organized with a very short preparatory
training and the preparation of personnel for
period, a Steering Committee was set up at
Lisbon.
It held two
responsibilities in public enterprises in all
lengthy meetings at
which the details of the
regions of the world have
agenda were decided
met together. This
and the procedure for the discussions planned.
was made possible by the action of the Exe-
It
cutive Committee of IIAS which authorized
appointed Mr. Donald C. Stone, Dean
of the
the
Graduate School of Public and Inter-
meetings in connection with the Round
national Affairs of the
Table.
University of Pitts-
burgh, to preside over the meetings, of which
The interest aroused by
there
a
were five. The Committee also
survey of schools
appoint-
of public administration conducted by IIAS
ed Mr. Edmond Janssens, Ohief of Section,
Directorate of Recruitment and
-
replies to a questionnaire have so far been
Training for
received from forty establishments
Technical
Assistance
-
and the
Operations, United
problems discussed by Mr. Donald C. Stone
Nations, and Mr. Raymond Nottage, Direc-
during a journey in eleven countries, are suf-
tor, Royal Institute of Public Administration,
ficient evidence of the useful purpose of such
jointly with Miss M.A. Estas, Assistant
meetings.
Chief, Research and Information Service,
IIAS, to prepare the present report.
More than fifty delegates (*) explored
their common problems, shared experience,
planned continuing arrangements for the
SUMMARY REPORT
exchange of information, and initiated co-
OF THE MEETINGS
operative endeavours.
While the plan to hold the meetings
1.
was
CATEGORIES OF PERSONNEL
adopted only a short time before the Round
TO BE TRAINED
Table, so that certain schools were unable to
send delegates, there
There
was nevertheless a very
was general recognition at the out-
substantial participation which exceeded ex-
set that the general economic and social
pectations. It had been thought that some
development of any country depends, to a
twenty to twenty-five persons would attend
large extent, on the work and efficiency of
and that this would be sufficient to
its
engage in
administration. As the administrative
preliminary explorations and to determine
machinery is vastly intricate, one of the main
whether meetings of this type would have
questions to be examined was that of the
continuing value.
The interest that the
categories of personnel whose training was
Lisbon meetings elicited and the consensus
most necessary, especially in the developing
reached that they should be conducted in the
countries.
future, as well as the evident value of the
The danger of generalizing on the subject
exchange of experience, made the effort amply
was immediately pointed
worthwhile.
out, since the po-
sition at the various levels of public admin-
istration, as regards the previous training of
the personnel, might vary widely from coun-
(*) See List of Participants in this
«Chronicle».
try to country as a result of historical, polit-
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ical, and social causes of all kinds. The par-
ments considered, which is the pre-entry and
ticipants consequently described typical sit-
in-service training of civil servants or of the
uations.
Some stressed the importance of
personnel of public enterprises, their work
training for the higher grades and others
also includes the building up of an esprit de
the lower grades, but most speakers emphas-
corps by which civil servants become con-
ized the urgent need of training for the
scious of belonging to an entity which serves
middle-grade civil servioe.
In some coun-
the common good, and observe an attitude
tries, such as the Sudan, institutions set up
of administrative impartiality.
to train the senior civil service had prompt-
ly modified their policy owing to the urgent
(c) Programmes
need for training in the middle grades as
well.
During the...
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