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Established in 1930, the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) occupies the longest standing and unique position as a global international institution specializing in the administrative sciences and public administration. It is represented in around a hundred countries with a membership drawn from corporate bodies and individuals, national and international sections, states and international organizations. It has a Secretariat in Brussels under a Director-General, a General Assembly, Council of Administration, Executive Committee and Research Advisory Council. The IIAS is also the umbrella for three specialized professional af®liates: the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA), the International Association of Information and Documentation in Public Administration (IAIDPA), and the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA). Since 1947, the IIAS has consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and since 1987 the International Labour Of®ce.
In promoting the development of the administrative sciences and best practice in national and international public administration, IIAS draws on a number of assets. First, it is an independent, professional body detached from any particular government or political view. Second, its professional constituency is a broad based oneÐincluding academics, practitioners, researchers, civil servantsÐand varied discipline-wise, from law through management to political and policy sciences. Third and following from all of the foregoing, it provides a key network for the exchange of information on ways of enhancing the operational ef®ciency, methods and techniques of public administration.
IIAS activities fall under three headings. First, its scienti®c activities comprise study and research, conferences, congresses and roundtables, and publications. In the ®rst category, the modality of work is the Working group. They comprise 15 to 20 members representing a balanced variety of countries, professions and experiences, in relation to the needs of the study. The Working Groups are entrusted with carrying out a comparative study on a speci®c theme, to cover a two-to three-year period, and are responsible for preparing a summary report at the conclusion of their work. Topics include: social security systems, sector productivity, international administration, role of NGOs, human rights, programme and policy evaluation and civil service modernization, and reform and training. Second, under meetings, the next international conference (the third) has been held in Beijing, 8±11 October, 1996 on the topic New Challenges for Public Administration in the Twenty-®rst Century: ef®cient civil service and decentralised public administration' and the next Round Table will be held in Quebec 14±17 July, 1997 on the theme of: The changing world of Government: How far have we come? where are we headed?'. Third, under
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