The organizer of the conference from the Russian side of is the Faculty of Public Administration of the National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE), a member of APPAM since 2007. Co-organizer from the APPAM side is the University of Maryland, School of Public Policy (UMD).
The conference is supported by the Ministry of Economic Development of Russian Federation.
The urgency of the conference’s theme is caused by the great interest to the problem of improving the quality of public services from states and society. What are the new approaches to improve public services? Is there any opportunity to share experience between countries with different systems of governance and different levels of economic development? What is meant by the modern concept of public administration? Is it possible to provide transparency and accessibility in the delivery of public services? Here are only few questions, which the participants will try answer.
Researchers, scientists and practitioners from around the world will talk about factors that affect the efficiency, the possibility of feedback and the design of the delivery of public services. The experience appeared in developing countries and countries in transition will be examined to provide a new vision on the problematic issues of public administration among the interesting debates during the conference.
The conference is intended for attracting a worldwide audience, including academics and professionals from universities, research institutes, public authorities, the private sector, civil society as a whole. It is dedicated to a wide range of issues of public policy and public administration associated with improving the quality of public services at the local, sub-national, national, and regional levels. Special attention will be paid to the cross-national and comparative reports, which explore the requirements for public administration in Russia or inputs to improve public services for Russian citizens.
The international program and organization committees include well-known experts in the field of government reforming:
Organizing Committee of the Conference
D.D. Besharov
Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland (UMD), APPAM President in 2007-2008, the Chairman of International Activities Committee of APPAM. Co-editor of the International Policy Exchange Series, Oxford University Press
Alexey G. Barabashev
Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Public Administration, National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE)
Program Committee of the Conference
Kenneth Apfel, Professor, School of Public Policy, UMD
Karen Baehler, Professor, School of Public Affairs, American University
Lev I. Yakobson, Professor, First Vice Rector, National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE)
Andrey V. Klimenko, Professor, Vice Rector, Director of the Institute for Public Administration and Municipal Management, National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE)
Maureen Pirog, Editor, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Professor, School of Public Policy and Environmental Studies, Indiana University
Jeffrey Straussman, Professor, Dean of the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, State University of New York (Albany)
Sergey A. Parkhomenko, Associate Professor Deputy Dean for Master's Studies, Faculty of Public Administration, National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE)
Key topics of the Conference Program:
• Novelties in the design of public service
• Examination of the results of public services’ delivery (using administrative and other data)
• Public services management, governance and financing
• The role of formal and informal institutions in organization of public services, especially in developing countries and countries in transition
• Transparency, honesty and anti-corruption initiatives within the delivery of public services
• Cooperation between government institutions, sectors, and federal systems
• E-government
• Civil initiatives to improve the quality of public services and the examination of service
• Globalization and the role of international organizations that have an impact on the current state of public services
• Practical experience: concluding contracts, public-private partnerships, quasi-markets, specialized institutions, etc.
At the 1st and the 2nd day at the plenary conference sessions the heads of ministries and departments, members of the Russian Government and also well-known researchers with worldwide reputation will participate in discussion.
It is expected that over 200 participants will work at the conference. Attention to organizing and holding the conference have already been paid by the Russian Association of Public Administration, the Russian Association of Public Affairs and federal media.
For more information, please contact:
Elena Guseletova, the Chief of the International Department, Faculty of Public administration - e-mail: eguseletova@hse.ru, tel. / fax: 7 (495) 628-96-09; 2. Hotels for accommodation
