Multinational 2011 - Improving the Quality of Public Services A Multinational Conference

Improving the Quality of Public Services

A Multinational Conference

State University ? Higher School of Economics
University of Maryland School of Public Policy
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

Conference date: June 27-29, 2011
Location: State University-Higher School of Economics
Moscow, Russia
The main web page for the conference is:
http://www.umdcipe.org/conferences/moscow/moscowma...
Public desire for better services from government is universal, but the approaches taken to improve public services, and the outcomes achieved, vary dramatically from country to country. Researchers and practitioners around the world have learned much about the factors that influence efficiency, effectiveness, equity, and responsiveness in public service design and delivery across different contexts. Lessons emerging from developing and transition countries have potential to shed new light on longstanding questions about public service performance.

In an effort to consolidate these lessons, the Higher School of Economics (HSE), the Russian Federation Ministry of Economic Development, and the University of Maryland School of Public Policy (UMD), in collaboration with the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), will hold a conference in Moscow June 28-29, 2011. The conference is designed to attract a worldwide audience, including academics and professionals from universities, think tanks, government agencies, the private sector, civil society, and beyond.

Papers are solicited on all aspects of public policy and public management associated with improving the quality of public services at the local, sub-national, national, and regional levels. Cross-national and comparative papers are encouraged, as are papers that explore the exigencies of public administration in the Russian Federation while advancing concrete proposals to improve public services for Russian citizens. Papers will be presented in topic-oriented panels with presenters and discussants.

Program co-chairs:

Prof. Alexey Barabashev
Dean, School of Public Administration, State University?Higher School of Economics (SU-HSE)

Prof. Douglas J. Besharov
School of Public Policy, University of Maryland (UMD)
Chair, International Activities Committee, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Co-editor, International Policy Exchange Series, Oxford University Press

Program committee
Kenneth Apfel, School of Public Policy, UMD
Karen Baehler, School of Public Affairs, American University
Andrey Klimenko, School of Public Administration, SU-HSE
Maureen Pirog, Editor, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Indiana University
Jeffrey Straussman, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, State University of New York (Albany)
Lev Yakobson, School of Public Administration, SU-HSE
Sergey Parkhomenko, School of Public Administration, SU-HSE

The conference agenda is broad. Possible topics for papers include, but are not limited to the following:

? Reinventing public service design and delivery
? Measuring performance (using administrative and other data)
? Governance, leadership, and financing
? Roles of formal and informal institutions, especially in developing and transition countries
? Transparency, integrity, and anti-corruption initiatives
? Collaboration across agencies, sectors, and federal systems
? E-government
? Citizen and community engagement
? Globalization and the role of international organizations
? Lessons from experiments: Contracting out, public-private partnerships, quasi-markets, specialized agencies, etc.
? Beyond policy and public management fads: What works under varying conditions?

Abstract submissions: Please click here to submit an abstract online through the APPAM website.

Deadline: The deadline for abstract submissions is January 24, 2011.

Language: Please note that English will be the official language of the conference. Abstracts, papers, and presentations are expected to be delivered in English, but papers and abstracts may be submitted in Russian as well as in English.

Schedule:

24 Jan. 2011
Deadline to submit proposals
10 Jan. 2011
Proposal status notifications
10 Jan. 2011
Early registration begins
4 Apr. 2011
Early registration ends, regular registration begins; papers due for distribution
25 Apr. 2011
Program available online
23 May 2011
Regular registration ends; all additional registrations must be made on-site
27 Jun. 2011
Welcome dinner for paper presenters, panel chairs, and panel discussants
28 Jun. 2011
Opening plenary and keynote address

Registration is now available; please click here to register through the APPAM website

Early registration will close on April 4, 2011. Regular registration will close on May 23, 2011. After this date, registration will be available on-site at the conference.

Persons in low-income countries: You may be eligible for a waiver of the registration fee. Please contact Ms. Elena Guseletova at eguseletova-AT-hse.ru for more information

Travel reservations and side trips: We have arranged for FLYPREMIERCLASS.COM to be available to handle all your air reservations to and from the Moscow conference, and personal excursion tours in and around Moscow; please visit again later for more information on side trips. You can make your travel request via their website at www.flypremierclass.com or you can directly call 888.310.6789. As a worldwide service, they are available 24/7

Hotel accommodations: HSE is coordinating hotel accommodations in Moscow for the conference. To learn more and to make reservations, please visit again soon! (Hotel accommodations are not yet available)

Post-conference publication: Papers from the conference will be considered for publication in the Oxford University Press Series on “Comparative Policy Analysis.” Information about the series is available at: http://www.umdcipe.org/international_policy_exchan...

Contact information: For more information about the conference, please visit the conference website: http://www.umdcipe.org/conferences/moscow/moscowma...

Contact Person:

For inquires about paper proposals, opportunities to support the conference, registration, or administrative matters
Ms. Elena Guseletova
Head of International Office
School of Public Administration, SU-HSE
20 Myasnitskaya Street, office 605
e-mail: eguseletova-AT-hse.ru
Tel: 495 628 96 09