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serve as a platform for EROPA member countries to
A Year in Review... (From page 8)
strengthen their networks, improve exchanges and
Quality of Government”. It gathered five esteemed provide relevant support for the development of
public administration officials and academicians, e-governance in the region.
namely: Mr. Jose D. Lina, Jr., Former Minister for
Interior and Local Government, Philippines; Dr. Aside from this, EROPA also plans to expand its
Hamidin Abd Hamid, Chief Executive Officer of the membership and boost interaction with its members,
Razak School of Government, Malaysia; Mr. Seong Tae which would add more value to EROPA membership.
Jeon, Director General, Organization Policy Bureau of
the Ministry of Security and Public Administration, As the organization moves along, it hopes to bring
Korea; and Mr. Makoto Taki, Former Minister of in more members, encourage more discussions and
Justice, Japan. The session was chaired by Professor strengthen networks among public administration
Emeritus Akira Nakamura of Meiji University, who is experts and practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region.
also the General Rapporteur of the conference.
On the other hand, the 2nd Stories to Share session
featured three PA practitioners: Hon. Kamon Iizumi,
Governor of Tokushima Prefecture, Japan; Ms. Agnes
P. Dycoco, former Mayor of Libon, Albay, Philippines;
and Dr. Le Dang Doanh, Visiting Fellow at the National
Academy of Public Administration and former Senior
Adviser to the Government of Vietnam. The session
was chaired by EROPA Secretary-General Orlando S.
Mercado.
Publications
EROPA has already distributed copies of the 23rd (2012)
Volume of the Asian Review of Public Administration,
published as a double issue, during the first half of 2013,
which was published as a double issue. On December
2013, the succeeding ARPA Volume 24 (2013) was also
off the press.
The January-June 2013 issue of the EROPA Bulletin
was uploaded into the EROPA website and distributed
via e-mail to the EROPA members. Moreover, the
Record of Proceedings and Documentation of the 58th
Executive Council Meeting and Conference in Jakarta,
Indonesia, was also published.
Future Plans and Programs
The Chinese Academy of Personnel Science (CAPS),
People’s Republic of China, announced its plans to
establish on E-Government Research Center under
EROPA. According to their proposal, the Center will
ARPA 2013 now off the
press!
EROPA has recently released
its 24th Volume (Nos. 1-2) of
the Asian Review of Public
Administration (ARPA) journal
in December 2013.
The volume features a special
symposium on Disaster
Management containing
papers by Japanese and Korean
public administration experts,
in light of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The
symposium is guest-edited by Professor Masahiro Horie
of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
(GRIPS), Japan.
The latest issue also highlights a study by Professor
David Jones of the University of Brunei Darussalam,
on the use of public consultation as a policymaking tool
against the highly bureaucratic administrative system in
Singapore. Meanwhile, the potential of social media as
means for civic participation in policymaking is featured
in a study by Dr. Bevaola Kusumasari of Gadjah Mada
University, Indonesia.
For more information on this issue, please contact the
EROPA Secretariat at [email protected].