There is widespread recognition that developing countries suffer from a lack of management capacities, and that this scarcity of indigenous talent is a major constraint in stimulating national development. High levels of managerial capacity are necessary for national development whether one speaks of agricultural development, social development, or economic development. Although continuing education has always been a visible and accepted part of PUBLIC administration in developing countries, there has been a recent upsurge in providing PUBLIC administration education.
Information about the 50th and 51st meetings of the Compliance Committee of the Convention on Access to Information, PUBLIC Participation in Decisionmaking and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters from October 6, 2015 to December 18, 2015, is presented. Topics include environmental protection, environmental and human rights and the development of renewable energy resources. It also cites the interactions between authorities and the PUBLIC in environmental law.
The article discusses the modification of a condition enforced on planning consent for the large flat's subdivision in London, England into two units as inspector showed sympathy for the appellant's pledge. The condition specified that development should not be initiated until a scheme had been approved by the council to assure that residents were not able to furnish a parking permit. The inspector agrees that worded condition is appropriate without securing a planning obligation.
The article presents the views of several PUBLIC managers regarding how they can achieve work-life balance. According to Kansas City, Missouri General Services Department Director Gerald Smith, PUBLIC managers should consider the importance of their role as a member of a family and not always thinking about their role as government administrators. Curtis Holt, Wyoming, Michigan city manager, comments that PUBLIC managers need to maintain trust and should spend time with their families.
Presents innovative approaches to PUBLIC-sector personnel practices formulated by the International Personnel Management Association (IPMA). Streamlining of employee transfers; Issuing of an executive order for recognizing the role of state employees in attaining an efficient PUBLIC administration; Advantages offered by the training program.
Comments on the effects of the September 11 terrorist attack in the United States. Realization of the importance of PUBLIC servants in society; Change in the perspective of the American government; Challenges in PUBLIC administration.
Focuses on the claim by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) that the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects are still hampered by poor design in great Britain. Necessity for the procurement model to be overhauled to ensure that PUBLIC sector bodies are more involved in the design process; Decision of RIBA to launch a comprehensive review of the PFI wherein PUBLIC bodies would have responsibility for the initial design and contractors control the design, funding, and construction; Selection of a preferred bidder, with a joint project team of clients and contractors working out the final specification.
The article reports that local government leaders in Great Britain are calling for league tables and crude national comparisons to be scrapped when the Comprehensive Area Assessments are introduced. They believe that the league tables to nothing to foster the improvements intended by the inspection regime.
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