International public administration

There are several organizations that are active. The oldest is the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA). Based in Brussels, Belgium, IASIA is an association of organizations and individuals whose activities and interests focus on public administration and management. The activities of its members include education and training of administrators and managers. It is the only worldwide scholarly association in the field of public management. Also the International Committee of the US-based National Association of School of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) has developed a number of relationships around the world. They include sub regional and National forums like CLAD, INPAE and NISPAcee, APSA, The Center for Latin American Administration for Development (CLAD), based in Caracas, Venezuela, this regional network of schools of public administration set up by the governments in Latin America is the oldest in the region. The Institute is a founding member and played a central role in organizing the Inter-American Network of Public Administration Education (INPAE). Created in 2000, this regional network of schools is unique in that it is the only organization to be composed of institutions from North and Latin America and the Caribbean working in public administration and policy analysis. It has more than 49 members from top research schools in various countries throughout the hemisphere. NISPAcee is a network of experts, scholars and practitioners who work in the field of public administration in Central and Eastern Europe, including the Russian Federation and the Caucasus and Central Asia. The US public administration and political science associations like NASPA, American Political Science Association (APSA) and American Society of Public Administration (ASPA) have helped to create the fundamental establishment of modern public administration.

5. Decide what part of the speech these words refer to, translate them.

responsibility, directing, traditionally, feature, distinct, avoid, partially, unitary, regional, founding, experience, tenure, censure, create, establishment, various, develop, scholarly, however, relationship, maintain, hemisphere, precise, objectively, appoint, obedience, lawful, include, warn, assist.

6. True or false.

1. Within nations public administration is practiced only at the central level.

2. In most of the world the establishment of highly trained administrative, executive, or directive classes has made public administration a distinct profession.

3. The body of public administrators is usually called the local service.

4. Traditionally the civil service isn’t contrasted with other bodies serving the state full time, such as the military, the judiciary, and the police.

5. Junior civil servants are regarded as the professional advisers to those who formulate state policy.

6. Civil servants in every country are expected to advise, warn, and assist those responsible for state policy and, when this has been decided, to provide the organization for implementing it.

7. Civil services are organized upon standard hierarchical lines, in which a command structure rises pyramid-fashion from the highest offices to the lowest.

8. In some countries there may be direct appointment to higher office of persons not previously employed by the service, but even then a recognized system of internal promotion emphasizes the nature of the hierarchical pyramid.

9. Based in Toronto, Canada, IASIA is an association of organizations and individuals whose activities and interests focus on public administration and management.

7. Read the text and make up your own questions.