Program of the 2000 Asia-Pacific Panel on Public
Administration

IIAS/IAM Joint PanelonPublic Administration

Time and DateVenue
Conference site

11 am - 12.30
21 June 2000
Bologna, Italy
AULA MAGNA (Santa Lucia)

ThemeRegional Cooperation and Integration Efforts
in Public Management in the Asia-Pacific Region- A Comparative Approach -Introduction
In Europe, the European Union is striving to possess
embryonic federal characteristics while it is a community ofsovereign nations. Integration of nation states is proceeding toform a supranational institution.
On the other hand, there are diverse cultural, ethnic,
political and geopolitical differences among countries in theAsia-Pacific region. One may say that regional integration isimpossible or far more difficult compared with the Europe.
However, governments in the Asia-Pacific region are
more or less introducing a common set of publicmanagement techniques, so-called New Public Management.
New Public Management, NPM in short, is characterized byhands-on professional management, explicit standards andmeasures of performance, greater emphasis on output
controls, shift to disaggregation of units, shift to greater
competition, stress on private-sector styles of management
practice and stress on greater discipline and parsimony inresource use. The introduction of common techniques can be
identified as one of the integration efforts in publicmanagement.
This joint IIAS/IAM panel will provide an opportunity
to have a common perspective of what are going on in public
administration in the Asia-Pacific and explore the coverageand depth of NPM adopted by governments.
In the panel, three speakers will present how thegovernments in the Asia-Pacific have introduced New Public
Management techniques in the context of globalization andwhat results have been accomplished up to now and future
direction. And two discussants from Latin America andAfrica will comment on the efforts in the Asia-Pacific fromthe perspectives of the regional integration.
In this panel, we will identify the roles of the common
management techniques, evaluate the countries' experiences
and clarify the necessity of coordinated approach andregional cooperation in public management.

Panelists
X Prof. Osamu Koike, Yokohama National University,
Japan
Professional background2000-present Professor, Yokohama National University,Japan
1981-present Member, Japanese Society for Public
Administration
1998-2000
Associate Professor, Yokohama NationalUniversity
1991-1998
Associate Professor, Ibaraki University,Japan
1981-1991 Research Fellow, Institute of Administrative
Management, Japan

Educational background
1989
1981
1978

Ph.D., Meiji University, Japan
M.A., Meiji University, Japan
B.A., Meiji University, Japan

X Prof. Shin-Bok Kim, Seoul National University, Republicof Korea
Professional background2000-presentPresident, Korean Association ofAcademic Societies
1999-present Dean, Graduate School of Public
Administration, Seoul National University
1997-present Member, National Council for Educational
Policy, Ministry of Education, Korea
1978-present Assistant Professor and Professor,
Graduate School of Public Administration,Seoul National University

Educational background
1973
1972
19701968Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
M.P.I.A., University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
M.P.A., Seoul National University, Korea
B.A., Seoul National University, Korea

X Ms. Adelina B. Sarmiento, Assistant Commissioner, Civil
Service Commission, Republic of the Philippines (assistedby Ms. Lydia A. Castillo, Civil Service Commission,
Republic of the Philippines)
Professional background
Ms. Sarmiento entered into the government in 1961 and has
been working in the government ever since. Her former positions
were Legislative Liaison Officer of the Legislative Liaison Office,Board Member II of the Merit Systems Protection Board, Regional
Director of the Civil Service Regional Office No.3 and so on.

Educational background1982
19631960
1956

Units in MPA, University of the Philippines
Units in BBA, University of the East
Bachelor of Laws, Manuel L. Quezon University
Associate in Arts, Manuel L. Quezon University

X Mr. Ignacio Perez Salgado
Director Magister en Gerencia Publica, Facultad deAdministration y Economia, Magister en Gerencia Publica,
Universidad de Santiago de Chile

X Mr. Jacques Mariel Nzouankeu
Secretary General of the African Organization of Civil
Service (OFPA)

President/Coordinator
X Prof. Hiromitsu Kataoka, Waseda University, Japan(assisted by Dr. Hiroko Kudo, Waseda University, Japan)

Organization of the Panel
Introduction of the President
Presentation by Prof. Koike
Presentation by Prof. Kim
Presentation by Ms. Sarmiento
Presentation by Mr. Perez Salgado
Presentation by Mr. Nzouankeu
Discussion
Conclusion by the President

Post-Panel Luncheon
Participants of the Panel are cordially invited to aluncheon hosted by the Institute of Administrative
Management (IAM), Japan

The Institute of Administrative Management, Japan(IAM) is a pioneer in research on public administration inJapan. Since its establishment of 1977, IAM has been
carrying out various research activities from five-year
projects on basic theories to specific studies on publicmanagement techniques such as grievance procedure,
privatization, and policy coordination. IAM also organizes
meetings and seminars on public management and gives
government officials and other people in the public sector theopportunities for improving their public managementtechniques. IAM publishes some publications in English
such as "Organization of the Government of Japan","Administrative Management and Reform in Japan" and"Japan's Government Administration at a Glance 2000."
As for international cooperation, IAM has been conducting
various joint activities with international organizations suchas the United Nations, IIAS and EROPA to contributehuman resource development of the government officials in
the Asia-Pacific region.
If you would like to study public management in theJapanese government, it is the most convenient for you tocontact the Institute at first.

Institute of Administrative Management (IAM)
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3-1-1, Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku
Tokyo, 170-6019
Phone: +81-3-3981-0441
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