The 6th International Conference on

Public Administration in the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 6th International Conference on Public Administration in the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges, jointly hosted by the Center for Chinese Public Administration Research at Sun Yat-sen University, Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau of the Macau Special Administrative Region, University of Macau and Macau Foundation, will be held in Macau from October 16-17, 2014. As an important event for the global academia of public administration, the conference aims to:

•                  organize prompt and qualified dialogues focusing on major issues of public governance in the post-crisis era;
•                  invite both domestic and international scholars to discuss the difficulties and challenges of public governance in the post-crisis era and explore the approaches for improving public governance;
•                  strengthen academic exchanges and collaborations among domestic and overseas scholars and promote the development of public governance research in the post-crisis era;
•                  enrich the studies of Macau as an international city and attract more public administration practitioners and researchers to study Macau.

The outbreak of the global financial crisis in 2008 has brought unprecedented challenges to governments around the world. The economic crisis prompts us to reconsider the relationship between the government and market. Many governing instruments, such as deregulation and privatization, which were trusted by many developed counties and treated as panacea by many developing countries, began to gain suspicion and criticism after the crisis. With a special theme of “Governance in the Post-Crisis Era”, the conference will address major issues in a broader perspective transcending the traditional scope of public administration. We look forward to receiving papers from scholars and researchers who are concerned about new challenges in public administration.

THEMES
The conference includes, but is not limited to, the research themes listed below:
Conference theme:Governance in the Post-crisis Era
Paper themes:                 
•          Worldwide Governance Experience
•          Public Service Values and Ethics
•          Intergovernmental Cooperation
•          Environmental Management and Policy
•          Human Resource Management and Government Ability Construction
•          Legitimacy of Public Administration
•          Fiscal Sustainability
•          Macau's Economic Development Model
•          Public Sector Performance Management
•          Public Resources Reform and Innovation

DEADLINES FOR ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS
Abstracts (no more than 500 words in English) for all papers should be sent as an email attachment to macauconference2014@gmail.com no later than April 1, 2014. After the anonymous evaluation, the official invitation will be sent to the authors whose abstracts are accepted no later than April 15, 2014.
Full papers must be sent as an email attachment to macauconference2014@gmail.com no later than August 15, 2014.
The attachment must be in doc (MS Word) format, including the following:
1.The first page: paper title, author name(s), title and position, contact email address and phone numbers with the top left space indicated the conference name as “Public Management in the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges”;
2.The second page: abstract and key words;
3.Main body.

PUBLICATION
All accepted papers will be peer reviewed for publication opportunity. Outstanding conference papers will be published on top-journal. All papers will be peer reviewedfor publishing in the conference proceedings.

REGISTRATION AND ACCOMMODATION
There is no registration fee. The conference organizers will provide presenters from outside Macau with accommodation and meals during the conference. Airfares and other travel costs will not be covered by the organizers.

CONFERENCE VENUES
This conference will be held at the University of Macau.  

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Submission: April 1, 2014
Authors Notification: April 15, 2014
Final Paper Submission: August 15, 2014
Registration and Check-in:October15, 2014
Conference date: October 16-17,2014

CONTACT PERSONS
Ms. Xiaoyin WANG，Ms. Beibei LUO
Center for Chinese Public Administration Research, Sun Yat-Sen University
No. 135 Xingang Xi Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R.China
Zip code: 510275
Email:[url=mailto:%20macauconference2014@gmail.com] macauconference2014@gmail.com[/url]
Tel/Fax: 86-20-84038745,86-20-39332615

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau, MSAR
Center for HYPERLINK "http://ccpar.sysu.edu.cn/"Chinese HYPERLINK "http://ccpar.sysu.edu.cn/"Public AdiministrationHYPERLINK "http://ccpar.sysu.edu.cn/" ResearchHYPERLINK "http://ccpar.sysu.edu.cn/", HYPERLINK "http://ccpar.sysu.edu.cn/"Sun Yat-Sen University
University of Macau
Macau Foundation