Public Governance Series

The LAGPA 2024 Conference was held in Mexico City, Mexico, on 22-24 October 2024. The event was organized by the Latin American Group for Public Administration (LAGPA), the regional entity of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), the University of Valle (Colombia), and the Mexican National Institute of Public Administration (INAP) with support from the Latin American and Caribbean Development Bank (CAF), and addressed the theme "New Perspectives and Challenges of Democracy and Governance in Latin America." Convening approximately 200 participants over three days, the conference brought together attendees from Mexico, Colombia, Tunisia, Morocco, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, and the United States to discuss critical issues facing the Latin American region.

The International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) is pleased to announce the call for nominations for its prestigious awards, the Donald C. Stone Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement and Well-Being of IASIA and the O.P. Dwivedi Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Public Administration and Public Policy Worldwide, for 2025.

During the IASIA 2024 Conference, held in Bloemfontein, South Africa, from July 1 to 5, 2024, the annual awards ceremony celebrated distinguished contributions to the field of public administration.