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Under the Auspices of His Highness Sheikh
Mansour Bin Zayed Al NahyanDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs in the United Arab Emirates
The Fourth Arab Conference on Administrative Reform and Development
“Administration between the Public and Private Sectors:
Heading towards Institutional Excellence”
19 - 21 November 2017Bab al-Qasr Hotel
Abu Dhabi – United Arab Emirates
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The fourth Arab Conference on Administrative Reform and Development will be held in the light of the improvement of public service rendering methods to become a perfect model. A model that exceeds citizens’ expectations, enhances their sense of reassurance and trust in the capability of governmental institutions, develops their values of loyalty and patriotism, and realizes the requirements of a welfare state. The conference will be held to work on increasing governmental institution capability to foresee future and achieve leadership and excellence in administrative practices, as well as to respond to the recommendations that were offered during the previous administrative reform and development conferences, held by ARADO in Cairo and Muscat during the years 2015 and 2016.
The conference will be held under the title“Administration between the Public and Private Sectors: Heading towards Institutional Excellence” with the generous auspices of his Highness SheikhMansour Bin Zayed Al NahyanDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs in the United Arab Emirates.
The conference aims to discuss the development process of government administration and public service rendering in all stages of public administration development. Starting from the reform stage, towards the development stage, and ending with the modernization stage. That is in the light of the disappearance of the differences between public administration and the management of private enterprises, as well as the consolidation of priorities in order to achieve efficiency and effectiveness.
IntroductionThe conference also aims to highlight a multitude of Arab and global practices that are built on partnership, mutual learning, and integration in administration between methods and tools of government administration and methods and tools of the private sector. It also aims to look into the ways of applying accelerated development programs and of transforming creative ideas into economically profitable projects. Moreover, it aims to find innovative solutions to the most important challenges that face public administration in the 21st century thus contributing to a real change in lifestyle in human societies and causing a shift from the stage of recipient content to the stage of happiness and luxury.
The focus during the conference, in regards to the presented practices, will revolve around the following tracks and topics:
1. The role of ICTs in updating the data and information system, making sensible governmental decisions, and building cooperative relationships with citizens and recipients.2. Exchanging experiences between the public and private sectors in the field of presenting public services.3. Reinforcing trust ties between the nation and the citizen and achieving effective citizenship.4. Institutional excellence and future foresight.
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1. Administration between the Methods and Tools of the Public and Private Sectors: a. Theoretical and philosophical framework. b. Partnership and mutual learning between the public and private sectors in public services provision. c. The Best Arab and international experiences and practices.
2. Transformation from E-Government to Smart Government: Digital Transformation:
a. The challenges of providing e-services in the Arab World and suggested solutions. b. E-services feasibility studies. c. The role of e-management in rationalizing the costs of public services and strengthening the relationship between management and citizen. d. The role of e-management in updating the data and information system and in making sensible governmental decisions. e. The role of the private sector in financing, testing and applying future technology. f. Open Government.
3. Institutional Excellence: a. Concept and criteria for regional and global institutional excellence. b. Institutional excellence and accelerated development. c. Fourth generation model of government excellence. d. Future foresight, and achieving leadership and excellence in administrative practices. e. Change Management. f. Institutional excellence awards. g. Successful Arab and international practices in the field of future foresight and applying an innovative concept of partnership between public and private sector. i. Global experiences. ii. Experience of the United Arab Emirates.
The MainTopics
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• The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).• United Nations Development Program (UNDP).• Ministries, civil & public service agencies, human resource and administrative reform institutions in Arab countries.
• Decision makers and those concerned with reform and administrative development in Arab countries.• Administrative and legal leaders and their deputies in the government, public and private sector.• Manager of human resources, planning, administrative development, and training departments in Arab institutions.• Academics and scientific institutions specialized in the conference’s topic.• Private companies and institutions that wish to present their experiences.
Conference Fees:
• 700 USD per participant.
The Conference Fees Include:
• Participation in conference meetings and a handbook.
• Drink buffet during breaks, and lunch invites throughout the conference.
• Accredited participation certificate issued by the Arab Administrative Development
Organization – League of Arab States.
Conference President:
• Dr. Nasser Al-Qahtani, Director General of the Arab Administrative Development Organization.
Scientific Coordinator of the Conference:
• Prof. Saleh Abdurrahman Al-Sheikh - Deputy Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reform (MPMAR) - Arab Republic of Egypt.
General Coordinator of the Conference:
• Dr. Adel Al-Sen - Consultant of the Arab Administrative Development Organization.
The Invited Global and Arab Institutions
The Conference Methodology: • The program for this conference will be implemented in the form of simulation sessions, workshops, case studies, and public sessions, in order to cover the conference’s topics as well as Arab and global practices and experiences.
The Conference Participants:
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Executive Secretary
Telephone: (+202) 22580006
Fax: (+202) 22580077
• Mr. Sameh Saleh – Ext.: 336 Mob.: 01066689461 [email protected]
• Mrs. Enas Aly – Ext.: 335 Mob.: 01066689467 [email protected]
Conference’s Website
https://www.arado.org/ACARD
