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IPMN Newsletter 2004

Number 2

IPMN NEWSLETTER NO. 2 2004

IPMN 2004 BRAZIL CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS

The Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration and the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV/EBAPE) will host and cosponsor the 2004 conference of the International Public Management Network (IPMN at www.inpuma.net) in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil on 27-29 September, 2004.

Please submit paper or panel proposals of not more than one page in length to IPMNet@aol.com before May 1, 2004.

Conference Theme: "Third Generation Reform in Brazil and Other Nations: Achieving Governmental, Social and Economic Realignment."

How is reform to be implemented once a mature stage of change is reached? This issue is important for all nations and particularly Brazil and Latin American nations. How is policy continuity best achieved once political parties sponsoring change leave office? What are the sources available to fund continued implementation of reforms? How do local and state governments continue to implement reform after national government support changes or fades? What criteria should be applied to determine which reforms should be continued and which should be terminated? How are a variety of economic and social changes instituted under a succession of reforms to be coordinated and aligned to achieve a common purpose, e.g., economic development, environmental protection, social equity? What is the role of international lenders and other international institutions in this process? Papers addressing these and related issues are welcomed for review for presentation at the IPMN 2004 international research conference.

To expand on the definition of third generation reform, in the first phase of comprehensive reform comes the articulation of a new policy and management direction (public management policymaking in Michael Barzelay's framework; see International Public Management Journal 6/3 2003: 251-281), typically but not always issued by a newly elected government. Passage/enactment of policy and budgets followed articulation and dialogue. Then, new policies and management approaches were implemented. This is only the start of the implementation process but the end of the first generation of reform. The second generation consists of following through -- steering of continued implementation by the government that articulated and sponsored the reforms. The third generation begins when the original sponsors leave office, often but not always at the point of transition to another government. At this point it is up to a new government (of the same political party or party coalition as the original policy reform sponsors or a different party) to decide, enact and then begin to implement modifications to the original reforms. Here is where continuity and other problems arise, where tough choices are necessary on policy priorities, spending, enforcement, responsibility sharing, etc. When national governments change, critical questions must be addressed, e.g., which policies should continue, which should be modified and how, which should be terminated? Answers to these questions lead to another set of issues, e.g., what were the net benefits of the previous regime of reform and how were they distributed? Who paid and who benefited? What are the likely effects if the new regime articulates a fairly radical departure from the reforms of the previous government? How do state and local governments that have enlisted and been paid to participate in the first and second generations of reform deal with such change? (One answer is state and local governments continue to endorse programs that fit with their policy priorities and that continue to be funded by the national government, but drop everything else.) Where changes in national-local government relationships occur accompanied by other changes (e.g., policy/program termination), who loses benefits? What level of government or what other entity takes up the slack if programs/services are discontinued? In this conception of the phases of public sector and government reform, the toughest problems are those faced by a number of stakeholders in the third generation of change.

Many places in the world are now at the point of third generation reform and, consequently, must face sets of questions that go far beyond the debate over whether NPM persists, whether it constituted a paradigm shift and other issues often raised in public management reform dialogue.

Conference program committee:
Michael Barzelay, London School of Economics, UK
Sandford Borins, University of Toronto, Canada
Bianor Cavalcanti, EBAPE Director, Brazil
Armando Cunha, FGV/EBAPE, Brazil
Lawrence R. Jones, IPMN Coordinator, USA
Eduardo Marques, FGV/EBAPE, Brazil
Riccardo Mussari, University of Siena, Italy
Marco Ruediger, FGV/EBAPE, Brazil
Kuno Schedler, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Fred Thompson, Willamette University, USA

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IPMN Newsletter 2004 Number 2
IPMN NEWSLETTER NO. 2 2004 IPMN 2004 BRAZIL CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS The Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration and the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV/EBAPE) will host and cosponsor the 2004 conference of the International Public Management Network (IPMN at www.inpuma.net) in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil on 27-29 September, 2004. Please submit paper or panel proposals of not more than one page in length to IPMNet@aol.com before May 1, 2004. Conference Theme: "Third Generation Reform in Brazil and Other Nations: Achieving Governmental, Social and Economic Realignment." How is reform to be implemented once a mature stage of change is reached? This issue is important for all nations and particularly Brazil and Latin American nations. How is policy continuity best achieved once political parties sponsoring change leave office? What are the sources available to fund continued implementation of reforms? How do local and state governments continue to implement reform after national government support changes or fades? What criteria should be applied to determine which reforms should be continued and which should be terminated? How are a variety of economic and social changes instituted under a succession of reforms to be coordinated and aligned to achieve a common purpose, e.g., economic development, environmental protection, social equity? What is the role of international lenders and other international institutions in this process? Papers addressing these and related issues are welcomed for review for presentation at the IPMN 2004 international research conference. To expand on the definition of third generation reform, in the first phase of comprehensive reform comes the articulation of a new policy and management direction (public management policymaking in Michael Barzelay's framework; see International Public Management Journal 6/3 2003: 251-281), typically but not always issued by a newly elected government. Passage/enactment of policy and budgets followed articulation and dialogue. Then, new policies and management approaches were implemented. This is only the start of the implementation process but the end of the first generation of reform. The second generation consists of following through -- steering of continued implementation by the government that articulated and sponsored the reforms. The third generation begins when the original sponsors leave office, often but not always at the point of transition to another government. At this point it is up to a new government (of the same political party or party coalition as the original policy reform sponsors or a different party) to decide, enact and then begin to implement modifications to the original reforms. Here is where continuity and other problems arise, where tough choices are necessary on policy priorities, spending, enforcement, responsibility sharing, etc. When national governments change, critical questions must be addressed, e.g., which policies should continue, which should be modified and how, which should be terminated? Answers to these questions lead to another set of issues, e.g., what were the net benefits of the previous regime of reform and how were they distributed? Who paid and who benefited? What are the likely effects if the new regime articulates a fairly radical departure from the reforms of the previous government? How do state and local governments that have enlisted and been paid to participate in the first and second generations of reform deal with such change? (One answer is state and local governments continue to endorse programs that fit with their policy priorities and that continue to be funded by the national government, but drop everything else.) Where changes in national-local government relationships occur accompanied by other changes (e.g., policy/program termination), who loses benefits? What level of government or what other entity takes up the slack if programs/services are discontinued? In this conception of the phases of public sector and government reform, the toughest problems are those faced by a number of stakeholders in the third generation of change. Many places in the world are now at the point of third generation reform and, consequently, must face sets of questions that go far beyond the debate over whether NPM persists, whether it constituted a paradigm shift and other issues often raised in public management reform dialogue. Conference program committee: Michael Barzelay, London School of Economics, UK Sandford Borins, University of Toronto, Canada Bianor Cavalcanti, EBAPE Director, Brazil Armando Cunha, FGV/EBAPE, Brazil Lawrence R. Jones, IPMN Coordinator, USA Eduardo Marques, FGV/EBAPE, Brazil Riccardo Mussari, University of Siena, Italy Marco Ruediger, FGV/EBAPE, Brazil Kuno Schedler, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland Fred Thompson, Willamette University, USA INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION STATUS Beginning with volume 7, number 1, 2004 the International Public Management Journal has became a subscription only journal. The IPMJ editorial group has negotiated a very good price with Information Age Publishing, so that IPMN members will receive three issues of the journal each year for the annual price of $30.00 for U. S. subscribers, and only $33.00 for subscriptions outside the U.S. (the differential is for mailing costs only). To receive IPMJ beginning with vol. 7, no. 1, 2004, please send your subscription payment to: IPMJ Subscription Information Age Publishing PO Box 4967 Greenwich, CT USA 06830 Credit card and payment by check is accepted. For more information you may contact the publisher directly by email at IPMJ@infoagepub.com. A subscription form is provided at the bottom of this message. IPMJ SUBSCRIPTION FORM Please use the form below for ordering the International Public Management Journal. You may submit this form electronically to IPMJ@infoagepub.com. if you have electronic signature capability and are paying by credit card. Otherwise, please mail your order form and check or credit card payment to Information Age Publishing using the address shown below. The subscription price for one year is $30.00 (US$) for mailing addresses within the US and $33.00 for mailing outside the US. Also, you may use this form to place library subscription orders. The International Public Management Journal Order Form This Order Form also may be used as a Library Recommendation Form Personal subscription rates are valid only on orders paid for with a personal check or credit card. Institutional checks will not be honored for personal subscriptions. Please check the appropriate form of payment: ___ Visa ___ MasterCard ___ American Express ___ Check Enclosed Charge Card Number: Expiration Date: Name: Signature: Address: City: State: Zip or Postal Code: Fax: E-mail: IPMJ is published by: Information Age Publishing Inc. P.O. Box 4967, Greenwich CT USA 06831 Tel: 203-661-7602 fax: 203-661-7952 URL: www.infoagepub.com
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