Expanding Communications Options As of August 1, 1999, SICA has two new ways to further communication between those interested in issues of international and comparative administration.  SICA-L is an electronic discussion list (also known as a listserver).  E-mail messages sent to the list are distributed to all subscribers.  To join SICA-L, send this one-line e-mail message, inserting your name in the designated location:
 SUBSCRIBE SICA-L <your name>
to:
listserv@email.uncc.edu
The other communications option is the SICA Web-board, a web-based conferencing facility. As with a discussion list, like SICA-L, subscribers can post messages to a web-board.  The difference is that postings remain available to readers until the conference moderator removes them.  Thus a web-board facilitates discussions to a greater degree than a discussion list.  SICA's Web-board is being hosted by the Reubin Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University.

To connect to the SICA Web-board follow this link to the Login Screen.  Note that "guests" can read all posts, but you will need to subscribe to the web-board in order to post messages.  To subscribe, click on "New User" at the Login Screen and supply the required information.  Once you have entered the web-board, the on-line help screens should be all you need to read and post messages.
 
Building Linkages to Public 
Administrators Worldwide		 For several years, ASPA has established formal links with professional associations of public administration practitioners and scholars around the world.  At present there are nine such formalized relationships.
Canada: Institute of Public Administration of Canada 
IPAC is an association of 20 regional Canadian groups concerned with the theory and practice of public management and its scope covers governance from the global to the local level. Provides networks and forums regionally, nationally and internationally and publishes Public Sector Management Magazine and Canadian Public Administration.  Supports an extensive international program.  IPAC liaison is its Executive Director, Joseph Galimberti.

China: Chinese Public Administration Society
For more information, please contact one of the ASPA liaisons: Frances Burke, Marc Holzer, Kuotsai Tom Liou, or Thomas D. Lynch.

Hong Kong: Hong Kong Public Administration Association 
Dated web-page provides links to Hong Kong universities and government sites, other public administration sites and to the Hong Kong Transition Project.  ASPA liaison is Frances Burke.

South Korea: Korean Association for Public Administration
A Korean-only web-site. KAPA liaison is Yong Hyo Cho; ASPA liaison is George Fredrickson. 

British Commonwealth: Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management
CAPAM develops curricula in public sector management and plans regional conferences and national seminars on related issues to involve a wider cross-section of Commonwealth public servants. Promotes and supports new initiatives and innovation in government.  CAPAM liaison is its Executive Director, Art Stevenson; ASPA liaison is William Miller.

Europe: European Group of Public Administration
Organizes and encourages exchange of information on developments in the theory and practice of public administration, fosters comparative studies and the development of PA within a European perspective, and facilitates the application of innovative ideas, methods, and techniques in PA.  ASPA liaison is Arie Halachmi.

Mexico: Colegio Nacional de Ciencias Politicas Y Administracion Publica, A.C. 
For more information, please contact one of the liaisons: Thomas D. Lynch or Emerson Markham.

United Nations: Division of Public Economics and Public Administration
This office, part of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, undertakes policy analysis for UN intergovernmental machinery and provides policy advice and technical assistance to countries.  DPEPA contact is its Director, Guido Bertucci; ASPA liaison is  William Miller.

United Nations: United Nations Association of the United States
ASPA supports the mission of the UNA-USA to enhance U.S. participation in the United Nations system as a member of its Council of Organizations.  ASPA liaison is William Miller.


Unfortunately, in many cases, these relationships have lagged.  ASPA and SICA are now working to revive and invigorate these relationships with the initial priority given to broad bilateral collaboration with Mexico and deepening links with the United Nations' Division of Public Economics and Public Administration.
 
On-Line
Syllabi Collection		 Beginning in July 2000, SICA has begun collecting links to on-line syllabi that deal with topics of interest to scholars and practitioners in any comparative/ international area.  It is our hope that this collection will serve as an aid to instructors around the world and to those interested in what the academy thinks students should know.  Syllabi might even prompt discussions of teaching strategies and content on SICA's discussion list (SICA-L) or on its web-board.

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