The Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA), the Regional Hub of Civil Service in Astana , and the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan hosted the AAPA annual conference on 13-14 April, 2017 in Astana.

The main theme of this conference was: New Challenges for Public Administration and Governance in Asia: Harnessing Opportunities within the Context of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The sub-themes included:

(1) the sustainable future of public administration and public governance in Asia;

(2) challenges of local governance for meeting SDGs;

(3) excellence in public management and challenges of performance and delivery;

(4) public administration in the digital age (digital competencies, e-governance and ICT human capacity development,  and the like);

(5) global competitiveness and public administration, and implications for education and science;

(6) multi-stakeholder cooperation for inclusive and innovative public services; and

(7) building partnership for civil service excellence focusing on SDGs 16 and 17.  

For more details about the event please read our News story.