Public Governance Series

Open Call for Applications: Positions on the ICAPA Accreditation Committee

Diogo Pereira,

The International Commission on Accreditation of Public Administration education and training (ICAPA) is the quality assurance body of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA), an entity affiliated with the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS).ICAPA evaluates compliance of public administration/management/governance, public policy and public affairs programs with the Standards of Excellence for Public Administration Education and Training jointly elaborated by IASIA and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

ICAPA’s governance structure includes a Steering Committee (SC), a standing committee of IASIA in charge of ICAPA policy and governance, the Accreditation Committee (AC), which conducts site visits and makes accreditation recommendations, and a Secretariat. Under internal regulations, the SC nominates prospective members of the AC for endorsement by the IASIA Board of Management (BoM) based on qualifications. This nomination exercise is the subject of this Call for Nominations.

The call for applications

The SC invites expressions of interest in being nominated for a position on the AC from applicants with the stated application criteria, subject to endorsement by the BoM. Please submit an expression of interest and the stated application materials to Hamid Ali (hamid.ali@dohainstitute.edu.qa) and copy Margaret Tabler  (m.tabler@iias-iisa.org)  not later than close of business June 15, 2024.

Application Criteria

  • Substantial experience as an academic or practitioner of public administration, public policy, or other related disciplines
  • Knowledgeable about program accreditation of public administration programs, including relevant standards/criteria and their application, experience organizing and conducting site visits (preferred)
  • Possession of the below qualifications (as many as possible, preferred)

Qualifications 

The criteria include:

  1. Experience in the field of Public Administration and Accreditation
  2.  Knowledge and mastery of Standards of Excellence.
  3.  Ability to work in a team in an inclusive and participatory manner.
  4. Readiness to review and master any new Standards of Excellence.
  5.  Ability to mobilize Networks and Institutions.

Application Requirements

Notification of interest in nomination for the AC transmitted to Prof. Hamid Ali (hamid.ali@dohainstitute.edu.qa) and copy Margaret Tabler  (m.tabler@iias-iisa.org) not later than June 15, 2024

  • Letter discussing the Candidate’s qualifications as set out above
  • CV including skills and experience as Public Administration academic or practitioner and regarding program accreditation activities

Processes

Note that additional applicants may be considered for AC vacancies, so not all qualified applicants may be nominated.  After gathering and analyzing information regarding candidates, the SC will submit names and descriptions of the candidates’ qualifications and experience to the BoM for further action in the form of endorsement of some or all of the nominations for membership in the AC.

Resources

The International Commission on Accreditation of Public Administration Education and Training Programs (ICAPA) is pleased to announce the recent reaccreditation and accreditation of several prominent institutions. The American University in Cairo, the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas at the University of Lisbon (ULisboa ISCSP), and Fairleigh Dickinson University have all been tentatively approved for accreditation through an Action by Written Consent by the ICAPA Accreditation Committee (AC). Final endorsement of these accreditations will proceed through the Steering Committee as outlined by Regulation 8 in the coming days.

The International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA), the specialized entity of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), is pleased to officially welcome Abdelmalek Essaâdi University (UAE) in Morocco as a new Corporate Member. UAE’s membership strengthens IASIA’s commitment to advancing public administration education and research, further enhancing our mission to foster global standards of excellence in the field.

The 2024 AAPA-EROPA-AGPA-IAPA Joint Conference, an unprecedented gathering of Asia’s major public administration organizations—the Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA), the Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration (EROPA), the Asian Group for Public Administration (AGPA), and the Indonesian Association for Public Administration (IAPA)—successfully concluded at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Themed “Towards World Class Bureaucracy,” the event marked a milestone in public administration, drawing over 600 participants, including a substantial international delegation.

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