This Conference will solicit English papers, and publish the excellent ones on Proceedings of2017 International Conference on Public Administration and recommend excellent papers to the world's top journals in field of global public management.

Conference Introduction

In order to cope with the impact and challenge of globalization and informatization on public management in the world, discuss the new achievements and experiences of public management reform and innovation, and reflect the forefront of public management research and deepen the international academic cooperation and exchanges in the field of public administration, 2017 International Conference on Public Administration (12th ICPA)& International Symposium on West African Studies (1st ISWAS) will be held on Cape Coast, Accra , Ghana from November 14 to 17 ,2017.

Conference Sponsors (ICPA)
University of Ghana (UG), Ghana
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Ghana
American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), USA
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), P.R. China

Symposium Sponsors (ISWAS)
University of Cape Coast(UCC), Ghana
Center for West African Studies, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), P.R. China

Conference & Symposium Co-Sponsor
PA Information Research Center of UESTC, P.R. China

Conference & Symposium Hosts
College of Humanities, University of Ghana (UG), Ghana
Centre for International Education, University of Cape Coast(UCC), Ghana
Office of International Programmes and Development, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Ghana
School of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), P.R. China

Supported by Chinese Public Administration Society Journal(CPAS), P.R. China

Call for Papers
2017 ICPA focusing on the theme:Managing across Organizational Boundaries: Innovation and Collaboration, including but not limited to the following points

 Governance and Management to Improve Cooperation Across Organizations
 Public Private Partnerships
 Reducing Complexity When Delivering Public Services
 Managing Risk Across Organizational Boundaries
 Encouraging Collaborative Behavior by Public Officials
 Social Equity and the Quality of Inter-organizational Cooperation
 Big Data and Effective Network Management
 Theory and Practice onCross -boundary Governance

Authors have the option to have their accepted papers published in the official Proceedings of 2017 International Conference on Public Administration with a special column on Social and Economic Development in West Africa from global perspective by Press of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Authors who wish to have their papers nominated for “Best Paper Awards“ and are so selected will not have their papers published in the proceedings if they prefer to have them blind reviewed by recommended journals. The Proceedings will be indexed by ISI Proceedings(Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities CPCI-SSH, named in the Index to Social Science and Humanities Proceedings - ISSHP) through ISI Web of Knowledge in the United States.

The 12thICPA will select and recommend the best papers for publication in one of the following journals subject to blind reviews:

Public Administration Review (PAR)—the best paper that focuses on identifying and analyzing current public administration trends in theory and practice.
Chinese Public Administration—the best paper that focuses on international comparative study.
Chinese Public Administration Review (CPAR)—the best paper that focuses on public administration andpublic policytopics with significant theoretical and practical implications.

Notice

Requirement：
Authors should identify the primary sub-theme where their abstract/paper should be placed. The abstract should describe the paper’s contents and briefly explain the paper’s relevance to the conference theme. Abstracts must identify the author(s) affiliation, email address, and should not exceed one page.

1, The paper format should be strictly in accordance with version of the model, which can be downloaded from www.icpa-uestc.cn.
2, The author's signature order must not be changed.
3, Anyone who want to publishpapers should pay 2500 yuan/article (the paper in principle should be limited to 5-7 pages, more than 7 pages, will add 150 yuan/page ),.The one publish a paper will given the collection of papers and CD-ROM (only the first author).

Term：
Paper Abstract Due: June 1, 2017
Full Paper Due: July 15, 2017
Paper AcceptanceNotification by:Before September 1, 2017