National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration/Latin American Universities in 12 Countries
Country:
Regional
Award Date:
1999
Award Amount:
$100,000.00
Cost Share:
$523,740.00
Other Partners:
This partnership created a self-sustaining network of colleges and universities in the United States and Latin America—through both North-South and South-South collaborations—to strengthen public administration and management education in order to ensure that government institutions are more transparent and accountable and that civil society participation in public affairs and political processes increases. The partnership 1) published a widely disseminated textbook on decentralization and public administration; 2) provided financial support for nine technical assistance and four policy research partnerships among universities; and 3) created the Inter-American Network for Public Administration Education (INPAE), the only network of higher education institutions of public administration and public management in the Americas. In 2003, the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration and INPAE convened meetings in Brazil and Panama of multiple U.S. and Latin American universities to discuss initial steps toward institutionalizing INPAE as a formal entity capable of promoting and sustaining an inter-American association of public administration schools.