Prior years

Events held in 2003:

Meeting Future Challenges of the Public Service. An Asia/Pacific regional conference, Malaysia.
Caribbean Public Service Leadership and the Challenge of Globalisation. A Caribbean regional conference, Barbados.
5th Annual International Senior Public Executive Seminar at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Customised national seminar for senior public executives, Botswana.
Customised national seminar for senior public executives, St. Vincent & the Grenadines.

Events held in 2002:

Emerging Issues in Senior Management Development in the Public Sector. A regional conference, New Zealand.
Creating Self-Confident Government: Reflections and New Frontiers. Biennial conference, Glasgow, United Kingdom. Concurrent sessions on how to organise for self-confident government and service delivery. Discussion and debate about alternative paths, approaches, innovations, tools and technologies available to Commonwealth countries to pursue good governance and build self-confident governments. The focus on people at the centre of government highlighted the significance of public service values in Commonwealth countries.
4th Annual International Senior Public Executive Seminar at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Senior Public Executive Seminar for SADC Officials. Delivered in partnership with the Centre of Specialisation in Public Administration and Management (CESPAM) for SADC officials, Windhoek, Namibia..
The Future Public Sector and HIV/AIDS: Overcoming the Human Resource Management Challenge. A topical seminar delivered in partnership with CESPAM for SADC officials, Gaborone, Botswana.
Customised national seminar for senior public executives, Belize.
Customised national seminar for senior public executives, Maldives.
Leadership seminar, St. Vincent & the Grenadines.

Events held in 2001:

Improving Service Delivery. A national seminar, Uganda.
Governance for the 21^st Century: Joining-up Accountability. An international seminar, United Kingdom.
3rd Annual International Senior Public Executive Seminar at the University of Birmingha, United Kingdom.
Customised national seminar for senior public executives, Namibia.
Customised national seminar for senior public executives, St. Lucia.
Customised national seminar for senior public executives, Sri Lanka.
Customised national seminar for senior public executives, Seychelles.
Customised national seminar for senior public executives, Samoa.
Leadership seminar, South Africa.
Leadership seminar, Uganda.

Events held in 2000:

Globalisation, Governance and Public Service. Biennial conference, Cape Town, South Africa. Costs and benefits of information technology; impact of globalisation on distribution of wealth and social benefits; anti-corruption tools; initiatives to improve quality of public services; effective leadership in the public sector.
Just and Honest Government: International Experience. A high-level seminar, India.
2nd Annual International Senior Public Executive Seminar at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Customised national seminar for senior public executives, Uganda.
Customised national seminar for senior public executives, Mauritius.
Customised national seminar for senior public executives, Cameroon.
Customised national seminar for senior public executives, Fiji.

Events held in 1999:

The Last Fifty Years and the Next 50 Years: A Century of Public Administration and Development. A Public Administration & Development Jubilee Conference, United Kingdom.
Educating the Next Generation of Public Administrators. A high level seminar, United Kingdom.
Looking Forward, Looking Out. An IPAA National/CAPAM Regional Conference, Australia.
1st Annual International Senior Public Executive Seminar at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Customised national seminar for senior public executives, Trinidad &Tobago.
Customised national seminar for senior public executives, Seychelles.

Events held in 1998:

Performance Management. A Cambridge high-level seminar, United Kingdom.
The New Public Administration: Moving into the 21^st Century. Biennial conference, Bangi, Malaysia. The use of IT in the public sector; the political-administrative interface; prospects for partnering between government and the private sector, and government and civil society; benchmarking of public sector performance.
The Shifting Boundaries of Government. A regional conference, United Kingdom.
Customised national seminar for senior public executives, South Africa.
Customised national seminar for senior public executives, Barbados.

Events held in 1997:

The New Public Administration: Lessons from Experience. A Small & Island States conference, Seychelles.
A Cambridge high-level seminar, United Kingdom.
Towards a New Public Administration: Learning from International Experience. A roundtable seminar, India.

Events held in 1996:

Exploring the Purple Zone. A regional conference, New Zealand.
The New Public Administration: Global Challenges, Local Solutions. Biennial conference, Malta. The "new public administration" and the results of these innovations; the need to adapt to local situations; learning from one another to give local solutions global relevance.
Reshaping the Old Charting the New: Public Management in the 1990s. A RIPA National/CAPAM Regional Conference, Australia.
Emerging Issues in Management Development: A Blueprint for the Future in the Caribbean. A regional conference, Trinidad & Tobago.

Events held in 1995:

The Public Sector: New Strategic Dimensions for the 21^st Century. A national seminar, Malaysia.
Encouraging Diversity Within A Unified Public Service. A regional conference, South Africa.

Events held in 1994:

Government in Transition. Biennial conference, Charlottetown, Canada. Responses to environmental forces that affect the public sector; a new paradigm in public administration; the role of public managers in providing high-quality services that citizens value, and the need for increased managerial autonomy and reduced central agency controls; organisational and individual performance; the importance of providing necessary human and technological resources to meet performance targets; open-mindedness to competition public services provided by the private sector.