2023 EROPA Conference
and General Assembly

"The Role of Public Governance in Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Towards the Sustainable Development Goals”
16 - 20 October 2023 | National Convention Center | Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Good public governance is the key to the success of a country. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the strengths and weaknesses of institutions, legislation, and leadership of the nation and the interplay between governance capacity and crisis management capabilities, as well as the sustainable development and prosperity of the country. Good public governance improves public trust in the Government, which makes the Government productive and effective. Good public governance emphasizes the multi-actor, multi-centered, multi-level nature. The modern governance paradigm challenges the traditional management models and mindset.

Since the COVID-19 Pandemic has been controlled, countries need to quickly overcome difficulties and develop and implement strategies and programs for rapid and sustainable socio-economic recovery and development to continue to develop and keep pace with the global economic recovery. Successful design and implementation of strategies and programs for socio-economic recovery and development depend to a large extent on the public governance capacity of a country. This reality shows the need for further research on the role of 'public governance' in socio-economic recovery and development post-COVID-19 to build effective governance models suitable for the region and the country.
The Executive Council Officers and Members
​(1 January 2022 - 31 December 2023)
The 29th General Assembly with the elected President, Dr. Adi Suryanto, Chairperson of the National Institute of Public Administration, Indonesia; 28th General Assembly President, Atty.  Ryan Acosta, Commissioner of the Philippines' Civil Service Commission; Dr. Alex Brillantes Jr., EROPA's Secretary-General; and Dr. Kristoffer Berse, EROPA's Deputy Secretary-General
Courtesy Call with H.E. Pham Thi Thanh Tra
​Minister of Home Affairs, Vietnam
The delegates and participants of the 2023 EROPA Conference
Sub-Themes

Socio-Economic Recovery and Development: Issues Raised and the Need for
​Renewal of Public Governance
This sub-theme focused on the following areas:
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  1. Socio-economic recovery and development: issues raised and the need for renewal of public governance
  2. ​Socio-economic recovery and development of countries: opportunities, challenges, and issues for public governance
  3. Implications of public governance and factors affecting public governance
  4. The relationship between public governance and socio-economic recovery and development
  5. The need for renewal of public governance to promote socio-economic recovery and development
  6. The role of the state in promoting public governance for socio-economic recovery and development
  7. Development trends of public governance in the world and in the region
  8. Experiences of countries in the renewal of public governance for socio-economic recovery and development
Renewal of Public Governance to Promote Socio-Economic Recovery and Development
The sub-theme focused on the following areas:
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  1. Building the rule of law for public governance
  2. Renewal of the organization and operation of the Government, ministries, and ministerial-level agencies for good public governance
  3. Renewal of the organization and operation of local government for good public governance
  4. Decentralization from the central to local governments and coordination between central and local governments for good public governance
  5. Openness, transparency, and accountability for good public governance
  6. Public participation in good public governance
  7. Building partnerships for good governance
  8. Control corruption for good public governance
  9. Innovation in public service provision for good public governance
  10. Applying technology and digital transformation to promote good public governance
Building Public Governance Capacity to Promote Socio-Economic Recovery and Development
This sub-theme focused on the following areas:

  1. Socio-economic recovery and development: opportunities, challenges, and the need for improving public governance capacity of public leaders and managers
  2. Human resource development and management in public governance to promote socio-economic recovery and development
  3. Development of leadership and management capacity to promote good public governance
  4. Renewal of the training to improve the quality of civil servants in public governance to promote socio-economic recovery and development.
  5. International cooperation in building public governance capacity
2023 EROPA Conference Bulletin
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Souvenir Program
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11th Asian Leadership Forum
"Public Governance for Sustainable Development Goals"
Hon. Atty. Benjamin Abalos Jr.
Secretary, Philippines' Department of Interior
​and Local Government
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Dr. Agus Pramusinto
Chairman, Indonesia's Civil Service Commission
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YBhg. Datuk Dr. Anesee Ibrahim
Deputy Director General, Malaysia's Public Service Department
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Dr. Alikhan Baimenov
Chairman, Kazakhstan's Astana Civil Service Hub
Conference Plenary II
“The Role of Public Governance in Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Towards the Sustainable Development Goals”
Dr. Amporn Tamronglak
President, Public Administration of Thailand
President, Asia Pacific Society for Public Affairs
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Dr. Deokro Lee
President, Korean Association for Public Administration 
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Mr. Kenneth Sim
Dean, Singapore's Chandler Institute of Governance
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Dr. Prabhat Datta
(formerly) Centenary Chair of Public Administration, University of Calcutta
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Conference Plenary III
"Building Public Governance Capacity to Promote Socio-Economic Recovery and Development"
Dr. Woothisarn Tanchai
(former) Secretary-General, Thailand's King Prajadhipok Institute
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Dr. Eduardo Araral
Assistant Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
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Ms. Amor Maclang
Convenor, Digital Pilipinas
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Conference Plenary IV
"Renewal of Local Governance Towards the Sustainable Development Goals: International Experience and Implications for Vietnam"
Hon. Mr. Dakila Carlo Cua
Governor, Quirino, Philippines
President, Philippines' Union of Local Authorities
Dr. Phan Trung Tuan
General Director, Department of Local Government, Vietnam's Ministry of Home Affairs
​Dr. Masao Kikuchi
Professor, Japan's Meiji University
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Mr. Ha Minh Hai
Vice Chairman, People’s Committee of Hanoi City, Vietnam
Carlo P. Ramos
​Best Conference Paper Awardees
Marie Rosenberg
Best Conference Paper Awardee
(left to right) Dr. Alex Brillantes Jr., EROPA's Secretary-General; CPRA Awardee, Dr. Putri Noorafedah Megat Tajudin from Malaysia; Dr. Achakorn Wongpreedee, Associate Dean of Thailand's GSPA-NIDA and Acting Chairman, EROPA 68th Executive Council; Dr. Xu Wei, Deputy Director and Associate Researcher of the Research Division of Performance Management, Awards, and Penalty, Chinese Academy of Personnel Science; Marie Rosenberg Awardee, Ms. Reiou Regie Manuel from the Philippines; CPRA Awardee, Dr. Pham Ngoc Ha from Vietnam; CPRA Awardees, Dr. Long Tran & Dr. Suu Nguyen from Vietnam; and Dr. Nguyen Ba Chien, President of Vietnam's NAPA and Chair of EROPA 69th Executive Council.