About IIAS 

IIAS - Improving Administrative Sciences Worldwide

The International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) is a NGO with scientific purpose established in 1930 whose seat is still in Brussels.

The Institute is a worldwide platform providing a space for exchanges that promote knowledge and practices to improve the organization and operation of Public Administration and to ensure that public agencies will be in a position to better respond to the current and future expectations and needs of society.

It provides thus a forum where practical experiences and theoretical analyses of experts (academics and practitioners) in public administration worldwide and from all cultures are presented and discussed.

To cover the diversity of its members, the IIAS has set up four sub-entities:

• The EGPA (European Group for Public Administration)
• The IASIA (International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration)
• The LAGPA (Latin American Group for Public Administration)
• The AGPA (Asian Group for Public Administration) 

The IIAS aims to :

• promote the development of the administrative sciences ;
• provide a worldwide platform for exchanges between practitioners and academics ;
• establish a link between theoretical research and practice ;
• improve the organisation and operation of public administrations ;
• develop effective administrative methods and techniques ;
• contribute to the governance progress within the national and international administrations. 

To realize its objectives, the IIAS implements the following actions: 

• Organizes of Annual International Congress ;
• Sets up and manages of Project Groups ;
• Publishes the IRAS ;
• Publishes specific books ;
• Administrates a worldwide information network thanks to the «Knowledge Portal» ;
• Publishes a Newsletter three times a year.