The Institute of Public Administration of Canada's 62nd Annual Conference

Ottawa, Ontario, August 2010

The Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC) hosted their 62nd Annual Conference, Guardians of Our Communities, from Local to Global in August 2010. As Canada’s premier public sector learning and networking event, the conference attracted over six hundred senior officials from federal, provincial, territory and municipal levels of government, as well as senior representatives from academia and the private sector.

Canadian experts who worked abroad on behalf of DDD, along with one of DDD's local partners - the Ethics Commissioner of Tanzania - shared their international development experience in a series of panels on ethics and sustainable economic growth. For a copy of their presentations, please see below:

Ethics in Democratic Development

Ethics Management as an Important Aspect of Democratic Development and Public Administration: A Case Study of Tanzania by Justice Stephen Ihema, Ethics Commissioner of Tanzania

Conflict of Interest and Ethics in Canada by Mary Dawson, Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner of Canada

Overview of Key Elements of Ethics and Conflict of Interest Regimes in Six Countries – Canada, Ghana, Malaysia, Singapore, Trinidad/Tobago and USA by Mary Gusella, Chair of the Comm. for Complaints for Telecomm. Services and former Chief Comm. of the Canadian Human Rights Commission

Stimulating Sustainable Economic Growth

How to Minimize Environmental Impact? The Rwanda Initiative by Bernard Boudreau, Environmental Consultant

Community Finance = Money Serving People by Lise Veilleux, Senior Advisor, Développement international Desjardins

Stimulating Sustainable Economic Growth: Can we help by supporting Strategic and Business Planning? by Frank Schwartz, Canadian expert in organisational development & strategic planning.

(left to right) Bernard Boudreau, Lise Veilleux and Frank Schwartz at the 62nd IPAC Annual Conference in Ottawa, Canada