2012 CLAIR Forum

The 2012 CLAIR Forum was held on 17 August at the UTS Centre for Local Government in Sydney. Last year’s Forum was a collaboration of CLAIR (Council of Local Authorities for International Relations), ACELG (Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government) and OSIPP (Osaka School of International Public Policy).
[end-div] [div] Last year’s theme was “Improving local government efficiency and performance: recent experiences in Australia and Japan”, and was conducted over two sessions. Around 70 people participated in the afternoon session facilitated by Professor Graham Sansom, (now former) Director of UTS Centre for Local Government; while around 40 people participated in the researcher’s session beforehand. The researcher’s session was facilitated by Professor Nobuo Akai, from OSIPP, and Ms Sarah Artist, Assistant Director of UTS Centre for Local Government.

We would like to thank all of our speakers and participants for making last year’s Forum a great success. Special thanks to Professor Sansom and Ms Artist for their invaluable contribution.
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【2012　Presentation Data】

Dale Quinlivin – Local Government Assurance

Haruaki Hirota – Local Government Expenditure and Council Size

Bligh Grant – Politics Matters: Strategic Alliances of Councils — Two Case Studies and a Comparative Analysis of Relative Success

Hideo Yunoue – Spatial Patterns of Flypaper Effects for Local Expenditure by Policy Objective in Japan: A Bayesian Approach

Mick Gray – Service Delivery Reviews in Australian Local Government

Yasuhiko Tanabe – Japanese Local Government

Nobuo Akai – Explaining Jigyou Shiwake

Corin Moffat – Strengthening Local Government in NSW

Kylie Cantwell – City of Hobart

Steve Vlahos – Performance Reporting by Local Government