Public Sector Innovations and South-South Cooperation:

China and Arab Perspectives

公共部门创新与南南合作：中国与阿拉伯视角

Fudan University, Shanghai/上海·复旦大学

Nov 9-10, 2024/2024年11月9-10日

Special Support Organization/特别支持单位

The League of Arab States (LAS) /阿拉伯国家联盟

Chinese Embassy to Egypt/中国驻埃及大使馆

Guiding Organizations/指导单位

Association of Arab Universities (AARU)/阿拉伯大学协会

China Association of Higher Education (CAHE) /中国高等教育学会

Host Organizations/主办单位

Fudan University/复旦大学

 Fudan Institute for Global Public Policy (IGPP) /全球公共政策研究院

 Fudan Office of Global Partnerships/国际合作与交流处

Co-organizers/协办单位

Fudan-Arab Research Centre for Global Development and Governance/

复旦—阿拉伯全球发展与治理研究中心

China-Arab Network of Schools of Public Policy and Administration (CANSPPA)/

中国—阿拉伯公共政策与管理学院网络

Statement of Purpose

China and Arab countries are important global players and are actively pursuing national and global development agendas. China has risen to global prominence through sustained efforts, while Arab countries, within their varying national contexts, have been seeking proper governance to suit their development agendas and join the globalization trends. Besides the strong cultural and political ties between China and Arab countries, bilateral cooperation in economic, social, S&T and other areas has been developing rapidly in recent decades. In response to complex and urgent challenges in global governance, China and Arab countries have become strategic, equal and constructive partners.

To facilitate the much needed knowledge sharing, policy coordination, and joint talent cultivation between China and Arab countries, Fudan University hosted the first China-Arab Forum on Global Development and Governance in 2023, which attracted enthusiastic participation from scholars and practitioners of both ends and generated important mechanisms for future collaboration. To extend this tradition, Fudan University will host the second Forum in the November of 2024.

The theme of 2024 Forum is Public Sector Innovations and South-South Cooperation: China and Arab Perspectives. As both China and Arab countries are seeking modernization of their national governance systems, there is a lot to compare, to learn from each other, and to explore potential areas of cooperation and coordination. There are many governance issues of common challenges and interests such as administrative reforms, financial accountability and capability, anti-corruption, intergovernmental relations and cross-sector cooperation, civil service and public services, and digital governance. There are also common policy challenges such as climate adaptation, economic transition, urban rejuvenation, technological innovation, poverty alleviation, sustainable development, and social equity. Effective innovation and cooperation are key to the success in responding to these issues, and may bring about new insights for theories and practices of public policy and administration.

This Forum invites both scholars and practitioners to submit paper and panel proposals. We encourage submissions that employ a comparative approach and address theoretical, methodological, or empirical issues related to the theme of the Forum. 

Please submit a paper proposal to fudan_arab@fudan.edu.cn by September 10, 2024. Please include in the submission the research question(s), theoretical framework and/or empirical exploration, methodological approach, and preliminary findings, plus a one-paragraph author bio and contact information. To submit a panel proposal, please have a brief statement of the panel and detailed above information of each paper in the panel.

We will notify authors of accepted proposals ASAP and by the middle of September.

Logistics

There is no conference registration fee. The organizers provide meals and coffee breaks during the conference. Participants shall be responsible for their own travel and hotel arrangements.

Publication Plans

Papers presented in the conference are welcome to be submitted for publication to the journal Global Public Policy and Governance (GPPG). GPPG is a quarterly journal hosted by the Fudan Institute for Global Public Policy and is a Q2 journal (ESCI indexed) included in the Web of Science database.

Organizing Committee (in alphabetical order)

Yijia Jing (Professor and dean, Institute for Global Public Policy, Fudan University)

Walid Salameh (Professor and Senior Consultant, AARU)

Academic Committee of the Conference (in alphabetical order)

Hamid Ali (Professor, School of Economics, Administration and Public Policy, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies)

Hasan Almomani (Professor and dean, Prince Al-Hussein Bin Abdullah II School of International Studies, University of Jordan)

Noha Elmekawy (Professor and dean, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, American University in Cairo)

Alfred Ho (Professor and dean, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong)

Shujun Jiang (Associate Professor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, United Arab Emirates University)

Yijia Jing (Professor and dean, Institute for Global Public Policy, Fudan University)

Fanbin Kong (Professor and dean, School of Government, Nanjing University)

Sofiane Sahraoui (Professor and founding member, The Middle East and North Africa Public Administration Research Network)

Ankui Tan (Professor and dean, School of Government, Sun Yat-sen University)

Huanming Wang (Professor and dean, School of Public Administration and Policy, Dalian University of Technology)

Jirong Yan (Professor and dean, School of Government, Peking University)

Xufeng Zhu (Professor and dean, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University)

Any questions about the conference can be addressed to Fudan IGPP:

Dr. Jingyuan Xu, Assistant Professor, xujingyuan@fudan.edu.cn

Dr. Xin Ye, Assistant Professor, yexin@fudan.edu.cn

Rong Zhang, Director of Administrative Office,fudan_arab@fudan.edu.cn