United Nation backs Bahrain’s MENAPAR
Manama : The Bahrain Institute of Public Administration (BIPA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) yesterday announced signing a joint project to institutionalise the Middle East and North Africa Research Network (MENAPAR). MENAPAR network was launched from Bahrain on April 23, 2014, by acclamation of the participants in the organisational meeting of MENAPAR on 24 April 2014.
The objective of the project is to achieve financial and strategic sustainability for research in the field of Arab public administration and to promote the best practices, and to highlight the successful historical experiences of Bahrain in the administrative field. Later, the Network will be introduced as part of Global Coalition of Think Tanks initiative, to be established by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) within South-South cooperation.
“The idea of building a regional network for research in public administration was established at a preliminary meeting of the International Conference on Administrative Sciences (ICAS) and the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Management (IASIA) on 1 June 2013 with more than 50 participants,” Dr. Raed Bin Shams, Director General of the Bahrain Institute of Public Administration, said.
Amin Al-Sharqawi, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), said that this project is a continuation of the fruitful cooperation between the UNDP and the Institute of Public Administration since its inception in 2006.
He added that MENAPAR is the first of its kind in the Arab countries and aims to dedicate applied research in public administration, especially those related to achieving the 2030 Global Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.
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