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Created in 1947
Association of public servants
• Pan Canadian membership
• All orders - Federal, provincial, territorial, First
Nations, and municipal; academics
Today - 3,100 individual members
Non-partisan, bilingual, independent of government
18 Regional Groups across Canada
About IPAC
6. “Serving you to serve better”
Enhance the development of good public administration
and management practices and policies
Research and Publications
Training Programs & Consultancies
Awards of Excellence
Networking Opportunities
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What IPAC Does
7. Knowledge Broker
IPAC’s strength is its
capacity to create and
broker the diffusion of
knowledge about public
administration and
governance.
Network
IPAC can connect the
right experts with its
partners.
Flexible
Efficient
Cost-effective
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9. A Pracademic Approach
At IPAC we believe that complex issues in
government are best tackled using a blend of
academic and practitioner knowledge.
We organize our teaching along lines of rigorous and
cutting edge academic knowledge, blended with and
enhanced by long-standing expertise of practitioners
in the field.
10. Our goals and objectives
This course is designed to provide you with the skill
set to effectively and innovatively lead change in
public sector organizations.
It was developed with the intention to allow you to
leverage and utilize in full the strength, diversity, and
experience of your team.
It is a comprehensive approach on how to use
leadership in effective change management.
11. At the end of the course you will:
1. Understand the most recent theories and practices
in leadership with special focus on the public sector
2. Understand how to create innovation-fostering
teams within your organization
3. Have learned the principles and practices
surrounding the link between leadership and
innovation
4. Be able to develop a leadership strategy for your
organization
12. Course overview – Day 1
Time
8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 9:15 Introduction to the Course
9:15 – 10:30 Module 1
DGP Objectives and History
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00 Module 2
Public Administration Skills in a Global Context
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:45 Module 3
The Case for Change
14:45 – 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30 Module 4
The Case for Change in Africa
13. Course overview – Day 2
Time
8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 10:30 Module 1
Innovation for the Public Sector of the 21st Century
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00 Module 2
Leadership Skills in the Global Context
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:45 Module 3
Change Management
14:45 – 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30 Module 4
Leadership Examples in Africa
14. Course overview – Day 3
Time
8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 10:30 Module 1
Building Innovative Teams
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00 Module 2
Open Government and Open Data
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:45 Module 3
Citizen Engagement and the Political-Bureaucratic Divide
14:45 – 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30 Module 4
Course Wrap Up
15. Presenters
• Dr. Robert Taylor – CEO of IPAC, 30 year career in public
service at Federal, Provincial, municipal levels in Canada and
abroad, recently as ADM with province of Ontario
• Dr. Andrea Migone – Director of Research at IPAC, with a PhD
in Public Policy, Post-Doctoral Fellow at Simon Fraser University
• Dr Josephine Mwanzia
• Dr. Najat Zarrouk
• Dr. Nura Mohamed