Key conference topics:
- New Public Management
- Strategic Management in the Public Sector
- Municipal and City Management
- Performance budgeting and Mid-term Financial Planning
- Management in Social Services Sector
- Management and Governance Problems of State-owned Enterprises
- E-Government and IT in Public Administration

This conference is a continuation of the series of research seminars and conferences organized in 1995-2005.

Working languages: Russian and English.

Participants are expected to pay a registration fee (500 roubles). This fee may be paid during the first conference day. ASPE members should not pay registration fee if they paid their annual membership fee for year 2006 (500 roubles). Membership payment can be done either via ASPE bank account (see information at www.aspe.spb.ru) or in cash on the first day of the conference. Registration fee / ASPE membership fee covers all expenses of the copying papers for participants, coffee-breaks, lunches and reception.

Registration form and abstract of the paper (up to 200 words) should be sent to the Organization Committee by e-mail no later than 15th November, 2006. You will be informed about the acceptance of your paper within one week. The full text of accepted papers should be submitted by 25th November, 2006. Selected papers will be published in the conference volume after the conference. All papers will be copied for conference participants.

CONTACTS
Valentina Karysheva
School of Management, St.Petersburg State University
Dekabristov pereulok, 16, 199155 St.Petersburg
Phone: +7 (812) 350 8157
Fax: +7 (812) 350 2583
E-mail: gmu@som.pu.ru
Website: http://eng.som.pu.ru