Dear ThorI enclose details of the forthcomingInternational Governance, Public Services and AdministrativeReformconference, which will be taking place on

1st – 2nd December 2009

at The Commonwealth Club inthe United Kingdom.The challenges facing the public sector the world over have many similarities:Spending cutsSlimmer Government, fewer people – doing more with lessGreater accountability to the public and to ParliamentGreater demands for Government to provide services tailored around the individualGreater demand for devolved decision makingLearning how other countries have coped with significant reductions in civil service numbers andbudgets

With the backdrop of the international economic crisis, it will be essential for public servants to have a clearunderstanding of the issues facing the public sector and the response of politicians to these challenges.This special conference, hosted by theCentre for Parliamentary Studies,offers a timely opportunity to hearfrom leading experts and to share thoughts and experiences with colleagues across the globe. The mix ofspeakers includes highly qualified practitioners who have experience in the transformation of public services.They include:

Kingston Rhodes,

Chairman,

International Civil Service Commission, United Nations

Bhartendra Singh Baswan,

Director,

Indian Institute of Public Administration,

India

Maria Rankka,

President,

Timbro,

Sweden

Martin Stanley,

Interim Chief Executive of the

Public Service of the Turks and Caicos Islands,

Caribbean

Lord Blackwell,

Chairman of the

Centre for Policy Studies

For further details, please refer to the attached programme or visit thepublicsectorreform.orgwebsite. If youthink there may be other officials from within your organisation who might also benefit from attending, then Iwould be very grateful if you could pass this invitation on to them.In the meantime, should you or your colleagues wish to attend, please complete and return the enclosedregistration form in order to secure your place.Kind regards,

Alun Lloyd Morris

Centre for Parliamentary Studies14 Great College Street, Westminster, London, SW1P 3RXTel: +44 20 7840 6071Fax: +44 845 606 1539Web:http://publicsectorreform.org