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Subject: Local Government Brief articles now being accepted

Local Government Brief articles now being accepted


LGI is now accepting unsolicited articles for its forthcoming editions of
the Local Government Brief (LGB). If you are interested in submitting an
article, please follow the following guidelines:

Each LGB has a theme. Articles must be research based, policy oriented and
directly related to the focus of each particular issue.  Furthermore,
articles will ideally focus on one or more countries in either Eastern
Europe, the Balkans, the Caucuses or the former Soviet Republics. However,
articles pertaining to the topic but dealing with countries outside of this
region, or with a global focus, will be considered as well.

The following is a list of the next four upcoming issues, with the final
submission date for unsolicited articles:


- E-governance: October 20, 2002
- Public health and health care systems: December 20, 2002
- Migration: March 20, 2003
- Administrative remedies for abuses at the local level of governance: May
20, 2003

Articles must be written in English and should be approximately 1,500 words
in length. The LGB is divided into two sections:

(I) the Feature and
(ii) Policy Guidelines.


Articles intended for the Feature section aim to provide LGI partners and
clients with background knowledge on emerging regional policy issues. The
Feature should introduce the "hot issues" related to the topic being
addressed in the particular issue.  It should also highlight major policy
issues and the stakeholders involved, as well as analyze the policy context
from the point of view of democratic governance, public administration
reform and local governance.

The Feature is written in journalistic style (i.e. the Economist). It
follows an analytic approach, contains interesting and accessible language
and, if necessary, headings and subheadings. Authors are welcome to include
tables and/or figures.

Articles intended for the Policy Guidelines section should be written for an
audience of policy-makers, professionals, consultants, experts and trainers
in various fields of local governance (public service delivery, outsourcing,
budgeting, finance, taxes, revenues, regional development, environment,
etc.).

This section aims to increase the understanding of basic terminology and
processes of local governance and public administration in the region.

The section is well structured, clearly written and presents a comprehensive
introduction/ guide to the topic discussed (Textbook-style). Of course,
policy recommendations are a key element of this section as well.  Authors
are welcome to include tables and/or figures. Short case studies on good
practice experiences and on policy evaluation relevant to the topic are also
welcome.


The Local Government Brief is printed both in English (1,500 copies) and in
Russian (1,200 copies) and is circulated primarily among governmental
institutions, public administration schools, research institutes and policy
think tanks in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics. You may find
additional information on the journal at:
http://lgi.osi.hu/publications/newsletter/index.html.

LGI reserves the right to make such editorial changes as may be necessary to
make the article suitable for publication.

Material will be published in our print issue and our online edition.

LGI holds the copyright to all articles published. Submitting an article is
a representation that the manuscript has not been published previously
(unless noted and permission has been granted) and is not currently under
consideration for publication elsewhere.

LGI reserves the right not to proceed with publication for whatever reason.
In such an instance, copyright of the article will revert to you. Articles
must be accompanied by your: full name, email address and CV/resume.

Articles, charts and tables must be properly footnoted, using either the
Harvard or Oxford style.

Our contributing writers are truly "contributing".  As a nonprofit
organization, LGI invests its resources in maintaining our high circulation
and good reputation, making the Local Government Brief a place where our
contributing writers will be widely read and proud to be published.

For more information about submitting an article to the LGB, or about any of
the specific topics mentioned in this announcement, please contact Scott
Abrams at [email protected].