International Public Administration Award

This award is open to both individuals and organizations that contribute to the field of public administration. To be eligible to be nominated for the award, the individual must meet the following criteria:
  • Holds citizenship in a country other than the United States
  • Lives and works (primarily) in a country other than the United States
  • Contributes significantly to the field of public administration as a scholar, practitioner or both, as demonstrated by publications, other awards and honors and the testimony of the nominee's colleagues and beneficiaries of the nominee's work
  • Recommended or sponsored by an individual or institution that is in some demonstrable way affiliated with ASPA

For an organization to be eligible for nomination, it must:

  • Be headquartered in a country other than the United States.
  • Develop and deliver its primary program(s) in a country other than the United States.
  • Contribute significantly to the field of public administration by providing an environment that nurtures and advances the practice and/or teaching of public administration.
  • Be recommended or sponsored by an individual or other institution that in some demonstrable way is affiliated with ASPA.

Apply or nominate someone here.

A recipient of an ASPA or ASPA Endowment Award may not receive the same award more than once. An ASPA or ASPA Endowment award recipient must wait at least one year after receiving it before being eligible for different one. 

No more than one individual or institution may be selected for the award annually.

Previous Winners
This award may not be given out every year.

2023
Calin Hintea and the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee)

2022
Alikhan Baimenov and the Astana Civil Service Hub (ACSH)

2020
Nittam Chandel

2019
Edgar Ramirez de la Cruz

2018
Tamara Nezhina

2017
Prajapati Trivedi

2016
Andrew Podger

2015
Barbara Kudrycka

2014    
Ludmila Gajdosova

2013    
Geert Bouckaert

2012    
Panagiotis Karkatsoulis

2011  
Valeria Termini

2010    
Seῆor Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza

2009    
Pan Suk Kim

2008    
Matsuyo Makino

2007    
Turkia Ould Daddah

2006    
Shuzhang Xia

2005    
Peter Boorsma

2004    
Oscar Oszlak