Conference importance

Municipalities’ management attracted the attention of governments and researchers for many years. It is a unique type of management where centralization and decentralization overlap in a way that created a conflict between management and governance concepts. This conflict leads to the need to exert more efforts to clarify the concepts of local management and local governance under the overlapping political, economic and social objectives. Due to this, each state should identify the competent type of municipalities’ management that suits its circumstances to fulfill the needs of its citizens and to keep its safety and integrity.  

Conference objectives

This conference aims at keeping up with the modern trends in municipalities’ management in light of the various recent developments related to the role of municipalities and modern communications tools and the internal and external challenges facing municipalities. Out of this general goal, the conference seeks to achieve the following objectives:

• Acquiring knowledge about the regulating framework towards decentralization.
• Monitoring the reality of municipalities’ management under the internal and external environments’ circumstances.
• Identifying the challenges facing the municipalities’ experiences in the developmental and services fields.
• Gaining knowledge about the additional roles and tasks of municipalities in achieving national development.
• Benefiting from Arab and foreign municipalities experiences in enhancing the efficiency of municipalities in Palestine.
• Enriching the Palestinian library with modern studies about municipalities’ management.

Conference themes

Economic theme:

• Municipalities and green economy
• Econometric applications in planning
• Municipalities role in employment and combat unemployment
• Municipalities role in poverty eradication
• Municipalities and economic development
• Municipalities and sustainable economic resources

Administrative theme:

• Municipalities’ management amid centralization and decentralization
• The administrative relations between municipalities and the ministry of local government
• The relation between municipalities and the central authority (governorates)
• Coordination and cooperation between municipalities
• Human resources management in municipalities
• The applications of comprehensive quality management and distinctive management in municipalities
• The quality of services provided in municipalities
• The management of public utilities in municipalities (parks, museums…)
• Crisis management
• Municipalities and developmental planning
• Strategic planning in municipalities
• The role of municipalities in shaping general policies
• Major indicators of general performance in municipalities
• Performance assessment of municipalities’ employees
• Municipalities organizational structure and councils in Palestine and their reflections on improving the performance
• Municipalities executive leaderships and its selection methods
• Modern approaches for municipalities management and local management
• The relations between municipalities
• Successful experiences in municipalities management
• The role of public relations in municipalities
• The assessment of the joint local councils (united) experiences
• The role of municipalities in solid waste management and recycling

Technological Theme:

• Using technology in municipalities’ management
• Technological management for giant cities and capitals
• The role of e-management in improving municipalities performance
• Information technology and its role in improving municipalities work
• E-services and e-governance
• Using technology and information systems in municipalities

Legal Theme:

• Legal framework for municipalities
• The partnership between municipalities and private sector: legal introduction
• The fight against corruption in municipalities
• Rooting legal governance in municipalities’ management
• Legal challenges facing municipalities
• Municipalities councils and their forming types
• Blending municipalities in Palestine “opportunities and pitfalls”
• The legal relation between municipalities and the Ministry of Local Government

Financial Theme:

• Financial management in municipalities
• Financial control in municipalities
• Fundraising to support municipalities
• Managing financial crisis in municipalities
• Financial challenges at municipalities
• International financial criteria and its relevance with preparing financial reports for municipalities
• Transparency and disclosure of financial reports at the municipalities’ websites
• Challenges and difficulties resulted from not applying a unified accounting system in the municipalities
• Investment partnerships between municipalities and private sector: motivations and economic impact
• Indicators of financial performance in municipalities

Social Theme:

• Municipalities’ social responsibility
• Municipalities and enhancing social responsibility
• Local community monitoring on municipalities performance in the light of the development of communications tools
• The relations between municipalities and local community organizations

Target Audience

This conference targets mayors, municipal council's members, municipality's employees, Ministry of Local Government employees, businessmen, researchers, stakeholders, local community organizations and  beneficiaries. 

Conference supervising committees

Scientific Committee:

• Dr. Yousef Abu Fara/ Head of the Committee/ QOU/ Palestine
• Prof. Fayez Haddad/ University of Jordan/ Jordan
• Dr. Samer Al-Dahyat/ University of Jordan/ Jordan
• Dr. Alaa' Shakhshir/ QOU/ Palestine
• Prof. Samir Abu Znaid/ Hebron University/ Palestine
• Prof. Khalid Al-Khatib/ Rimah Center/ Jordan
• Dr. Amal Al-Hileh/ Palestine Technical University/ Palestine
• Prof. Mohammed Al-Naimi/ University of Jordan/ Jordan
• Dr. Adel Bino/ University of Jordan/ Jordan
• Prof. Sultan Abu Tayeh/ University of Jordan/ Jordan
• Dr. Moahmmed Al-Jabari/ Hebron University/ Palestine
• Dr. Ibrahim Awad/ Al-Quds University/ Palestine
• Dr. Shahir Obaid/ QOU/ Palestine
• Dr. Abdulhakim Akho Rshidah/ University of Jordan/ Jordan
• Dr. Mohammed Awad/ Save the Children/ Palestine
• Dr. Sharif Abu Karsh/ Arab American University/ Palestine
• Dr. Ismael Al-Roumi/ Palestine Polytechnic University/ Palestine
• Dr. Alaa’ Al-Ani/ University of Mosul/ Iraq
• Dr. Marwan Jaloud/ / Palestine Polytechnic University/ Palestine
• Dr. Suhail Sultan/ Birzeit University/ Palestine
• Dr. Yousef Hasan/ Birzeit University/ Palestine
• Dr. Zahran Daraghmeh/ Arab American University/ Palestine
• Dr. Yousef Hasan/ Birzeit University/ Palestine
• Dr. Zahran Daraghmeh/ Arab American University/ Palestine
• Dr. Abdulfattah Al-Shimleh/ An-Najah National University/ Palestine
• Dr. Omar Al-Salibi/ Al-Quds University/ Palestine
• Dr. Mahmoud Melhem/ QOU/ Palestine
• Dr. Salah Sabri/ QOU/ Palestine
• Dr. Shibli Al-Saweiti/ QOU/ Palestine
• Dr. Yehia Shawar/ Hebron Municipality/ Palestine
• Dr. Taghreed Al-Zughaiar/ Hebron Municipality/ Palestine
• Dr. Anwar Abu Aisheh/ Hebron Municipality/ Palestine
• Dr. Jalal Shabat/ QOU/ Palestine
• Dr. Ziad Qanam/ Al-Quds University/ Palestine
• Dr. Amneh Bushrai/ Algeria University 1/ Algeria
• Dr. Jamil Al-Najar/ QOU/ Palestine

Preparatory Committee:

• Dr. Abdulqader Al-Darawish/ QOU/ Palestine
• Dr. Samer Al-Dahiat/ University of Jordan/ Jordan
• Mr. Maher Al-Awiwi/ Hebron Municipality/ Palestine
• Mr. Alam Al-Ashhab/ Hebron Municipality/ Palestine
• Dr. Majed Melhem/ QOU/ Palestine
• Dr. Adel Bino/ University of Jordan/ Jordan
• Dr. Atieh Musleh/ QOU/ Palestine
• Mr. Ghassan Abu Snaineh/ QOU/ Palestine
• Dr. Fadel Eideh/ QOU/ Palestine
• Dr. Mohammed Amr/ QOU/ Palestine
• Ms. Haya Abdeen/ QOU/ Palestine
• Mr. Awad Meshel/ QOU/ Palestine
• Mr. Ibrahim Elyan/ QOU/ Palestine
• Mr. Rashid Al-Rjoub/ QOU/ Palestine
• Mr. Nidal Al-Tamimi/ Hebron Municipality/ Palestine
• Mr. Hashem Al-Hamouri/ Hebron Municipality/ Palestine
• Eng. Osama Dweik/ Hebron Municipality/ Palestine
• Mr. Anan Bader/ Hebron Municipality/ Palestine
• Mr. Abdulrahim Abu Hadid/ Hebron Municipality/ Palestine
• Mr. Refa’at Iqnibi/ Hebron Municipality/ Palestine
• Ms. Sarah Al-Jabari/ Hebron Municipality/ Palestine
• Eng. Jomanah Dwaik/ Hebron Municipality/ Palestine
• Ms. Mais Tahboub/ Hebron Municipality/ Palestine
• Mr. Ibrahim Melhem
• Ms. Dua'a Al-Sayaydih

Advisory Committee:

• Prof. Fayez Haddad/ Head of Committee/ University of Jordan/ Jordan
• Prof. Aysar Sosan/ Arab American University/ Palestine
• Dr. Marwan Darwish/ QOU/ Palestine
• Dr. Eng. Islam Amr/ QOU/ Palestine
• Dr. Ihab Al-Qubbaj/ Ministry of Education and Higher Education/ Palestine
• Dr. Alaa' Shakhshir/ QOU/ Palestine
• Dr. Eng. Imad Hodali/ QOU/ Palestine
• Prof. Husni Awad/ QOU/ Palestine
• Dr. Khalid Qawasmeh/ Hebron Municipality/ Palestine
• Ms. Nihad Asad Zawatieh/ Al-Mashreq Insurance Company/ Palestine 
• Ms. Amal Masri /Editor in Chief of Middle East Business News and Magazine

Terms and Conditions for Participation

• The research topic should be related to one of the conference themes
• Full researches should be submitted no later than 10/7/2019
• The research should fulfill the regulations of scientific research
• Research papers that have been previously presented in other conferences or published in any journal are not accepted.
• Executive proposals should be submitted in English and Arabic and should be 400 – 600 words including the title of the research (researcher’s name, university/organization name and state). The proposal should include the research problem, importance, objectives, justifications, methodology, procedures, tools and recommendations. The proposals that fulfill the criteria shall be published in the proposals booklet that will be distributed in the first day of the conference.
• Useful practical experiences (successful or unsuccessful) are accepted
• Theoretical scientific articles that include ideas and innovative new concepts (not repeated and traditional) on one of the conference themes are accepted
• APA citation style should be used to indicate to the references after the quotation directly that includes (author’s family name, year of publication and page number)
• The research should not exceed 30 pages typed in a word file font 14 Arial for the text and bold for titles and line spacing 1.5
• Researchers should submit the CV along with filled participation form
• Conference volume: researches are subjected to arbitration and accepted researches will be published in a special volume

Correspondences

All correspondences and inquiries related to the participation should be sent to:

Head of the Scientific Committee

Dean of the Faculty of Administrative and Economic Sciences/ QOU

[email protected] , [email protected]

For further information, please visit QOU website http://www.qou.edu

Participation Form

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