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International Experts Gather at EdUHK to Discuss Issue FIve

Innovation in Social Service Delivery

This conference series is among the major research collaboration
More than 50 public policy scholars from around initiatives between APS and the School of Public Administration of
the world gathered at EdUHK on 24 November for South China University of Technology. Nine panel discussions and two
the 4th International Conference on Social Policy plenary sessions were held during the conference to examine the latest
and Governance Innovation: Innovation in Social issues of poverty and social protection, technological innovation, social
Service Delivery. enterprise and organisational reform, and governance and regulation.

Co-organised by the Department of Asia and Policy Studies (APS)
at EdUHK, the Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies of Lingnan
University and the School of Public Administration of South China
University of Technology, the two-day conference gathered leading
policy experts from the Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, Norway,
Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the United
States, Macau, Taiwan and China to discuss various issues related to
innovation in social service delivery.

Delivering his welcome speech, Professor Stephen Cheung Yan-
leung, President of EdUHK, underscores the contemporary challenges
to public and social services, as well as the strategic importance
of applying innovative mechanisms to improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of service delivery.

“I am glad that this conference has provided an excellent platform for
academics in Asia and beyond to engage in scholarly exchange and
policy advocacy. I am sure the ideas coming out of this conference Professor Stephen Cheung Yan-leung, President of EdUHK,
believes the ideas coming out of this conference will be
will be invaluable to inform policy practices and advance academic
invaluable to inform policy practices and advance academic
research,” said Professor Cheung. research.

More than 50 public policy scholars from the Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the United States, Macau, Taiwan and
China gather at EdUHK for the first day of the 4th International Conference on Social Policy and Governance Innovation: Innovation in Social Service Delivery.

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