Revista Científica Administrar lo Público

The scientific journal Administrar lo Público (ALP journal), ISSN 2215-6909, offers a set of features for reflection, analysis and in-depth study of topics in the discipline such as customs administration and international trade, public administration, administrative contracting and public procurement, internal control , open government data, diplomacy, evaluation of government programs, performance evaluation, public finances and budgets, public management, among others, which allow covering axes of vital significance for the transformation of public management within the framework of a society with dizzying and accelerated changes related to innovations that must be addressed by the public sector, in such a way that they satisfy social, economic and, above all, human needs.

 

This space within the scientific journals of the University of Costa Rica (UCR) protects the main institutional aspirations of research, teaching and social action, since, by offering academic, technical and scientific solutions and discussions in an area that affects all dimensions of development, enhances its transformative and dialectical capacity between society, its communities and organizations with the University as an institution that generates knowledge and resources for the progress of the country.

 

The ALP journal offers the possibility of encouraging academic production in the discipline of Public Administration from multiple approaches and areas of teachers and researchers in the social sciences, economic sciences, education and law, as well as ensuring that generations of undergraduate students and postgraduates with outstanding academic works can make indigenous contributions to increase the body of knowledge in this disciplinary area, it represents a joint opportunity to publicize the work that is carried out nationally and internationally to manage the public in a better way.

 

Managing the Public is a production of the Public Administration Research and Training Center (CICAP), a UCR Center that generates, transfers and disseminates knowledge to improve the management capacity of the public, through research and social action, contributing to well-being. general of society.

 

It is a research center attached to the Vice-Rector's Office for Research that was founded in 1976 with the idea of strengthening the processes of the national, regional and local Public Administration. Nowadays, it generates, transfers and disseminates knowledge to improve public management capacity, through basic and applied research processes, as well as teaching extension activities within the framework of social action, in order to contribute to the quality of life of the people.

 

Since 2013, CICAP has been producing the work Administrar lo Público, as a periodic publication that compiles scientific articles, case studies and systematizations of interventions, among other scientific manuscripts in the area of social and economic sciences, with particular emphasis on Public Administration. and adjacent topics such as public management, public management, government, governance, governability, public services, civil service, transparency, accountability, citizen participation, open government data, administration, public planning and budget, among many others where it covered 9 editions consecutively.