NIPPON URBAN MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

530-0041

c/o Seibunsha Pub.Co. , Daiwa-Minamimorimachi Bldg. , Kita 2-6 , 2-chome, Tenjinbashi , Kita-ku , Osaka , Japan

06-6135-4064

tihoujichi@skattsei.co.jp

1984-06-23

The Nippon Urban Management and Local Government Research Association (NUMLGRA) was founded on 23rd June 1984 during a founding convention held in Osaka with its purpose as an interdisciplinary and international research organization. The objectives of the Association are: (1) promoting theoretical and political research works for more scientific, modernistic and democratic local autonomy systems, (2) contributing to local autonomy development. To accomplish these objectives, the Association holds activities as follows: (1) holding a national convention annually and regional meetings at regular times in the year, (2) publishing bulletins and collected papers on the latest issues in local autonomy and administration, (3) offering new public policies, (4) doing joint research with related parties, (5) encouraging friendly relationships among members, and so on. The Association issues a bulletin entitled the Journal of Urban Management and Local Government Research. It is issued twice a year. The first bulletin of the year consists of presentations and extracts from the symposium under the common theme of the previous national convention. The second bulletin of the year consists of papers contributed by members.

The next 27th national convention will be hold at Josai University on September 18-19 , 2010.