WHAT DOES IMASA STAND FOR?IMASA’s objectives and founding values have at their heart the promotion of sound, professional and ethical municipal (local government) administration, serving the best interests of the profession of municipal administration and the development and growth of those in the profession, especially those who come from communities or backgrounds where opportunities for full development have been limited or impaired.
In pursuing these aims IMASA will foster interaction and the exchange of knowledge amongst those in the profession and will encourage involvement in all aspects of the Institute (including its management) by all members - from the student to the most experienced practitioner.
It will also seek to work with other professional institutes, local government departments and associations and academic institutions for the common good. It will promote academic and career development and opportunities for its members.
It will focus strongly on Branch activities as it believes that it is only at this level that the individual member can become fully involved. Among the important values it will seek to take their rightful place in municipal administration are representivity, responsiveness, openness, accountability, development, equity, fairness and human dignity and rights.
WHAT IS MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION?IMASA’s Constitution defines municipal administration as that part of public administration undertaken in and for the benefit of local government, including the administration of meetings, estate or property administration, legal administration and general administrative functions (e.g. the administration of tenders, contracts, archives, records and elections and departmental and housing administration).
In general, those in what has traditionally been seen as the local government town clerk’s department, (and in more recent times the town secretarial or administration department) and who are not served by another local government oriented professional institute. |
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We have implemented a new user registration function on the website. If you have not done so already, please register yourself for access to the site. If you would like to know more about what you should do to register, please read the guide here . Registration on this website is only available to members of IMASA and registration details will be controlled to ensure access for IMASA members only. |
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