Beginning in the 1990s, practitioners around the world seemed to become more interested in conducting administrative reform in line with governance and the New Public Management.
When one attends conferences organized by practitioners in particular regions, one find that the conference themes, papers, and discussions center on the introduction of democratic governance institutions and public management methods into the public administration system.
Reform ideas such as good governance, transparency, open government, combating corruption, and maintaining ethics and trust are common themes in conferences organized by the Latin American Center for Development Administration, the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe, and the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management