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About CIGAR

CIGAR is a network on comparative international governmental accounting research. CIGAR's mission is to promote worldwide discussion and research on comparative governmental accounting. The main means to realize this mission are the organisation of biennial conferences, biennial workshops dedicated to more specific research themes, and a regularly appearing Newsletter. The CIGAR Network stimulates the production of individual and joint papers, preferably in an international comparative perspective, and the publication of books and journal special issues comprising selections of papers presented at our conferences and workshops.

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Forthcoming Events

CIGAR Conference

The 14th CIGAR conference will be held in Cairo, Egypt, spring 2013. The conference is hosted by Hassan Ouda and will particularly deal with public sector accounting in developing countries. Announcements about the precise dates of the conference will follow later. The CIGAR Board takes, dependent upon the political stability of Egypt, a definitive decision about the conference site during the coming year.

CIGAR workshop

The 11th CIGAR workshop is dedicated to the following theme: “PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR:PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE TRENDS”. The workshop will be held on June, 14-15, 2012 in Barcelos, Portugal, and will be hosted byMª José Fernandes,Patrícia Gomesand Susana Jorge. The deadline for submission of abstracts is Febraury 15, 2012, and for full-length papers April. 30, 2012.

CIGAR PhD seminar

Prior to this event, on the 13th of June, CIGAR organizes its next PhD seminar on public sector accounting research. The deadlines for this seminar are: February 15 for abstracts and March 31 for full-length papers.

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CIGAR News

CIGAR newsletter

The April 2012 CIGAR Newsletter includes a contribution by Isabel Brusca about the Spanish experience in the adaptation of IPSASs, as well as an article from Patricia Gomes concerning the COBRA survey on comparative research in public sector performance management. Further, some announcements are made for conferences and workshops, especially the EGPA Permanent Study Group on Accounting and Financial Management (Bergen, September 2012) and the CIGAR workshop (Barcelos, Portugal, June 2012). The Newsletter also includes a call for new members of the CIGAR Board.

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FAM special issue

A selection of papers from the 12th CIGAR conference held in Modena, Italy in 2009 is now published as a Special issue of Financial Accountability & Management (Vol. 27, no.2). This special issue, entitled 'Making comparisons in government accounting', is edited by Eugenio Caperchione and Irvine Lapsley (see CIGAR Newsletter July 2011 for more information).