INTRODUCTION
The recent global financial and economic crisis has had surprising effects in several worldwide economies. This global event has promoted the discussion on how ethical, transparent and rigorous is the accountability of public sector institutions. However, the public manager’s accountability is translated into a vision that goes beyond its sphere of activity, demanding information on how public resources were managed based on the maximization of social welfare and sustainable development. The reforms that have been undertaken within the public sector were triggered by the new vision of the State’s role which has been designated by the New Public Management (NPM).

In the context of these reforms, accountability has becoming increasingly important. Underpinned in NPM assumptions, it is common sense that these reforms shall be undertaken through a progressive introduction of management tools, performance evaluation, and reporting of financial/non-financial indicators suitable to public sector institutions. These reforms will permit public management oversight by the citizens and other regulatory entities, which would help improving citizens’ confidence levels.

OBJECTIVE OF THE BOOK
This book intends to gather several coherent chapters that allow on a scientific basis and discuss at an international level the future avenues of development in the field of Public Accounting and Control in Public Management. Some of the objectives which this book intends to achieve are described below:
• Disseminate methodologies that would allow collaboration among public institutions, regulatory entities, and those that guide their behavior on consistent values of ethics, rigor, transparency and accountability;
• Document the tools of management/control that can be used as enforcement mechanisms of accountability in the public sector;
• Review the processes/models of governance that foster accountability;
• Discuss the processes of controlling and risk management in terms of the present developments in the field of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM);
• Analyze the financial reporting models and make a critical reflection on their suitability or adjustment regarding the present proposals of the international standard-setting regulators;
• Reflection on the key performance indicators (KPI) that under a new paradigm would foster the democratization of information: the citizen as an active element in the accountability process of public institutions.

TARGET AUDIENCE
Editors intend that this book will be useful for regulatory authorities and researchers in the field of accounting and public management, and internal control and auditing as well as. It also intends to be useful to public managers to become aware and realize how the several tools can be used to ensure the accuracy and transparency of public management acts and to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public administration. Through the disseminating of the research findings on the rigor and transparency of public institutions this publication will also be helpful to develop and inspire further research studies by students in post-graduate courses with research interests in public accounting and management.

RECOMMENDED TOPICS include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Government and accountability in the public sector
• Public sector accounting
• IPSAS adoption process
• Effects of IPSAS adoption in the public sector accountability
• Public sector risk management
• Management control systems in the public sector
• Internal Control systems in the public sector
• Public sector auditing
• KPI in the public sector
• Performance measurement in the public sector
• Reporting in the public sector
• Continuous assurance in the public sector

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before October 31, 2014, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by November 30, 2014 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by February 28, 2015. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Global Perspectives on Risk Management and Accounting in the Public Sector. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process.


Full chapters may be submitted to this book here: http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1487


IMPORTANT DATES:
October 31, 2014: Proposal Submission Deadline
November 30, 2014: Notification of Acceptance
February 28, 2015: Full Chapter Submission
April 30, 2015: Review Results Returned
May 30, 2015: Revised Chapter Submission
June 15, 2015: Final Acceptance Notification
June 30, 2015: Final Chapter Submission


Inquiries can be forwarded to
Augusta Ferreira
Higher Institute for Accountancy and Administration of Aveiro, University of Aveiro
R. Associação Humanitária dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Aveiro
3810-500 Aveiro, Portugal
E-mail: augusta.ferreira@ua.pt