• Chairperson:  The Honorable Jocelyne Bourgon (Canada), President Emeritus of the Canada School of Public Service

• Vice-Chairperson: Mr. Taher H. Kanaan (Jordan), Executive Vice-President of The Higher Council for Science and Technology in Amman, Jordan and the Managing Director of the Jordan Centre for Public Policy Research and Dialogue

• Vice-Chairperson:  Dr. Luis F. Aguilar Villanueva (Mexico), Professor of Public Policy and Management at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF)

• Vice-Chairperson:  Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o (Kenya), Minister of Medical Services

• Rapporteur:  Dr. Pan Suk Kim (Republic of Korea), President, International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), Belgium

The Economic and Social Council requests the Secretariat to:

• Continue to give due recognition to innovative public sector initiatives by the Member States through the flagship work of the United Nations Public Service Day and Public Service Awards in support of the implementation of the internationally agreed development goals (IADGs), including the MDGs;
  


• Further enhance its support for capacity building through analytical research, advisory services, and online and offline training, emphasizing trust building, citizen engagement, human resources and institutional development;
  


• Enhance its important work for the development of public sector institutions and resources for the achievement of the MDGs, by further developing its analytical and advisory capacity and further integrating research and analysis with the normative and operational work, and by continuing to work with partners in developing joint products;
  


• Continue to support and facilitate the work of the Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development, the Internet Governance Forum, and the Global Centre for Information and Communication Technologies in Parliament, and the implementation of the Plan of Action of the World Summit on the Information Society on e-government-related issues;
  


• Work with relevant partners, especially schools of public administration and research institutes worldwide and further develop and maintain a global knowledge base at national and sub-national levels to promote efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, accountability and participation in the public sector, and to support the MDGs.

• Summary of Major Recommendations/Conclusions
  


• Resolution included in the Report of the 8th Session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration (E/2009/INF/2/Add.1)
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• Report of the 8th Session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration (E./C.16/2009/5)
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• Provisional Agenda and Organization of Work of the 8th Session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration (E/C.16/2009/1)
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• The Human Factor in Capacity-Building for Development (E/C.16/2009/2)
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• Review of the United Nations Programme on Public Administration and Finance (E/C.16/2009/3)
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• Mainstreaming of Health Issues and Human Capacity-Building in Public Administration (E/C.16/2009/4)
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• Programme and Presentations

• WHO Report on Primary Health Care, including Health System Strengthening 
  


• Resolution on Primary Health Care Report
  


• The Public Service of 2025 - Themes, Challenges and Trends: Human Resources Management Trends in OECD Countries
  

Day 1: Monday, 30 March 2009, ECOSOC Chamber

• Opening Statement: The Honourable Sylvie Lucas, President of theEconomic and Social Council and Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the United Nations [ English | French ]
  


• Welcome Address: Mr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant-Secretary-General for Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, DESA
  


• Presentation: Ms. Marie-Françoise Bechtel, Counsellor of State, Conseil d’Etat, France [ English |  French ]. Secretariat Resource Person: Mr. John-Mary Kauzya
  


• Presentation: Dr. Werner Jann, Chair for Political Science, Administration and Organization, University of Potsdam, Germany (PowerPoint Presentation). Secretariat Resource Person: Mr. Jonas Rabinovitch
  

Day 2: Tuesday, 31 March 2009, Trusteeship Council

• Presentation: Ms. Jennifer L. Dorn, President and CEO of the National Academy of Public Administration, United States of America (PowerPoint Presentation). Secretariat Resource Person: Ms. Seema Hafeez
  
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  Presentation: Dr. Gwendoline Williams, Associate Faculty at the Institute of Business Teaching, University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago (PowerPoint Presentation). Secretariat Resource Person: Ms. Valentina Resta
  

Day 3: Wednesday, 1 April 2009

• Presentation: Mr. Mario P. Chiti, Chair of the Working Group on Basic UN Terminology in Governance and Public Administration (PowerPoint Presentation). Secretariat Resource Person: Ms. Adriana Alberti
  


• Presentation: Ms. Haiyan Qian, Director, DPADM/DESA (PowerPoint Presentation). Secretariat Resource Person: Mr. Garegin Manukyan
  


• Presentation: Dr. Manuel M. Dayrit, Director, Human Resources for Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
  


• Presentation: Mr. Edgar Alfonso Gónzalez Salas, Administrator Specialist in Public Finance, Colombia. Secretariat Resource Person: Mr. Ulrich Graute

• List of confirmed Members of the Committee
  


• List of CEPA Observers confirmed

• Information Circular for the Members of the Committee

Ms. Haiyan Qian, Director, DPADM, UNDESA
Tel: 1- 212-963-3393; Fax: 1-212-963-9681

Mrs. Almaz Atnafu, Secretary of the Committee
Tel: 1-917-367-9994; Fax: 1-212-963-9681
E-mail: almaz@un.org

Ms. Grace Simonetti, Administrative Assistant
Tel: 1-212-963-9863; Fax: 1-212-963-9681
E-mail:simonetti@un.org