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11th Session


United Nations, New York
16-20 April 2012

The 11th session of the UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration will be held at United Nations Headquarters from 16 to 20 April 2012.

CEPA Bureau Members
  • Chairperson:  Dr. Najat Zarrouk (Morocco), Governor, Director, Training of Administrative and Technical Staff, Ministry of the Interior

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

  • Vice-Chairperson:  Ms. Marta Oyhanarte (Argentina), Attorney in Law and former Undersecretary, Institutional Reform and the Strengthening of Democracy; and National Director, Citizen Audit Programme

  • Vice-Chairperson:  Ms. Margaret Saner (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Senior strategic adviser on public service modernization and reform issues

  • Rapporteur:  Mr. Mikhail Dmitriev (Russia), President, Center for Strategic Research, Russian Federation

Documents
Programme
Conference Papers

Day 1: Monday, 16 April 2012 

Annotated Daily Programme
 (Day 1)

Opening Session

  • Opening Statement: His Excellency Mr. Miloš Koterec, President of ECOSOC to be delivered by His Excellency, Mr. Luis Alfonso de Alba, Vice-President of ECOSOC [Text]

  • Welcome Address: Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs delivered by Mr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant-Secretary-General for Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, DESA [Text]
Agenda Item 2: Adoption of the Agenda and other organizational matters (E/C.16/2012/1)
  • Presentation: Ms. Haiyan Qian, Director, DPADM/DESA on Organizational Matters [PowerPoint]
Agenda Item 3: Local public governance and administration for results: a) intergovernmental governance and regimes governance (E/C.16/2012/2)
  • Presentation: Professor Jan Ziekow, Director, German Research Institute for Public Administration, Germany [PowerPoint]

  • Presentation: Mr. Hao Bin, Deputy Director General, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, China [PowerPoint]  

  • Presentation: Mr. Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi, Secretary General, United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLGA), USA [Text]  [Video]

  • Presentation: Professor Francisco Longo, Professor, Department of Human Resources, ESADE, Ramon Llussi University [Text]
Agenda Item 3: b) public service capacity-building for local level development (E/C.16/2012/3)
  • Presentation: Mr. Philip Yeo Liat Kok, Special Adviser for Economic Development, Office of the Prime Minister of the Government of Singapore, Singapore [PowerPoint

  • Presentation: Ms. Najat Zarrouk, Governor, Director, Training of Administrative and Technical Staff, Ministry of the Interior, Morocco [PowerPoint

  • Presentation: Ms. Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Practice Director, Democratic Governance Group, Bureau for Development Policy, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) [Text]
Daily Meeting Notes (Day 1)


Day 2: Tuesday, 16 April 2012 

Annotated Daily Programme (Day 2)

Agenda Item 3: c) transparency, accountability and citizens' engagement (E/C.16/2012/4)
  • Presentation: Ms. Marta Oyhanarte, Attorney at Law and former Undersecretary, Institutional Reform and the Strengthening of Democracy, and National Director, Citizen Audit Programme, Argentina [PowerPoint]

  • Presentation: Professor Mushtaq Khan, Professor of Economics, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London,  Bangladesh [PowerPoint

  • Presentation: Mr. Rolf Alter, Director, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD [PowerPoint

  • Presentation: Ms. Meredith Edwards, Professor Emeritus, University of Canberra [Text, PowerPoint

  • Presentation: Dr. Hyam Nashash, Assistant Professor, Educational Administration (Quality Assurance), Al-Balqa' Applied University, Jordan [PowerPoint]

  • Presentation: Ms. Margaret Saner, Advisor Strategic Government Policy, Office of the Prime Minister, Government of Kenya [Text]

Agenda Item 4: Review of the United Nations Programme on Public Administration and Finance (E/C.16/2012/5)
  • Presentation: Ms. Haiyan Qian, Director, DPADM/DESA [PowerPoint]
Daily Meeting Notes (Day 2)


Day 3: Wednesday, 18 April 2012 

Annotated Daily Programme (Day 3)
 


 Working Groups' presentation on the collaboration between CEPA adn DPADM in 2011 adn 2012 (PowerPoint)
  • Presentation Working Group I - Public Administration Capacity: Institutional and Human Resource Development

  • Presentation Working Group II - e-Government Development (PowerPoint)

  • Reporting of Working Group III - Development Management and Citizen Engagement (PowerPoint)

Daily Meeting Notes (Day 3 & Day 4)


Day 4: Thursday, 19 April 2012 

Annotated Daily Programme (Day 4) 


  • Reporting of Working Group I - Public Administration Capacity: Institutional and Human Resource Development (Text)

  • Reporting of Working Group II - e-Government Development (Text)

  • Reporting of Working Group III - Development Management and Citizen Engagement (Text) 

Daily Meeting Notes (Day 3 & Day 4)


Day 5: Friday, 20 April 2012 

Annotated Daily Programme (Day 5)

Side Events

Day 1: Monday, 16 April 2012

  • CEPA Bureau Meeting chaired by Dr. Najat Zarrouk
  • Reception for CEPA Members and Observers 

Day 2: Tuesday, 17 April 2012

  • CEPA Bureau Meeting chaired by Dr. Najat Zarrouk
  • Meeting on IIAS/UNDESA Study Group on Public Administration and Poverty Reduction co-chaired by Prof. Pan Su Kim and Ms. Haiyan Qian

Day 3: Wednesday, 18 April 2012

  • CEPA Bureau Meeting chaired by Dr. Najat Zarrouk
  • Meeting of Ms. Haiyan Qian with CPSI on the proposal for the next UNPAN Meeting 
  • Meeting of Ms. Haiyan Qian with UNPAN Partners to discuss mutual collaboration
  • Meeting of Ms. Haiyan Qian with Mr. Stefano Cacciaguerra, First Counsellor, Mission of Italy to the United Nations to discuss collaboration
  • Meeting of Ms. Haiyan Qian with Mr. Y.  Pardhasaradhi, Chairman, Department of Public Administration, University College of Arts & Social Sciences, India
  • Meeting of the International Taskforce on Effective Public Administration in Local Governments for the Achievement of MDGs (IASIA/DESA) co-chaired by Prof. Valeria Termini and Ms. Haiyan Qian

Day 4: Thursday, 19 April 2012

  • CEPA Bureau Meeting chaired by Dr. Najat Zarrouk
  • Meeting of Ms. Haiyan Qian with Dr. Zuhair Alkayed, WISE, Jordan

Day 5: Friday, 20 April 2012

  • Meeting of Ms. Haiyan Qian with Mr. Tarik Alami, Chief, Emerging and Conflict Related Issues Section (ECRI), ESCWA, on future collaboration
  • Meeting of Ms. Haiyan Qian with Mr. Gregorio Monteiro, Secretary-General, CLAD, Prof. Francisco Longo Martinez, Prof. Luis Aguila, CEPA Members, Mr. John-Mary Kauzya, and Mr. Jose Manuel Sucre-Ciffoni, PACB, to discuss future collaboration
  • Meeting of Ms. Haiyan Qian with Mr. Fremi Mejia Canelo, Coordinator in the area of management of policies and international negotiations, ICAP, and Mr. Jonas Rabinovitch, DPADM, on future collaboration
  • Meeting of Ms. Haiyan Qian with Ms. Jennifer Astaphan, Executive Director, Andre Griffith, eGovernment Advisor, CARICAD, Mr. Vincenzo Aquaro and Mr. Jonas Rabinovitch, DPADM
  • Meeting of Ms. Haiyan Qian with Mr. G. K. Scott, Secretary General, Ms. Bridget Katsriku, Vice-President for Western Africa, AAPAM, and Mr. John-Mary Kauzya, DPADM
Participants and Feedback
Logistical and Administrative Information
Photos & Videos
Photos


Day One

Morning Session
        
Day One

Afternoon Session
         Day Two

Morning Session   
Day Two

Afternoon Session
  Day Three
 
Morning Session
Day Three

Working Groups
Day Four
 

Day Five

Morning Session
Day Five

Afternoon Session


































Videos



Prof. Jan Ziekow, Director, German Research Institute for Public Administration - Germany, talks about local public governance and administration for results: intergovernmental governance and regimes governance.



 

Mr. Bin Hao, Deputy Director General, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, China, talks about local public governance and administration for results: intergovernmental governance and regimes governance.




Dr. Pan Suk Kim, President, International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) -
Brussels, Belgium / Director, Institute for Poverty Alleviation and International Development (IPAID) - Yonsei University, Republic of Korea, talks about local public governance and administration for results: public service capacity-building for local level development.

      


Mr. Philip Yeo Liat Kok, Chairman of the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board - Singapore, talks about local public governance and administration for results: public service capacity-building for local level development.







Dr. Najat Zarrouk, Governor, Director of Training of Administrative and Technical Staff, Ministry of the Interior, Government of Morocco - Rabat, Morocco, talks about local public governance and administration for results: public service capacity-building for local level development.


 

Prof. Valeria Termini - President of International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA), Professor of Economics, University of Roma Tre, Chairperson of the Government Committee for the Promotion of Leadership - Rome, Italy, talks about local public governance and administration for results: public service capacity-building for local development.



Dr. Susan L. Woodward, Professor, The Graduate Center - City University of New York, talks about local public governance and administration for results: public service capacity-building for local level development.


 
 

Ms. Marta Oyhanarte, Attorney in Law and former Undersecretary, Institutional Reform and the Strengthening of Democracy; and National Director, Citizen Audit Programme - talks about local public governance and administration for results: transparency, accountability and citizens' engagement.



Prof. Mushtaq Khan - Professor of Economics, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences -
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and visiting professor
University of Dhaka and Chulalongkorn University, Bangladesh, talks about local public governance and administration for results: transparency, accountability and citizens' engagement.

 

Prof. Meredith Edwards - Professor Emeritus, University of Canberra - Canberra, Australia, talks about local public governance and administration for results: transparency, accountability and citizens' engagement.







Dr. Hyam Nashash, Assistant Professor of Educational Administration Al-Balqa' University - Amman, Jordan, talks about local public governance and administration for results: transparency, accountability and citizens' engagement.


 


Ms. Margaret Saner, Advisor Strategic Government Policy - Office of the Prime Minister, Kenya, talks about local public governance and administration for results: transparency, accountability and citizens' engagement.



Media
Please click on the links below to access the articles about CEPA published in the UN Radio:
  • Meeting on Governance at the UN Gathers Experts from Around the World (Portuguese)
  • UN Wants Formulation of Public Policies with Emphasis on Good Results (Portuguese)
Contacts

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

Mr. Wai Min Kwok, Secretary of the Committee
Tel: 1-917-367-3026; Fax: 1-212-963-9681
E-mail: kwok@un.org

Ms. Elvira Doyle, Programme Assistant
Tel: 1-212-963-8377; Fax: 1-212-963-9681
E-mail: doylee@un.org
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