Voluminous amounts of research on reconstructing governance and public administration structures after conflict have yielded numerous studies, reports, guidelines, enumerations of principles, and generic recommendations.  However, it has proven difficult to pinpoint concrete lessons learned and best practices for adaptation and replication.  Clearly identifying processes and procedures for implementation, as well as gaps in responses also appear to be needed.  It is particularly important to disaggregate the roles and responsibilities of state and non-state actors, as well as the role and influence of external actors such as regional and international organizations in the sustainable reconstruction of governance and public administration capacities after conflict.

To undertake an in-depth examination of these issues, the Division of Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM) of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) will address the subject in its next World Public Sector Report on “Post-Conflict State Capacity: Reconstructing Governance and Public Administration Capacities for Conflict Prevention, Recovery, and Development – Lessons Learned” (working title) in December 2009.  A series of expert meetings, research activities, on-line expert/practitioner e-discussions and in-house research will inform the results and recommendations of the final publication.  As an initial exercise the Governance and Public Administration Branch (GPAB) of DPADM and the Conflict Prevention and Recovery Cluster of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR) of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) will organize an Ad hoc Expert Group Meeting on the above in Accra, Ghana from 2 -4 October 2008.  It will bring together practitioners working in different conflict and post-conflict situations to focus on existing cases of good practice and identify specific policy strategies and implemtation models as well as lessons learnt from them.

• Mr. KAUZYA, John-Mary
  Chief, Governance and Public Administration Branch
  GPAB / DPADM, United Nations
• Ms. Rosenblum-Kumar, Gay
  Senior Governance and Public Administration Officer
  UNDESA
• Ms. ERNSTORFER, Anita
  Associate Public Administration Expert
  GPAB/DPADM, United Nations

• Meeting Agenda
• List of Participants
• Aide Memoire
• Conflict Transformation in Overcoming Psycho-Social Challenges, N. Ireland, Nevin Aiken
• The Crucial Role of Conflict Transformation in Overcoming Psycho-Social Challenges, Slides, N. Aiken
• Reconciling Cultures of Justice in Transitions, Tanja Chopra
• Reconciling Cultures of Justice in Transitions, Speaker Presentation, T. Chopra
• Statement by Julia P. Duncan-Cassell, Superintendent, Grand Bassa Co., Liberia
• The Role of Local Governance in Post-Conflict Reconstruction, David Jackson
• The Role of Local Governance in Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Slides, D. Jackson
• Making Governance Systems Compatible with Changing Paradigms of Conflict in Nepal, Janak Raj Joshi
• Making Governance System Compatible with the Paradigms of Conflict in Nepal, Slides, J. Joshi
• Transforming Mindsets: The Case of Gacaca in Rwanda, Tony Karbo and Martha Mutisi
• Transforming Mindsets: The Case of Gacaca in Rwanda, Presentation Slides, T. Karbo & M. Mutisi
• Opening Speaker - Reconstruction of Public Service and Governance Systems, James Katorobo
• Opening Speaker - Reconstruction of Public Service and Governance Systems, Slides, J. Katorobo
• The Role of Leadership in Post-Conflict Situations and its Impact on Foreign Aid, John-Mary Kauzya
• The Role of Local Governance in Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Slides, Henrik Larsen
• Governance, Development and Security: Three sides of the same ‘COIN’?, Afghanistan, Paul Lundberg
• Governance, Development and Security: Three Sides of the Same ‘Coin’? Speaker Slides, P. Lundberg
• Community Security and Small Arms Control, South Sudan, Riak Gok Majok
• Legality, Justice and Public Order in Post-Conflict Mozambique, Eduardo Mussanhane
• Mozambican Public Administration in Armed Post-Conflict, Speaker Slides, E. Mussanhane
• Local Peacebuilding Forums: Rationale and Methodological Hypotheses, Andries Odendaal
• The Role of Political Leadership: The South African Experience, Odette Ramsingh
• Reconstructing Governance in a Post-Conflict Environment: The Case of Aceh, Klaus Schreiner
• Reconstructing Governance in Post-Conflict Aceh (Slides), K. Schreiner
• Statebuilding for Peace: Lessons Learned for Capacity Development, Tim Sisk
• Democracy and Peace-building: Rethinking the Conventional Wisdom, Slides, H. Wolpe
• Women, Gender & Post-Conflict Governance: Justice & Security, Slides, Stephanie Ziebell
• Building Capacities for Public Service in Post-Conflict Countries, UNDESA 2007
• Governance Strategies for Post Conflict Reconstruction, Sustainable Peace and Development, UNDESA 07
• Designing Inclusive and Accountable Local Democratic Institutions: A Practitioner''s Guide, UNDP
• Local Peace Committees: Some Reflections and Lessons Learned, Andries Odendaal and Retief Olivier
• Case Study: Burundi Leadership Training Program
• Training Leaders for Peace, Howard Wolpe and Steve McDonald
• Rebuilding Peace and State Capacity in War-torn Burundi, Howard Wolpe et al.
• Leadership and Building State Capacity: Combining the Skills of Diplomats and Trainers, Wilson Cente
• Democracy and Peacebuilding: Rethinking the Conventional Wisdom, Howard Wolpe and Steve McDonald