The 10th session of the UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration

United Nations, New York, 4-8 April 2011

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Summary of resolutions

The Economic and Social Council requests the Secretariat to:

• Continue to support the development of the United Nation Public Administration Network for partnership-building, knowledge dissemination, and the exchange of knowledge, best practices and lessons learned in the area of PA;
  
  
• Continue to develop and promote the United Nations Public Administration Country Studies, which contain analytical and case studies, guidelines, and other knowledge-sharing outputs on best practices and lessons learned in governance for development, including for post-conflict countries and countries that face the cumulative effects of successive disasters;
  
  
• Better publicize the opportunity of the United Nations Public Service Awards, disseminate information on good practices and innovation from the awards and strive to better promote and utilize innovative PA initiatives, including those identified within the context of UNPSA;
  
  
• Continue to enhance, within existing resources, its support for capacity-building in the public sector, including in human resource development, promoting participatory governance institutions with a view to making public administration more open, transparent, accountable, and responsive to citizens in all countries, and use case studies as appropriate in capacity building and training activities, and assess the impact of these case studies (EU);
  
  
• Continue to assist in analysis, policy options, and capacity-building, including for post-conflict countries, particularly on their governance capacities for development;
  
  
• Continue to provide countries in post-disaster situations with policy advice, capacity-building actions, and tools for engaging citizens, civil society organizations, and the private sector in recovery and reconstruction efforts, deepening public accountability, and preventing corruption;
  
  
• Continue activities around the theme of public service delivery and the engagement of citizens in accountability and preventing corruption;

Documents

• Resolution included in the Report of the 10th Session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration (E/2011/INF/2)
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• Report of the 10th Session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration (E/2011/44 - E/C.16/2011/5)
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• Provisional Agenda and Organization of Work (E/C.16/2011/1)
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• Public Governance for Results: A Conceptual and Operational Framework (E/C.16/2011/2)
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• Public Governance for Results: State Capacity for Post-conflict and Post-disaster Reconstruction and Social Protection Policies (E/C.16/2011/3)
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• Review of the United Nations Programme in Public Administration and Finance (E/C.16/2011/4)
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• Statement by Ms. Susan Woodward, Rapporteur of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration Delivered at the Meeting of the Bureau of ECOSOC with the Chairs of the Functional Commissions on 16 February 2011
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Conference paper

Day 1: Monday, 4 April 2011, Conference Room 3, North Lawn Building

• Opening Statement: His Excellency Mr. Lazarous Kapambwe, President of ECOSOC, delivered by H.E. Mr. Gonzalo Gutierrez Reinel, Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council and Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations [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]
  
  
• Presentation: Ms. Haiyan Qian, Director, DPADM/DESA on Organizational Matters delivered by Mr. John-Mary Kauzya (PowerPoint)
  
  
• Presentation: Professor Francisco Longo, Department of Human Resources, ESADE, Ramon Llull University, Spain [Abstract, Text]. Secretariat Resource Person: Mr. John-Mary Kauzya
  
  
• Presentation: Professor Meredith Edwards, Professor Emeritus, University of Canberra, Australia (Abstract, PowerPoint). Secretariat Resource Person: Mr. John-Mary Kauzya 
  
  
• Presentation: Dr. Susan Woodward, Expert Scholar and Political Advisor, and Professor, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA [Paper, Presentation]. Secretariat Resource Person: Mr. John-Mary Kauzya
  
  
• Presentation: Ms. Odette R. Ramsingh, Group Human Resources Executive for Metropolitan Health Group, South Africa [Text, PowerPoint]. Secretariat Resource Person: Mr. John-Mary Kauzya 
  
  
• Presentation: Dr. Paul Oquist, Minister of National Politics and Private Secretary for National Policy to the President, Nicaragua [Text, PowerPoint]. Secretariat Resource Person: Mr. John-Mary Kauzya 

• Presentation: His Excellency Mr. Peter Anyang' Nyong'o, Minister of Medical Services, Kenya (Abstract, PowerPoint). Secretariat Resource Person: Ms. Roberto Villarreal
  
  
• Presentation: Mr. Pan Su Kim, Underwood Distinguished Professor, Director, Institute for Poverty Alleviation and International Development (IPAID), Yonsei University, Republic of Korea; and President, International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) (Text, PowerPoint, Summary). Secretariat Resource Person: Mr. Vincenzo Aquaro
  
  
• Presentation: Professor Valeria Termini, President of IASIA, Distinguished Professor of Economics - University of Roma Tre and Chairperson of the Government Committee for the Promotion of Leadership, Italy (PowerPoint). Secretariat Resource Person: Mr. Vincenzo Aquaro

• Presentation: Ms. Haiyan Qian, Director, DPADM/DESA delivered by Mr. John-Mary Kauzya, Officer-in-Charge, DPADM/DESA (PowerPoint). Secretariat Resource Person: Mr. Wai Min Kwok
  
  
• Presentation: Working Group I - Public Administration Capacity Branch (PACB)(PowerPoint)
  
  
• Presentation: Working Group II - Development Management Branch (DMB)(PowerPoint)
  
  
• Presentation: Working Group III - eGovernment Branch (eGB)(PowerPoint, METER)

Day 4: Thursday, 7 April 2011

• Reporting of Working Group I - Public Administration Capacity Branch (PACB)(Text)
  
  
• Reporting of Working Group II - Development Management Branch (DMB)(Text)
  
  
• Reporting of Working Group III - eGovernment Branch (eGB)(Text)
  
  
• Reporting of Working Group IV - Social Protection - (Text)

• Closing Remarks: Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs (Text)