The Economic and Social Council requests the Secretariat to:
- Ensure that the normative, analytical and technical cooperation elements of the United Nations Programme in Public Administration and Finance continue to address participatory governance and to identify best practices;
- Continue to expand the reach of the United Nations Public Service Awards on the United Nations Public Service Day as part of the effort to foster and disseminate excellence in public governance;
- Expand the outreach of the portal of the United Nations UNPAN at the regional and sub-regional levels with its participating members as a one-stop shop in promoting information-sharing, knowledge management, and networking among public sector leaders around the world;
- Continue its useful role as lead agency in facilitating the implementation of the action lines on e-governance-related issues contained in the Plan of Action of the World Summit on the Information Society.