Programme of work (as of 18 April 2017)
Opening
Remarks by H.E. Mr. Cristián Barros Melet, Vice-President of ECOSOC (Video)
Remarks by Mr. Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, UNDESA (Video)
Item 2: Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters
Provisional annotated agenda (E/C.16/2017/1)
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Economic and Social Council decision on the provisional agenda for the sixteenth session of CEPA (2016/257)
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Item 3: Ensuring effective implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals through leadership, action and means
Expert paper: Successfully achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: what is to be done? (E/C.16/2017/2)
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Contribution by the Committee to the 2017 ECOSOC Integration Segment
Other inputs
Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM)
International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS)
National Institute of Public Administration (INAP- Mexico)
Korean Association for Supporting the SDGs for the UN (ASD)
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA)
Item 3 (a): Understanding the needs of local authorities and communities and supporting and equipping them for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals
Expert paper: Understanding the needs of local authorities and communities and supporting and equipping them for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (E/C.16/2017/3)
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Remarks by Ms. Najat Zarrouk, Director, Development Branch and African Local Government Academy, United Cities and Local Government of Africa (French)
Remarks by Mr. Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi, Secretary-General, UCLG-Africa
Remarks by Mr. Palouki Massina, Secretary-General, Government of Togo (French)
Conference room paper on transforming local authorities and communities into stakeholders to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (French)
Other inputs
Centre Africain de Recherche Industrielle (CARI)
World Union of Small and Medium Enterprises
Item 3 (b): Institutional leadership and the Sustainable Development Goals
Expert paper: Institutional leadership and the Sustainable Development Goals (E/C.16/2017/4)
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Remarks by Mr. José Castelazo, President, National Institute for Public Administration (INAP)
Remarks by Ministry of the Reform of Administration and Civil Service of Morocco
Remarks by National Civil Service Directorate of Chile
Other inputs
International Police Executive Symposium
Item 3 (c): Institutional arrangements for the Sustainable Development Goals
Expert paper: Institutional arrangements for the Sustainable Development Goals (E/C.16/2017/5)
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Remarks by Ms. Pontso Sekatle, Member of the Parliament representing the Qacha's Nek constituency
Conference room paper on institutionalism re-invented in sustainable development: developing institutions for implementation of the 2030 Agenda and achievement of SDGs (Addendum)
Background documents
Other inputs
Environmental Ambassadors for Sustainable Development
Item 3 (d): Development of principles of effective governance
Expert paper: Towards a set of internationally recognized principles of responsible and effective governance (E/C.16/2017/6)
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Remarks by Ms. Alina Tatarenko, Council of Europe
Other inputs
Fondation Genereuse Developpement
International Shinto Foundation (ISF)
Regional Hub of Civil Service in Astana
Item 3 (e): Strategies for integrated action to achieve poverty eradication: implications for public institutions
Expert paper: Poverty eradication through regional development: the case of Brazil (E/C.16/2017/7)
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Conference room paper on rolling out national social protection floors
Other inputs
Ecoforum of NGOs of Uzbekistan
Imam Ali’s Popular Students Relief Society
Institute of International Social Development (IISD)
Organization of Mutual Entities of the Americas (ODEMA)
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