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18th Session Documentation

Programme of work (as of 5 April 2019


Opening

Remarks by H.E. Mr. Omar Hilale, Vice-President of ECOSOC

Remarks by Mr. Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, UNDESA

Remarks by Ms. Irena Zubcevic, Chief, Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development, UNDESA


Item 2: Adoption of the agenda and other organization matters

Annotated provisional agenda (E/C.16/2019/1)
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Economic and Social Council decision on the dates and provisional agenda for the eighteenth session of CEPA (2018/237)

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Item 3: Enhancing the capacity of the public sector in core functional areas of administration 

Expert paper: Enhancing the capacity of the public sector in core functional areas of administration (E/C.16/2019/2)
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Conference room paper on enhancing the capacity of the public sector in core functional areas of administration: African perspective  

Remarks by Ms. Ora-orn Poocharoen, Director, School of Public Policy, Chiang Mai University, Thailand; and Adjunct Associate Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore

Remarks by Ms. Bridget Katsriku, Former Chairperson, Public Services Commission of Ghana

Remarks by Mexico (Spanish)

Other inputs

Public Services International

Administrative Staff College of India


Item 4: Governance and public administration aspects of empowering people to build equal and inclusive societies for the twenty-first century 

Expert paper: Governance and public administration aspects of empowering people to build equal and inclusive societies for the twenty-first century (E/C.16/2019/3)
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Contribution of the Committee to the 2019 High-level Political Forum on sustainable development 

Conference room paper on the use of tax records for the achievement of the SDGs 

Remarks by Ms. Moni Pizani, Head, Andean Office, Ibero-American General Secretariat (Spanish

Other inputs

Centre Africain de Recherche Industrielle (CARI) (French)


Item 5: Relating the principles of effective governance for sustainable development to practices and results 

Expert paper: Relating the principles of effective governance for sustainable development to practices and results (E/C.16/2019/4)
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Remarks by Ecuador (Spanish)

Presentation by African Peer Review Mechanism

Presentation by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Remarks by Praia Group on Governance Statistics

Remarks by H.E. Mr. Omar Hilale, Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council

Other inputs

German Research Institute for Public Administration

Framework for the Praia City Group handbook on governance statistics


Item 6: Building institutions to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development and provide access to justice for all 

Expert paper: Building institutions to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development and provide access to justice for all (E/C.16/2019/5)
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Conference room paper on collecting and spending money in such a manner as to best empower people and ensure inclusivity and equality 

Other inputs

Hellenic Association of Political Scientists


Item 7: Strengthening fiscal management at national and subnational levels 

Expert paper: Strengthening fiscal management at national and subnational levels (E/C.16/2019/6)
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Remarks by Ms. Cristina Duarte, Former Minister of Finance, Planning and Public Administration of Cabo Verde

Remarks by Ms. Linda Bilmes, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University


Item 8: Stocktaking of progress on institutional aspects of SDG 16 

Expert paper: Progress on institutional aspects of Sustainable Development Goal 16: access to information, transparency, participation and accountability (E/C.16/2019/7)
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Remarks by Ms. Margaret Kobia, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs, Kenya

Remarks by Cote d'Ivoire (French)

Remarks by Croatia

Remarks by Iceland

Remarks by Indonesia

Remarks by Dominican Republic (Spanish)

Other inputs

Latin American Center for Development Administration (CLAD) (Spanish)


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