Programme of work (as of 18 April 2021)
Opening
Remarks by H.E. Mr. Juan Sandoval Mendiolea, Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council (Spanish)
Remarks by Mr. Liu Zhemin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, UNDESA
Item 2: Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters
Annotated provisional agenda (E.C.16/2021/1)
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Economic and Social Council decision on the dates of the twentieth session of CEPA (E/2021/L.12)
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Economic and Social Council decision on the dates and provisional agenda of the twentieth session of CEPA (2020/228)
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Item 3: Governance and public administration aspects of the theme of the 2021 session of the Economic and Social Council and the 2021 high-level political forum on sustainable development
Expert paper: Building inclusive, effective and resilient institutions for sustainable recovery from the coronavirus disease pandemic and timely implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (E/C.16/2021/2)
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Item 4: Dialogue with voluntary national review countries on institutional aspects of SDG 16
Presentation by Colombia
Remarks by Indonesia
Item 5: Strengthening the analytical basis for reform policies based on the principles of effective governance for sustainable development
Executive summary of the APRM baseline study on the implementation of CEPA principles in Africa
Other inputs
Principles of effective governance and strategy guidance notes
Item 6: Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into national and subnational budgeting and financial management
Expert paper: Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into national and subnational budgeting and financial management with a focus on Cabo Verde (E/C.16/2021/3)
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Presentation on integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into national and subnational budgeting and financial management with a focus on Cabo Verde by Mr. Juraj Nemec, Professor of Public Finance and Public Management, Masaryk University and President of the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe and Ms. Linda Bilmes, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Presentation on embedding SDGs into budgets: lessons from Cabo Verde by Ms. Linda Bilmes, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Presentation on policy priority inference in SDG-related budget analysis for subnational budgeting and public financial management by the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (Presentation | Outline)
Item 7: Sustainable public procurement in the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development
Expert paper: Sustainable public procurement in the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development (E/C.16/2021/4)
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Item 8: Impact of the coronavirus disease pandemic on essential workers in the public sector
Expert paper: Issues in public sector workforce management in the recovery from coronavirus disease pandemic (E/C.16/2021/5)
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Other inputs
Institute of Public Policy and Public Affairs
Item 9: Building strong institutions for sustainable development in conflict-affected countries
Expert paper: Building strong institutions for sustainable development in conflict-affected countries (E/C.16/2021/6)
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Remarks by H.E. Mr. Mohamed Fathi Ahmed Edrees, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations and Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission
Dedicated consultation with observers
A two-hour virtual interactive dialogue with observers was held as part of the 20th CEPA session on 19 April from 9 to 11 a.m. EDT (New York time). This event was open to observers from Member States, UN system organizations, UN Permanent Observers, NGOs in Consultative Status with ECOSOC and other organizations related to public administration. Please refer to the observer consultation note for further details. The on-demand video is available here.
Remarks by United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth
Remarks by International Institute of Administrative Sciences
Remarks by African Association for Public Administration and Management
Remarks by Regional School of Public Administration
Remarks by South Asian Network for Public Administration
The content of and the views expressed in the written inputs from observers do not imply any expression of opinion on the part of the United Nations.