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Item 2: Adoption of the agenda and other organization matters 

Provisional annotated agenda (E/C.16/2008/1)
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Remarks by Mr. Guido Bertucci, Director, DPADM/UNDESA

Item 3: Capacity-building for development 

Note by the Secretariat: Strengthening Governance and Public Administration Capacities for Development (E/C.16/2008/2)
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Items for discussion 

Capacity-building lessons learned from economies in transition

Remarks by Mr. Mikhail Dmitriev, President of the Center for Strategic Research Russian Federation

Introduction to capacity-building for MDGs

Remarks by Mr. Rachid Benmokhtar Benabdellah, President of Al Akhawayn University

Introduction to capacity-building for post-conflict reconstruction

Remarks by Mr. José Oscar Monteiro, Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Public and Development Management, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of Witwatersrand

Remarks by Mr. John Mary Kauzya, Chief of Governance and Public Administration Branch, DPIDG, UNDESA

Capacity-building for disaster management/preparedness

Remarks by Mr. Prijono Tjiptoherijanto, Professor of Economics University of Indonesia

Commemoration of 60th anniversary of the UN programme on public administration, finance and development

Official video

Remarks by H.E. Mr. Léo Mérorès, President of ECOSOC

Remarks by Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, UNDESA (Video | Text)

Remarks by Representative, INTOSAI (VideoText)

Remarks by Ms. Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Chancellor, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa (Video | Text)

Remarks by Mr. Marc Holzer, Dean of the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University (Video)

Remarks by Mr. Zhou Hongren, Vice Chairman, National Information and Technology Commission (Video | Text)

Remarks by Mr. Alejandro Carrillo Castro, Honorary President, National Institute of Public Administration (Video)


Item 4: Compendium of basic United Nations terminology in governance and public administration

Note by the Secretariat: Compendium of basic United Nations terminology in governance and public administration (E/C.16/2008/3)
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Remarks by Mr. Mario P. Chiti, Professor of Administrative Law, University of Firenze


Item 5: Review of the United Nations programme on public administration and finance

Note by the Secretariat: Review of the United Nations programme in public administration and finance (E/C.16/2008/4)
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Remarks by Director, DPADM/UNDESA

Remarks by Kyung Hee University

Remarks by Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor


Item 6: Public administration perspective on the theme of the high-level segment of the Economic and Social Council: Sustainable Development

Note by the Secretariat: Public administration perspective on implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to sustainable development (E/C.16/2008/5)
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Remarks by Division for Sustainable Development, UNDESA