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COVID-19: Embracing Digital Government During the Pandemic and Beyond
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing governments and societies to turn toward digital technologies to respond to the crisis in the short-term, resolve socio-economic repercussions in the mid-term and reinvent existing policies and tools in the long-term…
| Reports | Public Institutions
World e-Parliament Report 2012
The World e-Parliament Report 2012 documents the efforts of legislatures to use information and communication technologies (ICT) to support their constitutional functions. The Report is based on the Global Survey of ICT in Parliaments 2012 conducted…
| Reports | Public Institutions
World e-Parliament Report 2010
Prepared by the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament, a broad partnership initiative of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the World e-Parliament Report 2010 offers parliaments a…
| Reports | Public Institutions
World e-Parliament Conference Report 2009
The World e-Parliament Conference 2009 took place at the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., on 3, 4 and 5 November 2009. The conference was co-organized by the United Nations, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the U.S. House of…
| Reports | Public Service Innovation
Report of the Sixth United Nations Public Service Day and Awards Ceremony
The United Nations hosted the Sixth Public Service Awards Ceremony and commemorated Public Service Day in New York on 23 June 2008 in Conference Room 2. The UN Public Service Awards (UNPSA) are handed out every year on 23 June, which has been…
| Reports | Public Institutions
The Contribution of the United Nations to the Improvement of Public Administration: A 60-Year History
The United Nations Programme on Public Administration, Finance and Development celebrated its sixtieth anniversary in 2008. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) commemorated the anniversary by, among other things,…
| Reports | Participation and Accountability | Public Institutions
World e-Parliament Report 2008
The World e-Parliament Report 2008 constitutes the first assessment from a global perspective of how information and communication technologies (ICT) are being employed by parliaments across the spectrum of activities for which they are responsible…
| Reports | Local Governance | Participation and Accountability
Participatory Planning Participatory Planning and Budgeting Budgeting at the Sub-national Level
This publication serves as a reference and guide for local governments, non-governmental organizations, civil society and institutions, and will contribute to advancing the discussions in government-community engagements in fiscal processes. UNDESA…
| Reports | Participation and Accountability
Fighting Urban Poverty: Which Participatory Approaches?
A Panel Discussion on Fighting Urban Poverty: Which Participatory Approaches?, organized jointly by UNDESA and DGDC, as a side event to the Third World Urban Forum in Vancouver, Canada on 20 June 2006, brought together practitioners, policy makers…
| Reports | Public Service Innovation
Public Service Ethics in Africa, Vol. 2
There is a greater awareness of the need for ethics, accountability and transparency in public life today. This realisation has been supported by the emergence of a consensus that good governance and sound public administration underpin sustainable…
| Reports | Public Service Innovation
Public Service Ethics in Africa, Vol. 1
There is a greater awareness of the need for ethics, accountability and transparency in public life today. This realisation has been supported by the emergence of a consensus that good governance and sound public administration underpin sustainable…