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DESA highlights Report: Strengthening National Institutions and Accountability

Effective, inclusive and accountable public institutions and digital government are key to people's well-being in every society across the world. UN DESA, through its support to public institutions in the design and implementation of public policies…
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The UN DESA Annual Highlights Report 2022-2023

The UN DESA Annual Highlights report is a tool to communicate the contributions of the Department to the realization of internationally agreed development goals and shared social, economic, and environmental aspirations. It showcases the Department’…
| Research Notes | Public Institutions

A Glance at Least Developed Countries’ Institutional Arrangements for SDG Implementation at the National Level, 2015-2021

This paper analyzes the development of national institutional arrangements in support of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) since 2015 in the 46 Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The analysis is based on a set of…
| Research Notes | Digital Government

E-government for Resilient Governance: Opportunities and Challenges in Crises

This paper analyses how governments’ digitalization influences the resilience of governance in context of crises. The first part explores the concept of institutional resilience and draws a picture of how data and the Internet can contribute to…
| Reports | Transformational Leadership and New Mindsets

Report on Changing Mindsets to Realize the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

The idea of producing a publication on Changing Mindsets to Realize the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was conceived in 2019 as a follow-up to the workshop on “Mobilizing and Equipping Public Servants to Realize the 2030 Agenda”. The…
| 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…