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Programme of work (as of 6 April 2022)


Opening 

Remarks by H.E. Mr. Collen Vixen Kelapile, President of the Economic and Social Council

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.16/2022/1)
ArabicChineseEnglishFrenchRussianSpanish 

Economic and Social Council decision on the dates and provisional agenda of the twenty-first session of CEPA (2021/232)
ArabicChineseEnglishFrenchRussianSpanish


​Item 3: Governance and public administration aspects of the theme of the 2022 session of the Economic and Social Council and the 2022 high-level political forum on sustainable development  

Expert paper: Transforming institutions and governance to build forward better towards 2030 (E.C.16/2022/2)
ArabicChineseEnglishFrenchRussianSpanish 

Contribution by the Committee to the 2022 high-level political forum on sustainable development 

Other inputs

United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability

Government of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil


Item 4: Building strong institutions to combat climate change and its impacts and for the sustainable management, protection and restoration of natural resources  

Expert paper: Institutional challenges and opportunities related to climate change and the protection of natural resources (E.C.16/2022/3)
ArabicChineseEnglishFrenchRussianSpanish 

Conference room paper on building strong institutions for addressing climate change and for the sustainable management of natural resources 

Other inputs

UN-Habitat

Hamraah Foundation


Item 5: Issues of governance and institution-building in conflict-affected countries  

Expert paper: Institutions and state-building in conflict-affected settings: the case of Afghanistan (E.C.16/2022/4)
ArabicChineseEnglishFrenchRussianSpanish

Other inputs

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia


Item 6: Application of the principles of effective governance for sustainable development at the subnational level  

Expert paper: Application of the principles of effective governance for sustainable development at the subnational level (E.C.16/2022/5)
ArabicChineseEnglishFrenchRussianSpanish 

Remarks by African Peer Review Mechanism 

Other inputs

Asian Institute of Public Policy and Public Affairs

Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences

International Communities Organisation


Item 7: Issues in public financial management and budgeting for the Sustainable Development Goals  

Expert paper: Transparent and participatory budgeting for the Sustainable Development Goals (E.C.16/2022/6)
ArabicChineseEnglishFrenchRussianSpanish 

Other inputs

University of the Pacific

Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency


Item 8: Public sector workforce matters 

Expert paper: Questions of public sector workforce capacity and legitimacy in relation to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (E.C.16/2022/7)
ArabicChineseEnglishFrenchRussianSpanish 

Other inputs

Sheffield University Management School

International Institute of Administrative Sciences

Public Services International


Item 9: Issues in digital government  

Expert paper: Digital governance challenges and prospects for building forward better (E.C.16/2022/8)
ArabicChineseEnglishFrenchRussianSpanish 

Other inputs

Sheffield University Management School

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

World Bank Group


Item 10: Dialogue with voluntary national review countries on institutional aspects of Sustainable Development Goal 16 

Presentation by Shah Alam, Malaysia

Presentation by African Peer Review Mechanism     


Dedicated consultation with observers 

A three-hour hybrid interactive dialogue with observers was held as part of the 21st CEPA session on 6 April from 10 a.m. to 1 p.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 Brazil (TextPresentation