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Programme of work (as of 18 April 2017


Opening

Remarks by H.E. Mr. Cristián Barros Melet, Vice-President of ECOSOC (Video)

Remarks by Mr. Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, UNDESA (Video)


Item 2: Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters 

Provisional annotated agenda (E/C.16/2017/1)
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Economic and Social Council decision on the provisional agenda for the sixteenth session of CEPA (2016/257)
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Item 3: Ensuring effective implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals through leadership, action and means  

Expert paper: Successfully achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: what is to be done? (E/C.16/2017/2)
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Contribution by the Committee to the 2017 thematic review of the high-level political forum on sustainable development

Contribution by the Committee to the 2017 ECOSOC Integration Segment  

Other inputs

Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM)

International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS)

National Institute of Public Administration (INAP- Mexico)

Korean Association for Supporting the SDGs for the UN (ASD)

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) 

Item 3 (a): Understanding the needs of local authorities and communities and supporting and equipping them for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals 

Expert paper: Understanding the needs of local authorities and communities and supporting and equipping them for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (E/C.16/2017/3)
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Remarks by Ms. Najat Zarrouk, Director, Development Branch and African Local Government Academy, United Cities and Local Government of Africa (French)

Remarks by Mr. Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi, Secretary-General, UCLG-Africa

Remarks by Mr. Palouki Massina, Secretary-General, Government of Togo (French

Conference room paper on transforming local authorities and communities into stakeholders to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (French

Other inputs

Centre Africain de Recherche Industrielle (CARI)

High Atlas Foundation

IBREA Foundation

Terra-1530

UN-HABITAT

World Union of Small and Medium Enterprises 

Item 3 (b): Institutional leadership and the Sustainable Development Goals 

Expert paper: Institutional leadership and the Sustainable Development Goals (E/C.16/2017/4)
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Remarks by Mr. José Castelazo, President, National Institute for Public Administration (INAP)

Remarks by Ministry of the Reform of Administration and Civil Service of Morocco

Remarks by National Civil Service Directorate of Chile 

Other inputs

International Police Executive Symposium 

Item 3 (c): Institutional arrangements for the Sustainable Development Goals 

Expert paper: Institutional arrangements for the Sustainable Development Goals (E/C.16/2017/5)
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Remarks by Ms. Pontso Sekatle, Member of the Parliament representing the Qacha's Nek constituency

Remarks by Mr. Luiz Alberto dos Santos, Former Deputy Minister of Civil House fo the Presidency, Brazil 

Conference room paper on institutionalism re-invented in sustainable development: developing institutions for implementation of the 2030 Agenda and achievement of SDGs (Addendum

Background documents

Report of the expert meeting on readying institutions and policies for integrated approaches to implementation of the 2030 Agenda (Vienna, 14 to 16 December 2016)

Informal communique of the symposium on equipping public institutions and mobilizing partnerships for implementing the 2030 Agenda and SAMOA Pathway in small island developing States (Nassau, 21 to 23 February 2017) 

Other inputs

Environmental Ambassadors for Sustainable Development

INTOSAI 

Item 3 (d): Development of principles of effective governance 

Expert paper: Towards a set of internationally recognized principles of responsible and effective governance (E/C.16/2017/6)
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Remarks by Ms. Alina Tatarenko, Council of Europe  

Other inputs

Council of Europe

Fondation Genereuse Developpement

Fundacion Novia Salcedo

International Shinto Foundation (ISF)

NGO Yakutia - Our Opinion

Regional Hub of Civil Service in Astana 

Item 3 (e): Strategies for integrated action to achieve poverty eradication: implications for public institutions 

Expert paper: Poverty eradication through regional development: the case of Brazil (E/C.16/2017/7)
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Conference room paper on rolling out national social protection floors 

Conference room paper on eradicating porverty and promoting prosperity while leaving no one behind: implications for public administration 

Other inputs

Ecoforum of NGOs of Uzbekistan

Imam Ali’s Popular Students Relief Society

Institute of International Social Development (IISD)

Organization of Mutual Entities of the Americas (ODEMA)

Yes Evreux


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