Documentation | Public Institutions

Programme of work (as of 18 April 2021)

Opening
Remarks by H.E. Mr. Juan Sandoval Mendiolea, Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council (Spanish)
Remarks by Mr. Liu Zhemin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, UNDESA

Item 2: Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters

Item 3: Governance and public administration aspects of the theme of the 2021 session of the Economic and Social Council and the 2021 high-level political forum on sustainable development

Expert paper: Building inclusive, effective and resilient institutions for sustainable recovery from the coronavirus disease pandemic and timely implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (E/C.16/2021/2)
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Contribution by the Committee to the 2021 thematic review of the high-level political forum on sustainable development

Item 4: Dialogue with voluntary national review countries on institutional aspects of SDG 16

Presentation by Colombia
Remarks by Indonesia

Item 5: Strengthening the analytical basis for reform policies based on the principles of effective governance for sustainable development

Executive summary of the APRM baseline study on the implementation of CEPA principles in Africa

Conference room paper on implementation of principles of effective public administration in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Conference room paper on the status of implementation of the principles of effective governance for sustainable development in Kenya

Presentation by Mr. Henry T. Sardaryan, Dean, School of Governance and Politics, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Russian Federation

Other inputs

Principles of effective governance and strategy guidance notes

Item 6: Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into national and subnational budgeting and financial management

Presentation on integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into national and subnational budgeting and financial management with a focus on Cabo Verde by Mr. Juraj Nemec, Professor of Public Finance and Public Management, Masaryk University and President of the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe and Ms. Linda Bilmes, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Presentation on embedding SDGs into budgets: lessons from Cabo Verde by Ms. Linda Bilmes, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Presentation on policy priority inference in SDG-related budget analysis for subnational budgeting and public financial management by the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (Presentation | Outline)

Item 7: Sustainable public procurement in the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development

Presentation by Ms. Lamia Moubayed Bissat, Director, Institut des finances Basil Fuleihan, Ministry of Finance, Lebanon

Item 8: Impact of the coronavirus disease pandemic on essential workers in the public sector

Other inputs

Institute of Public Policy and Public Affairs

Item 9: Building strong institutions for sustainable development in conflict-affected countries

Remarks by Mr. Paul Jackson, Programme Director, British Academy and Professor, School of Government and Society, University of Birmingham

Remarks by H.E. Mr. Mohamed Fathi Ahmed Edrees, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations and Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission

Remarks by Mr. Israel Choko Davies, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Liberia to the United Nations

Dedicated consultation with observers

A two-hour virtual interactive dialogue with observers was held as part of the 20th CEPA session on 19 April from 9 to 11 a.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 United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth

Remarks by International Institute of Administrative Sciences

Remarks by African Association for Public Administration and Management

Remarks by Regional School of Public Administration

Remarks by South Asian Network for Public Administration

Remarks by State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

The content of and the views expressed in the written inputs from observers do not imply any expression of opinion on the part of the United Nations.