Welcome to the United Nations
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)
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Economic and Social Council decision on the dates and provisional agenda of the twenty-first session of CEPA (2021/232)
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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)
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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)
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Other inputs
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)
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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)
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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)
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Other inputs
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)
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Other inputs
Sheffield University Management School
International Institute of Administrative Sciences
Item 9: Issues in digital government
Expert paper: Digital governance challenges and prospects for building forward better (E.C.16/2022/8)
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Other inputs
Sheffield University Management School
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
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 (Text / Presentation)