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Providing recommendations to ECOSOC and High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF): In accordance with the 2023 theme of the session of ECOSOC and the HLPF, the CEPA working group provided policy advice on governance and public administration aspects of “Accelerating the recovery from COVID-19 and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda at all levels".
Background
ECOSOC annually requests the Committee to examine and make recommendations on the theme of the session of the Council and the HLPF and to contribute to the review of the implementation of SDG 16, giving particular attention to the cross-cutting nature of all SDGs. It invites the Committee to advise on approaches and practices related to the institutions, policies and arrangements to promote the implementation of the SDGs, bearing in mind that the specific contexts and situations of countries differ widely, as well as to advise on making institutions effective, accountable and inclusive.
To date, the Committee has been providing the following inputs:
Recent CEPA observations and insights
Urgently transforming institutions for a greener, more inclusive and more resilient world at a time of multiple crises
A cascade of simultaneous crises is undermining the resilience of governments at all levels as well as their capacity to address the root causes of complex challenges in a holistic and context-sensitive manner. While the ability to respond quickly and effectively to crises is essential, an excessive focus on crisis management might result in relative neglect of six approaches to policymaking that are central to delivery of sustainable development: long-term thinking, risk management, use of best available knowledge, stakeholder participation, promotion of collaborative mindsets among public sector workers and leveraging of public financial management mechanisms to bridge financing gaps. (CEPA 22nd session, 2023)
What action does ECOSOC recommend?
ECOSOC requests the Committee at its twenty-third session, to be held from 15 to 19 April 2024, to examine and make recommendations on the theme of the 2024 session of the Council and the 2024 high-level political forum and to contribute to the review of the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 16, giving particular attention to the cross-cutting nature of all the Goals (ECOSOC resolution 2023/28, para. 21).
ECOSOC invites the Committee to continue to advise on approaches and practices related to the institutions, policies and arrangements to promote the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, bearing in mind that the specific contexts and situations of countries differ widely, as well as to advise on making institutions effective, accountable and inclusive (ECOSOC resolution 2023/28, para. 22)
Expert papers on this topic (2016-present)
| New governance insights to advance the Sustainable Development Goals and eradicate poverty (E/C.16/2024/2, 19 January 2024) Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish | |
| Urgently transforming institutions for a greener, more inclusive and more resilient world in times of multiple crises (E/C.16/2023/2, 11 January 2023) Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish |
 | Transforming institutions and governance to build forward better towards 2030 (E/C.16/2022/2, 18 January 2022) Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish |
| 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, 28 January 2021) |
| Promoting effective governance and institutional reform to accelerate the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (E/C.16/2020/2, 17 January 2020) |
| Progress on institutional aspects of Sustainable Development Goal 16: access to information, transparency, participation and accountability (E/C.16/2019/7, 24 January 2019) |
| Governance and public administration aspects of empowering people to build equal and inclusive societies for the twenty-first century (E/C.16/2019/3, 24 January 2019) |
| The use of tax records for the achievement of the SDGs (conference room paper, 19 November 2018) |
| Promoting policy institutional coherence for the Sustainable Development Goals (E/C.16/2018/2, 14 February 2018) |
| Successfully achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: what is to be done? (E/C.16/2017/2, 30 January 2017) |
| Institutional arrangements for the Sustainable Development Goals (E/C.16/2017/5, 30 January 2017) |
| Poverty eradication through regional development: the case of Brazil (E/C.16/2017/7, 7 February 2017) |
| Institutionalism re-invented in sustainable development: developing institutions for implementation of the 2030 Agenda and achievement of SDGs (conference room paper, 18 April 2017) (Addendum, March 2017) |
| Rolling out national social protection floors (conference room paper, 4 April 2017) |
| Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity while leaving no one behind: implications for public administration (conference room paper, 18 April 2017) |
| Inclusive policy formulation and integration in the implementation and monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals (E/C.16/2016/2, 19 January 2016) |
Related meetings
| VNR Lab: Recent innovations in institutional arrangements for SDG implementation (15 July 2022) |
| Expert meeting: Readying institutions and policies for integrated approaches to implementation of the 2030 Agenda (Vienna, 14-16 December 2016) (Report) |
 | Symposium: Equipping public institutions and mobilizing partnerships for implementing the 2030 Agenda and SAMOA Pathway in small island developing States (Nassau, 21-23 February 2017) (Informal communique) |
| Expert group meeting: Moving from commitments to results in building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels (New York, 17-18 February 2016) (Report) |