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Report of the Expert Group Meeting on 2012 United Nations E-Government Survey: Towards a More Citizen-Centric Approach
The United Nations e-Government Survey is one of the major recurrent flagship publications of the Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). It has…
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Report of the Expert Group Meeting on E-Procurement: Towards Transparency and Efficiency in Public Service Delivery
This is a concept paper prepared in response to the demand from United Nations Member States in understanding the challenges, potential and available options in improving or developing E-Procurement systems.
This paper is based on a series of…
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Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Engaging Citizens to Enhance Public Sector Accountability and Prevent Corruption in the Delivery of Public Services
The Development Management Branch of the Division for Public Administration and Development Management of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DMB/DPADM/UNDESA) convened an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Engaging Citizens to…
| Expert Group Meeting Reports | Transformational Leadership and New Mindsets
Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Strengthening Public Administration and Leadership for Millennium Development Goals at Local Level
The Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) collaborated with the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) to…
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Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Developing Institutional Capacities of Public Administration for the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Post-Conflict and Crisis Situations
The world is currently engaged in searching for effective ways through which countries can be (i) prepared to face occurrences of violent conflict, crisis, and/or disaster, (ii) prevent/manage them and/or mitigate their negative impact on human…
| Good Practices and Innovations in Public Governance | Public Service Innovation
Good Practices and Innovations in Public Governance
This publication provides an overview of 145 successful innovations in governance and public administration from 50 countries that received the United Nations Public Service Awards, which is the most prestigious international recognition of…
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Report of the Expert Group Meeting on e-Government and New Technologies: Towards Better Citizen Engagement for Development
UN DESA in collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) organized a multiple stakeholders Expert Group Meeting on “e-Government and New Technologies: Towards better citizen engagement for development.” The meeting was held in…
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Report on the Expert Group Meeting on Citizen Engagement in Climate Change Governance: Citizens for a Sustainable Future
The UNDESA-DPADM supported Kyung Hee University, South Korea, in its World Civic Forum 2009 initiative, held from 5 to 8 May 2009 in Seoul, Korea. The overarching theme of the forum was Building Our Humanitarian Planet, espoused by three sub-themes…
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Report of the Expert Group Meeting on E-Government Survey: Getting to the Next Level
The United Nations E-Government Survey is one of the major recurrent flagship publications of the Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA). It has…
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Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Lessons Learned in Post-Conflict State Capacity: Reconstructing Governance and Public Administration Capacities in Post Conflict Countries
As part of the efforts to prepare the World Public Sector Report on “Reconstructing Public Administration in Post-Conflict Countries: Challenges, Practices and Lessons Learned”, DPADM organized (in Accra, Ghana in October 2008) an Ad Hoc Expert…
| Good Practices and Innovations in Public Governance | Public Service Innovation
Innovation in Governance and Public Administration to Achieve the United Nations Development Goals
This publication provides a summary of the findings and lessons learned from the Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on “Innovation in Governance and Public Administration for the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals” which was held at United…
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Good Practices and Innovations in Public Governance: United Nations Public Service Winners 2003 - 2009
This publication provides an overview of 85 successful innovations in governance and public administration from 40 countries that received the United Nations Public Service Awards, which is the most prestigious international recognition of…