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UNEN Futures and Foresight Policy Brief: GOVERNANCE FUTURES
The UN Economist Network has released a new Futures and Foresight Policy Brief on Governance Futures: Key Insights and Policy Implications. This Policy Brief examines the limitations of current governance systems and proposes alternative models…
| Publications | World Public Sector Reports | Public Institutions
World Public Sector Report 2023
Transforming institutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals after the pandemic.The World Public Sector Report 2023 examines the role that national institutional and governance innovations and changes that emerged during the COVID-19…
| SDG 16 Conference Reports | Public Institutions
SDG 16 Conference Report 2023
The 2023 SDG 16 Conference addressed the role of SDG 16 in navigating the intersecting crises the world is facing. The Conference reviewed the progress and challenges related to SDG 16, focusing on conflict, and shrinking trust in public…
| SDG 16 Conference Reports | Public Institutions
SDG 16 Conference 2022 Report
The report of the 2022 SDG 16 Conference on people-centred governance in a post-pandemic world is now available. The Conference, co-organized by UN DESA, the International Development Law Organization and the Government of Italy and held in April…
| SDG 16 Conference Reports | Public Institutions
Report of the SDG 16 Conference
The 2021 global SDG 16 Conference – Transforming Governance for a more Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Future: SDG 16 as the roadmap to respond to COVID-19 and build back better – came to a successful conclusion on Friday, 30 April 2021, following six…
| 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…
| Good Practices and Innovations in Public Governance | Public Service Innovation
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…
| Good Practices and Innovations in Public Governance | Public Service Innovation
Innovations in Governance in the Middle East, North Africa, and Western Balkans: Making Governments Work Better in the Mediterranean Region
Innovations in Governance in the Middle East, North Africa, and Western Balkans: Making Governments Work Better in the Mediterranean region leads us through the journey of innovation by analysing the challenges and opportunities that governments in…
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Administrative Reforms: Country Profiles of Five Asian Countries
In recent years, many countries have undertaken administrative reform as a crucial step towards strengthening their economy and better management of their social development. The state is still playing a key role in the change management of nations…
| Publications | Local Governance
Local Governance- Report of the United Nations Global Forum on Innovation Policies and Practices in Local Governance
Discussions about innovative aspects of the relationship between central and local government (with a view to decentralization and strengthening the mobilization of civil society) are critical to the practical implementation of the Agenda for Peace…
| Publications | Digital Government
Government Information Systems
Inexpensive and powerful microcomputers, telecommunications technologies, and information systems have become an essential element of the development process of developing countries. Information systems for governance and public administration, as…