Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website.
Menu
| Reports | Public Institutions

World e-Parliament Conference Report 2009

The World e-Parliament Conference 2009 took place at the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., on 3, 4 and 5 November 2009. The conference was co-organized by the United Nations, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the U.S. House 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

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…
| Reports | Public Service Innovation

Report of the Sixth United Nations Public Service Day and Awards Ceremony

The United Nations hosted the Sixth Public Service Awards Ceremony and commemorated Public Service Day in New York on 23 June 2008 in Conference Room 2. The UN Public Service Awards (UNPSA) are handed out every year on 23 June, which has been…
| Reports | Public Institutions

The Contribution of the United Nations to the Improvement of Public Administration: A 60-Year History

The United Nations Programme on Public Administration, Finance and Development celebrated its sixtieth anniversary in 2008. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) commemorated the anniversary by, among other things,…
| Reports | Participation and Accountability | Public Institutions

World e-Parliament Report 2008

The World e-Parliament Report 2008 constitutes the first assessment from a global perspective of how information and communication technologies (ICT) are being employed by parliaments across the spectrum of activities for which they are responsible…
| Good Practices and Innovations in Public Governance | Public Service Innovation

Innovations in Governance from around the World - Success Stories from the Winners of the United Nations Public Service Awards - Fifth Anniversary (2003-2007)

This publication is intended for policy makers, scholars and practitioners who have a keen interest in concrete solutions to governance challenges. Its purpose is to encourage more women and men in the public sector who are working hard to improve…
| 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…
| Reports | Local Governance | Participation and Accountability

Participatory Planning Participatory Planning and Budgeting Budgeting at the Sub-national Level

This publication serves as a reference and guide for local governments, non-governmental organizations, civil society and institutions, and will contribute to advancing the discussions in government-community engagements in fiscal processes. UNDESA…
| Reports | Participation and Accountability

Fighting Urban Poverty: Which Participatory Approaches?

A Panel Discussion on Fighting Urban Poverty: Which Participatory Approaches?, organized jointly by UNDESA and DGDC, as a side event to the Third World Urban Forum in Vancouver, Canada on 20 June 2006, brought together practitioners, policy makers…
| Reports | Public Service Innovation

Public Service Ethics in Africa, Vol. 2

There is a greater awareness of the need for ethics, accountability and transparency in public life today. This realisation has been supported by the emergence of a consensus that good governance and sound public administration underpin sustainable…
| Reports | Public Service Innovation

Public Service Ethics in Africa, Vol. 1

There is a greater awareness of the need for ethics, accountability and transparency in public life today. This realisation has been supported by the emergence of a consensus that good governance and sound public administration underpin sustainable…