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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…
| Expert Group Meeting Reports | Digital Government

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…
| Compendia | Public Service Innovation

Compendium of Best Practices and Innovations in Public Administration: Success Stories from the Winners and Finalists of the 2008 United Nations Public Service Awards

The United Nations Public Service Awards Programme (UNPSA) is the most prestigious international recognition of excellence in public service. It rewards the creative achievements and the contributions of public service institutions to a more…
| Expert Group Meeting Reports | Public Institutions

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…
| 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,…
| Compendia

Compendium of Basic United Nations Terminology in Governance and Public Administration

At its sixth session, the Committee of Experts on Public Administration expressed appreciation to the Chair and the members of the working group on basic United Nations terminology in governance and public administration for its preliminary report…
| Expert Group Meeting Reports | Participation and Accountability

Participatory Governance and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

The Participatory Governance and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) publication is an output of the Expert Group Meeting (EGM) organized by UNDESA on Engaged Governance: Citizen Participation in the Implementation of the Developmental Goals…
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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…
| Compendia | Digital Government

Compendium of ICT Applications on Electronic Government, Volume 1: Mobile Applications on Health and Learning

This Compendium of ICT Applications on Electronic Government is a unique collection of current ICT applications being used directly by or in partnership with governments, governmental institutions and the private sector around the world to support…
| Expert Group Meeting Reports | Digital Government | Participation and Accountability

E-Participation and E-Government: Understanding the Present and Creating the Future - Report of the Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Budapest, Hungary

In its endeavour to support Member States in the area of ICT for development, the United Nations Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM) organized an Expert Group Meeting on E-Participation and E-Government:…
| 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…