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Report of the Webinar Series on Effective Governance and the Quintet of Change for the Implementation of the SDGs

The report of the Webinar Series on Effective Governance and the Quintet of Change for the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) highlights key insights from the webinar series that included six interactive webinars that…
| Reports | Public Institutions

DESA highlights Report: Strengthening National Institutions and Accountability

Effective, inclusive and accountable public institutions and digital government are key to people's well-being in every society across the world. UN DESA, through its support to public institutions in the design and implementation of public policies…
| 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…
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The UN DESA Annual Highlights Report 2022-2023

The UN DESA Annual Highlights report is a tool to communicate the contributions of the Department to the realization of internationally agreed development goals and shared social, economic, and environmental aspirations. It showcases the Department’…
| 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…
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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…
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Report on Changing Mindsets to Realize the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

The idea of producing a publication on Changing Mindsets to Realize the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was conceived in 2019 as a follow-up to the workshop on “Mobilizing and Equipping Public Servants to Realize the 2030 Agenda”. The…
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World Public Sector Report 2021

National institutional arrangements for implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals: A five-year stocktaking Institutions are paramount to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and all the Sustainable Development…
| 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…
| World Public Sector Reports

World Public Sector Report 2018

Working Together: Integration, Institutions and the Sustainable Development Goals The World Public Sector Report 2018 (WPSR 2018) examines how governments, public institutions and public administration can foster integrated approaches to the…
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World e-Parliament Report 2012

The World e-Parliament Report 2012 documents the efforts of legislatures to use information and communication technologies (ICT) to support their constitutional functions. The Report is based on the Global Survey of ICT in Parliaments 2012 conducted…
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World e-Parliament Report 2010

Prepared by the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament, a broad partnership initiative of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the World e-Parliament Report 2010 offers parliaments a…