“Strengthening Budget Credibility through External Audits: An Auditor’s Handbook” is now available in Spanish. Published by DPIDG/UN DESA and the International Budget Partnership (IBP), the Handbook is the output of a two-year…
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), together with the Group of States against Corruption of the Council of Europe (GRECO) co-organized a…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
E-government Landscape
Since the mid -1990s governments around the world have been executing major initiatives in order to tap the vast potential of the internet for the distinct purpose of improving and perfecting the governing process. Like the…
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…