UN Programme on Public Administration

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1 UN Programme on Public Administration John-Mary Kauzya Vincenzo Aquaro Elia Armstrong Officer-in-Charge Chief of egb Chief of DMB Chief of PACB DPADM, DESA, United Nations New York, 17 April 2013

2 Agenda I. Recent Mandates II. CEPA-DPADM Collaboration III. Highlights of a) Advocacy and Servicing of Intergovernmental Bodies b) Analytical Research c) Advisory Services in the Field d) Training Tools e) Partnership and Regional Affiliates IV. Moving Forward

3 Recent Mandates in 2012 ECOSOC Resolution E/RES/2012/28 Invites the Committee to study the effect of specific practices in responsive and inclusive public governance on development, bearing in mind the need to promote high standards of public sector integrity, transparency, accountability, efficiency and effectiveness, at the national and local levels, promote equal access to public services and provide opportunities for all people to participate in the conduct of public affairs. 3

4 Recent Mandates in 2012 GA Resolution A/RES/67/195 General Assembly acknowledges the positive trends in global information and communications technologies (ICTs) and new services and applications, including e-government It also reiterates the important role of Governments in the design of their national public policies and in the provision of public services to national needs and priorities through effective use of ICTs It also recognized the importance of Internet Governance Forum It reaffirmed that to achieve sustainable development goals, institutions at all levels need to be effective, transparent, accountable and democratic The effective governance at the local, subnational, national, regional and global levels, representing the voice and interest of all is critical for advancing sustainable development and that the strengthening and reform of the same should not be an end in itself, but a means to achieve sustainable development. 4

5 CEPA-DPADM Collaboration As a matter of policy, DPADM engages CEPA members in its activities Expert Group Meetings & Capacity Development Workshops Strengthening Human Resource Manager s Capacities in Africa s Public Service for Effective performance Management and Service Delivery (Odette Ramsingh) Strategies for Harnessing Human Resource Diversity in the Public Service in Africa to Improve Performance (Odette Ramsingh) Panel on the Role of Public Administration in the Achievement of MDGs (Pan Suk Kim) High Level Panel on Professionalization of Public Administration (Francisco Longo Martinez, Luis F. Aguilar Villanueva) Study Tours in Morocco (Najat Zarrouk) Preventing Corruption in Public Administration: Citizen Engagement for Improved Transparency and Accountability (Meredith Edwards) Citizen Engagement for Post 2015 Development Agenda with ESCWA (Hyam Nashash) 22 nd UN/INTOSAI Symposium on Audit and Counseling by SAI s: Risks and Opportunities as well as Possibilities for Engaging Citizens (Margaret Saner) Open Government Data (Rowena Bethel, Hyam Nashash) 5

6 CEPA-DPADM Collaboration Examples of outcomes/outputs Taskforce on Strengthening Public Administration at Local Level for the Achievement of Development Agenda Toolkit on E-Government Self Assessment Citizen Engagement Self-Assessment Questionnaire Compendium of Innovative Practices in Engaging Citizens for Public Accountability through Supreme Audit Institutions Online Anticorruption Training for Anti-Corruption Agencies Online Toolkit on Open Government Data for Citizen Engagement + Online Training Programme (forthcoming) 6

7 Highlights of Global/Regional Finding/Analysis 7

8 Advocacy and Servicing of Intergovernmental Bodies General Assembly World We Want (Rio+20 Outcome) Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (starting 2013) Group of Experts on Financing for Sustainable Development (starting 2013) 67 th and 68 th Sessions, ICT for Development Information Society (WSIS) Various GA Reports Economic and Social Council 2012 and 2013 Substantive Sessions Various reports such as on ECOSOC reform CEPA 11 th and 12 th Session 8

9 Advocacy and Servicing of Intergovernmental Bodies UNPSA 601 nominations, marking a 28% increase from 2012 and over 100% growth since 2010 Member State participation increased from 73 in 2012 to 82 (11 countries partaking for the first time) Asia and the Pacific 35%; Western Asia 24%; Africa 18%; Europe and North America 12%; Latin America and the Caribbean 11% nomination UN Public Service Day, Award Ceremony and Forum to be held in the Kingdom of Bahrain on June,

10 Analytical Research Government Institutional and HR Development Citizen Engagement in Managing Development Electronic and Mobile Government Open Government Data and Services UN Public Administration Country Studies First phase is completed and requesting CEPA members feedback prior to public launch World public sector brief based on analysis of UNPACS in 2013 (forthcoming)

11 Analytical Research DPADM Products Create Collect Technical Cooperation Analyze UNPACS Organize DPADM Projects Use Access Institutional Commitments Share Events & other DPADM activities Sources: research, partners, focal points, third parties, Member States, field

12 Analytical Research UN E-Government Survey - 7 th Edition E-Government for the People Available in English, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish Voluntary translation provided by: Arabic: United Arab Emirates Chinese: China Spanish: Costa Rica 12

13 Advisory Services in the Field Professionalism and Management of Human Resources in the Public Sector Benin Morocco Togo Rwanda E-Government Capacity Development Bahrain Brunei Darussalam Haiti Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Morocco Citizen Engagement Including e-participation Chad 13

14 Training Tools Examples of Training Tools Reconstructing Public Administration after Conflict Developing Capacities for Human Resource Management in the Public Sector in Africa Innovations in Governance and Public Administration E-Procurement Global Guidelines METER: Measurement and Evaluation Tool for E- Government Readiness, new version in 2013 Open Government Data Toolkit Online Training Centre 36 courses in total New course on Strategic Intelligence 719 participants in

15 Partnership and Regional Affiliates EC-ESA Governance and Institution-Building Cluster One of the 10 thematic clusters of the ECESA Composed of the UN entities Explore synergies and cooperation possibilities to better serve the Member States and development stakeholders within a more integrated framework on governance and institution building 15

16 Partnership and Regional Affiliates UNPAN DPADM continues to be one of the most visited sites in DESA with total visit of more than 5.5 million in out of 10 most downloaded publications in DESA came from DPADM E-Government Survey 2012 Good Practices and Innovations in Public Governance E-Government Survey

17 Partnership and Regional Affiliates ICT for Parliament Africa i-parliament Action Plan UN Project Office in Governance Gender Mainstreaming and e-governance, 2012 Paper on Strategy Development and Leadership Capacity-Building E-Gov strategies for Kazakhstan 2020 E-Gov and capacity for CIOs in Afghanistan Public Service Delivery and ICT community development in Small Island Countries (SIDS) Internet Governance Forum Supports the Secretary-General to convene a forum for multistakeholder policy dialogue on Internet Governance ( 73 of the WSIS Tunis Agenda) The IGF Secretariat was established in 2006 under the responsibility of the DESA to provide a support structure for the IGF Objective: to achieve increased understanding on key elements of Internet governance through multi-stakeholder dialogue 17

18 Strategic Framework for Global/Regional Finding/Analysis

19 Priorities for Support to Member States on 1,000 days to completion of MDGs Support to Member States on Rio+20 outcome on Public Governance and Public Administration Support SG s initiatives on UN Task Team on Post 2015 Development Agenda Support to Member States on implementing WSIS+10 Review (2014 or 2015) Support to Member States on Istanbul Declaration and the programme of action for the least developed countries in the priority area of good governance at all levels 19

20 Thank you