Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Developing Institutional Capacities of Public Administration for the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Post-Conflict and Crisis Situations

The world is currently engaged in searching for effective ways through which countries can be (i) prepared to face occurrences of violent conflict, crisis, and/or disaster, (ii) prevent/manage them and/or mitigate their negative impact on human livelihood, and (iii) where they have occurred, reconstruct institutions and systems and other capacities of to sustain delivery of public services with minimum disruption.
 

In light of the above, and with a view to exploring some of the mentioned challenges, an Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on “Developing Institutional Capacities of Public Administration for the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Post Conflict and Crisis Situations: Challenges, Best Practices, and Lessons Learned in Preparedness, Prevention, and Reconstruction” was organized in June 2010 by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) through its Division for Public Administration and Development Management, during the United Nations Public Service Day, Awards Ceremony and Forum held in Barcelona, Spain.
 

The overall objective of the Expert Group Meeting was to provide a platform for senior government officials and experts to present and discuss lessons learned and successful practices from recent experiences in strengthening public administration institutional capacities for preparedness, prevention, and reconstruction, especially in tragic crises since the United Nations World Summit in 2000 when the MDGs were launched. One of the immediate results of the Expert Group Meeting is this publication while a second output is the development of a “Guidance tool-kit on public administration post-conflict reconstruction”, which is currently being prepared under the overall guidance of DPADM and greatly benefited from the inputs and discussions that took place during the meeting.
 

The purpose of this publication is to provide an overview of the main issues addressed during the meeting and to outline key messages. Each of the authors, writing in their personal capacity, outlines particular aspects of public administration post-conflict reconstruction.

File added date: June 2021
Author: UN DESA/DPIDG
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URL: https://publicadministration.un.org/en/news-and-events/calendar/moduleid/1146/ItemID/2925/mctl/EventDetails