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The present note highlights the major activities undertaken by the Secretariat in 2007 under the United Nations Programme in Public Administration and Finance for review by the Committee of Experts on Public Administration. It also presents the main activities to be implemented under the Programme during the current biennium 2008-2009. The Committee is requested to provide feedback to the Secretariat on these activities, which are intended to…

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 and for proposing options for developing a glossary, its nature, structure and content, as well as an annex containing some of the terms to be included. It also welcomed the support of the Terminology…

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. It is based on the responses and comments provided by 105 assemblies from around the world to a survey on the use of ICT in parliament. It also draws on experiences exchanged during the World e-…