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The International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS-IISA) Group is a learned society active in the field of public administration. Its vision is to be a key player in setting the governance agenda worldwide. To realize this vision, the IIAS fulfils four missions:   Maintain the network through high impact events targeting public service and academe, Produce and disseminate relevant public governance knowledge, Enable projects and…

The Public Administration Awards in the Western Balkans (the PA Awards) are unique awards system initiated by ReSPAand OECD/SIGMA aimed to enhance governance initiatives and support the establishment of strong public governance systems in the Western Balkan region.The 2020 Awards will focus on successful responses by the Western Balkan administrations to address the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. This crisis has forced governments to be…

The 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) prominently feature institutions, both as a cross-cutting issue in many of the goals and as a standalone goal (SDG 16). The World Public Sector Report 2019 looks at national-level developments in relation to several concepts highlighted in the targets of Goal 16, which are viewed as institutional principles: access to information, transparency, accountability, anti-corruption,…

Since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in 2015, countries have continuously updated institutional arrangements in order to enable government institutions and other stakeholders to deliver the objectives encapsulated in the Agenda. This compendium, prepared by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, aims to document…