Report on the eleventh Session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration

Resource Date: 20 April 2012

Content Type: Publication

Region: Global

Thematic Area: Governance and Public Institutions

Contributor: UN DESA/DPIDG

Resource Language: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish

The present report contains the conclusions and recommendations of the eleventh session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration, held at United Nations Headquarters from 16 to 20 April 2012. The Committee, which was established by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 2001/45, consists of 24 experts appointed in their personal capacity for a four-year period. The Committee dealt with the following substantive items: (a) local public governance and administration for results, including (i) intergovernmental governance and regimes, (ii) public service capacity-building for local-level development and (iii) transparency, accountability and citizens’ engagement; and (b) review of the United Nations Programme in Public Administration and Finance, a discussion on the post-2015 development agenda and other emerging issues related to public governance.