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

Resource Date: 18 April 2008

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 seventh session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration, held at United Nations Headquarters from 14 to 18 April 2008. 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) building governance and public administration capacities for development, including in crisis and postconflict situations; (b) compendium of basic United Nations terminology in governance and public administration; (c) review of the activities of the United Nations Programme on Public Administration, Finance and Development; and (d) public administration perspective on the theme of the annual ministerial review of the Economic and Social Council: implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to sustainable development.

Based on the discussion of the above-mentioned topics, the Committee recommended to the Council a draft resolution for its consideration and adoption. The Committee also celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations Programme on Public Administration, Finance and Development.