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This report summarizes presentations and outcomes of a facilitated online training workshop on Innovation, Digital Government
and Public Service Delivery for Sustainable Development, which was jointly organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, through the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (UN DESA/DPIDG) and the SIDS Unit of the Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DSDG), in collaboration with the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and with the participation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN ECLAC), among others.

This report summarizes key messages and recommendations from the 2021 global SDG 16 Conference – Transforming Governance for a more Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Future. The conference was organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), and the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) with the Government of Italy, which took place from 28 to 30 April 2021.

Five years after the start of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, governance issues remain at the forefront. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted even more the importance of national institutions for the achievement of the SDGs. The World Public Sector Report 2021 focuses on three dimensions of institutional change at the national level. First, it documents changes in institutional arrangements for SDG implementation since 2015. Second, it assesses the development, performance, strengths and weaknesses of follow-up and review systems for the SDGs. Third, it examines efforts made by governments and other stakeholders to enhance the capacity of public servants to implement the SDGs.

This report summarizes key messages that were conveyed by facilitators, participants and speakers and feedback received from participants during the workshop on Transparency, Accountability, and Ethics in Public Institutions with a focus on Public Procurement in Kenya. The workshop was organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), together with the Kenya School of Government (KSG) and the Kenya Institute of Supplies Management (KISM). The two-day virtual workshop was held on the 24th and 25th of March 2021.

The present report contains the conclusions and recommendations of the eighth session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration, which was held at United Nations Headquarters from 30 March to 3 April 2009.

The present note highlights the major activities undertaken by the Secretariat in 2008 under the United Nations Programme in Public Administration and Finance for review by the Committee of Experts on Public Administration and also considers the current process of organizational changes that have been undertaken by the Secretariat with a view to streamlining the operations of the Programme and strengthening its capacities to address the needs of Member States.

As part of the efforts to prepare the World Public Sector Report on “Reconstructing Public Administration in Post-Conflict Countries: Challenges, Practices and Lessons Learned”, DPADM organized (in Accra, Ghana in October 2008) an Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting (AEGM) to gather and analyze existing lessons learned and successful practices in this domain. This on-line Publication is a collection of some of the materials presented and discussed during the Expert Group Meeting.

To improve the methodological aspects of the United Nations E-Government Survey, DPADM organized an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) entitled "E-Government Survey: Getting to the Next Level” in New York, USA, from 11 December to 12 December 2008. A review paper of the methodology used in the current Survey, which was prepared by a consultant, framed and aided the discussion on the ways of enhancing the quantitative part of the Survey.

The United Nations Programme on Public Administration, Finance and Development celebrated its sixtieth anniversary in 2008. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) commemorated the anniversary by, among other things, publishing this book to highlight the broad historical background and path that the programme has gone through since its establishment in 1948 by United Nations General Assembly resolution 246 (III), to the present-day activities of the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG).

The UN E-Government Survey 2008: From E-Government to Connected Governance assesses the E-Government Development of the 192 Member States of the UN according to a quantitative composite index of e-readiness based on website assessment, telecommunication infrastructure, and human resource endowment. ICTs can help reinvent government in such a way that existing institutional arrangements can be restructured and new innovative arrangements can flourish, paving the way for a transformed government.