Report of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration on Its 11th Session

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A Resolution of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 13gPublic administration and development, published in 2012.

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Takes note with appreciation of the conclusions and recommendations on local public governance and administration for results, contained in the report of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration on its eleventh session, particularly the special emphasis on the role of citizen engagement, human capital development, including training and education of public servants, and fair allocation of resources in strengthening governance at all levels, particularly the local level;

Reaffirms that good governance and the rule of law at the national and international levels are essential for sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth, sustainable development and the eradication of poverty and hunger, and encourages Member States to continue to support capacity development in public governance and institution-building at all levels, with a view to accelerating progress towards the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals;

Invites the Committee, within the framework of the preparations for its twelfth session, to study the effect of specific practices in responsive and inclusive public governance on development, bearing in mind the need to promote high standards of public sector integrity, transparency, accountability, efficiency and effectiveness, at the national and local levels, promote equal access to public services and provide opportunities for all people to participate in the conduct of public affairs, and requests the Committee to convey the outcome of the study to the Economic and Social Council in the report on its twelfth session, in April 2013, with a view to assisting the process of preparing for deliberations on a post-2015 development agenda;

Requests the Secretariat to continue:

To increase the scope and depth of its online and offline capacity development training and to further develop its Public Administration Country Studies, which contain country statistical data and analytical and case studies, with the aim of better assisting countries in redefining, reforming, strengthening and innovating their public administrations in general, and public service delivery in particular, according to their needs;

To give due recognition to innovative public sector initiatives of Member States through the promotion and strengthening of United Nations Public Service Day and the United Nations Public Service Awards;

To support the development of the United Nations Public Administration Network for partnership-building, knowledge dissemination and the exchange of best practices and lessons learned in the area of public administration;

To assist in the implementation of the Plan of Action adopted by the World Summit on the Information Society at its first phase, held in Geneva from 10 to 12 December 2003, and the Tunis Agenda for the Information Society, adopted by the Summit at its second phase, held in Tunis from 16 to 18 November 2005, on issues related to electronic and mobile government;

Invites Member States and other institutional donors to consider contributing to the relevant trust funds of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat for extending its capacity-building programmes and outreach activities, as appropriate.

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