20th Session (12-21 April 2021)

Committee of Experts on Public Administration, 20th session

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Announcement

In the light of ongoing limitations on in-person meetings as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, please be advised that the 20th session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration will be held between 12 and 21 April 2021 in a virtual format. Programme details are available below.

Consultation with observers, 19 April 2021

A two-hour virtual interactive dialogue with observers will be held as part of the 20th CEPA session on 19 April from 9 to 11 a.m. EDT (New York time). This event is open to observers from Member States, UN system organizations, UN Permanent Observers, NGOs in Consultative Status with ECOSOC and other organizations related to public administration. Please refer to the observer consultation note for further details. Registration has closed. A live webcast will also be available.

Written inputs

Observers are very much encouraged to contribute by submitting written inputs in advance on the substantive issues to be discussed by the Committee. Guidelines on written inputs can be found here. Written inputs can be sent via email to dpidg@un.org.

Decision adopted by the Economic and Social Council on the dates of the 20th session of CEPA (2021/215 adopted 24 February 2021)

Programme

Programme of work as of 13 April 2021

Remarks by H.E. Mr. Juan Sandoval Mendiolea, Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council [Spanish]

Remarks by Mr. Liu Zhemin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs

CEPA Bureau Members

Chair:
Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi (South Africa)

Vice-Chairs:
Geert Bouckaert (Belgium)
Louis Meuleman (Netherlands)
Lamia Moubayed Bissat (Lebanon)

Rapporteur:
Henry Sardaryan (Russian Federation)

Documents

Item 2: Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters
Annotated provisional agenda (E/C.16/2021/1)
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Item 3: Governance and public administration aspects of the theme of the 2021 session of the Economic and Social Council and the 2021 high-level political forum on sustainable development
- Building inclusive, effective and resilient institutions for sustainable recovery from the coronavirus disease pandemic and timely implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (E/C.16/2021/2)
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Item 4: Dialogue with voluntary national review countries on institutional aspects of SDG 16

Remarks and presentations

- Presention by Colombia
- Remarks by Indonesia
Item 5: Strengthening the analytical basis for reform policies based on the principles of effective governance for sustainable development

Item 6: Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into national and subnational budgeting and financial management
- Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into national and subnational budgeting and financial management with a focus on Cabo Verde (E/C.16/2021/3)
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Remarks and presentations
- Presentation on integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into national and subnational budgeting and financial management with a focus on Cabo Verde by Mr. Juraj Nemec and Prof. Linda Bilmes
- Presentation on embedding SDGs into budgets: lessons from Cabo Verde by Prof. Linda Bilmes
- Presentation on policy priority inference in SDG-related budget analysis for subnational budgeting and public financial management by the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (Presentation | Outline)

Item 7: Sustainable public procurement in the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development
- Sustainable public procurement in the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development (E/C.16/2021/4)
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- Remarks and presenations
- Presentation on sustainable public procurement as accelerator of sustainable development by Ms. Lamia Moubayed Bissat

Item 8: Impact of the coronavirus disease pandemic on essential workers in the public sector
Issues in public sector workforce management in the recovery from coronavirus disease pandemic (E/C.16/2021/5)
- Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish

Other inputs

Instittute of Public Policy and Public Affairs

Item 9: Building strong institutions for sustainable development in conflict-affected countries
- Building strong institutions for sustainable development in conflict-affected countries (E/C.16/2021/6)
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Dedicated consultation with observers

Remarks and presentations
Remarks by International Institute of Administrative Sciences
Remarks by African Association for Public Administration and Management
Remarks by Regional School of Public Administration

Webcast

Schedule (9:00 to 11:00 a.m. New York time)

12 April 2021 – Virtual meeting 1 on governance and public administration aspects of the theme of the 2021 session of ECOSOC and the 2021 HLPF [item 3]
13 April 2021 – Virtual meeting 2 on strengthening the analytical basis for reform policies based on the principles of effective governance for sustainable development [item 5]

14 April 2021 – Virtual meeting 3 on integrating the SDGs into national and subnational budgeting and financial management [item 6] and Sustainable public procurement in the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development [item 7]

15 April 2021 morning – Virtual meeting 4 on dialogue with voluntary national review countries on institutional aspects of SDG 16 [item 4]

15 April 2021 afternoon – Virtual meeting 5 on building strong institutions for sustainable development in conflict-affected countries [item 9]

16 April 2021 – Virtual meeting 6 on impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on essential workers in the public sector [item 8]

Contacts

Mr. Patrick Spearing, Secretary of the Committee
Tel: 1-212-963-3352
E-mail: spearing@un.org

Ms. Adriana Ribeiro, Progamme Management Assistant
Tel: 1-212-963-2764
E-mail: ribeiroa@un.org