10th Session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration

The 10th Session of Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) was held at the United Nations Headquarters, New York from 4-8 April 2011.

There was also organized a meeting of UNPAN members as a regular part of the CEPA programme. NISPAcee represented by Mrs. Ludmila Gajdosova, the Executive Director, also participated in this meeting as the UNPAN member.

The United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration, established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in its resolution 2001/45, is comprised of 24 members who meet annually at UN Headquarters in New York. The Committee is responsible for supporting the work of ECOSOC concerning the promotion and development of public administration and governance among Member States, in connection with the UN Millennium Development Goals.

In addition, the Committee also provides programmatic guidance to the Division of Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM), including the annual review of its work programme.

Since its conversion from a Group into a full-fledged Committee in 2001, CEPA has been meeting annually to provide guidelines on public administration issues related to the implementation of the internationally agreed development goals (IADGs), including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It has also reported to ECOSOC on the governance and public administration dimensions of sustainable socioeconomic development, particularly focusing on the themes of human capital development, participatory governance, capacity development in crisis and post-conflict countries, and innovations in public administration and governance, among others.

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