At its 42nd plenary meeting, on 7 July 2017, the Economic and Social Council approved the provisional agenda for the seventeenth session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration as set out below:
1
Election of officers.
2
Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters.
3
Readying institutions and policies for implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development:
a
Promoting policy and institutional coherence in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals to be reviewed in depth by the 2018 high-level political forum and the other Goals;
b
Building capacities and effectively mobilizing, allocating and managing budgetary resources for implementation of the 2030 Agenda;
c
Building the awareness, competencies and skills of civil servants at the national and local levels.
4
Building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels:
a
Elaborating principles of effective governance for sustainable development building on the work of the Committee at its sixteenth session;
b
Engaging accountability mechanisms, civil society and the media in advising on and overseeing implementation of the Goals;
c
Nature and challenges of misconduct and corruption in the public sector, and ways forward;
d
Ensuring that civil society actors are able to participate in decision-making on implementing the Goals and contribute to progress;
e
Promoting innovative ways of delivering services and open government in support of the Goals.
5
Supporting the transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies: enhancing and equipping institutions:
a
Changes required in institutions and public administration at all levels to foster the transformation of societies required under the 2030 Agenda in urban and rural communities;
b
Ensuring that actions by the private sector are compatible with sustainable development pathways through traditional and innovative forms of regulation and management.
6
Provisional agenda for the eighteenth session of the Committee.
7
Adoption of the report of the Committee on its seventeenth session.
