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Online network of regional institutions for capacity-building in
public administration and finance
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Project Summary |
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Project code: |
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98/99F |
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Executing
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DESA (DPADM) |
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Funding: |
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US$
1,525,000 |
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Duration: |
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Aug 99 - Dec 03 |
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Theme: |
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Macroeconomic
analysis, finance and external debt |
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Status: |
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Completed |
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Region:
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Global |
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Updated:
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05/05/05 |
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Background:
The United Nations global conferences in the economic and social fields have stressed that strong public
institutions, efficient public administration systems and a competent civil
service are essential for the development efforts of developing countries and
countries with economies in transition. However, deficiencies in
institutional, financial and human capabilities of the public sector most
negatively affect the delivery of essential social services. Many developing
countries have embarked on administrative reforms and are in the process of
undertaking programmes for modernizing public administration. To succeed in
these reforms, access to relevant and reputed expertise, successful practices and
experiences and training facilities is critical. The project assists existing
regional/subregional institutions in the developing countries in creating
electronic networks to exchange expertise and share experiences and lessons
learned in the area of public administration and finance.
Objectives:
To strengthen the
institutional and human resources in developing countries through a network of
regional and subregional centres for the exchange of knowledge, experiences and
practices in public administration and finance
Expected accomplishment:
- Strengthened capacity of developing
countries to carry out administrative reform and modernization through the
introduction of the Global Online Network on Public Administration and Finance (UNPAN)
of the Division for Public Economics and Public Administration of the Department
of Economic and Social Affairs;
- Increased self-reliance in addressing issues
of public administration and finance;
Effects and Impact:
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The UNPAN online network
fostered the exchange of information and best practices and to
provide capacity-building knowledge, expertise, and support for developing
countries. The number of UNPAN users has been dramatically increased due to the improvement of the quality and quantity
of the contents posted on UNPAN by its members. 72% of the users in
average consider UNPAN excellent and good and 43% of its most frequent users are
from developing country, a 3% increase from the previous 6 months survey. With
the technical assistance provided by UNPAN programme and continued help desk
services to the UNPAN-ORCs, the IT capacity and the skills of the human
resources of the recipient ORCs have been further strengthened, particularly
those in the regions of Africa, Central Eastern Europe, and Middle East.
UNPAN is a unique global database for public administration and
development. It is a widely used and effective mechanism for building
government capacity in both developed and developing countries. UNPAN is
generally effective as a capacity-building mechanism (at least, based on the
level of resources invested), in that it provides easy access to knowledge
and information in the field UNPAN is unique, based on the diversity of its
constituency and its universality as an online public sector policy and
management information and knowledge network. By disseminating latest
practices and outcomes of conferences, UNPAN can catalyze capacity-building
activities.
The project evaluation
reported that 17,384 documents are posted on the UNPAN server. Most are
public administration papers, but there are also presentations, web pages,
databases and periodicals. Currently, 25 organizations regularly post
information to the UNPAN website. There have been some 2.3 million site
views since the inception of UNPAN; and there were 225,000 visits in
September 2004 alone. |
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