United Nations Public Administration Country Studies (UNPACS)

The United Nations Public Administration Country Studies (UNPACS) is designed to assist the Members States of the United Nations to enhance government capacity in promoting efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, accountability and anti-corruption, in order to deliver public services to their citizens. UNPACS provides data and studies in public administration, which includes policies and strategies, research findings, good practices and lessons learned, practitioners and experts.

The knowledge-base is developed and maintained by the Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM) of the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).

The first phase of UNPACS will focus on the following areas:

I. Public Sector Institutional and Human Resource Development

• Codes of conduct, ethics or equivalent
• Government agencies at the national level
• Gender representation in government agencies
• Financial disclosure for senior government officials
• E-parliament data

II. Electronic and Mobile Government

• National strategies and policies on e-government
• E-government development index
• Chief Information Officers (CIOs) or equivalent at the national level
• National e-procurement platforms/systems

III. Citizen Engagement in Managing Development

• Legal framework for citizen engagement in public affairs
• Institutions/systems for citizen engagement
• Channels/tools for citizen engagement
• E-participation index

IV. Open Government Data

• Freedom of information acts
• Data protection acts
• Budgetary information at the national level
• Information and privacy commissioners or equivalent