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7th Global Forum on Reinventing Governments
"Building Trust in Government"

26 to 29 June 2007 - UN Headquarters in Vienna

In 2007, the United Nations will host the 7th Global Forum on Reinventing Government on the theme of "Building Trust in Government" at its headquarters in Vienna. Trust will be examined in terms of its relationship with public sector capacities, and the costs in its absence. The conference, to be organized in cooperation with the government of Austria, will also explore strategies and innovations that generate improvements in governance and earn the trust of citizens. Efficient, accountable, effective and transparent governance plays a key role in the implementation of policy objectives and internationally agreed goals.

Format

The 7th Global Forum on Reinventing Government will include an opening ceremony, followed by plenary sessions, workshops, closing ceremony and the final declaration.

Opening Ceremony: Heads of state, prime ministers, other eminent personalities and United Nations representatives will deliver opening speeches.

Plenary Sessions: Senior officials,international experts and governance stakeholders from civil society organizations and the private sector will deliver keynote speeches and introduce practical cases of reinvention.

Workshops: Participants can choose from one of seven capacity development workshops that will allow for greater examination, discussion and debate of selected themes.

Side Events: Senior officials can engage international colleagues, exchange perspectives and discuss lessons learned at a series of round tables on government reinvention.

Exhibition: Governments, international institutions, civil society organizations and businesses from around the world will showcase innovations that have improved conditions for citizens and fostered trust.

Special Meetings (closed events, by invitation only): Ministerial Round Table on Building Trust, Parliamentary Forum, Mayoral Round Table "Local Governments: Partners for Development," Round Table on Building Trust in the Electoral Process: Electoral Dispute Mechanisms, Meeting of Institutes of Public Administration, Seventh Interregional Consultative Meeting of UNPAN, Network of Innovators in Governance in the Mediterranean Region, and others.

Books: The Government Reinvention Series will be released at the Forum:

    • Public Administration and Democratic Governance:Governments Serving Citizens
    • Governance for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): Core Issues and Good Practices
    • The Challenges of Restoring Governance in Crisis and Post-Conflict Countries
    • Decentralized Governance: Emerging Concepts and Practices
    • Innovations in Governance and Public Administration: Replicating What Works.
Monday, 25 June 2007 Pre-Forum Activities
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Global Forum Registration Opens
Entrance Lobby, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Special Meetings
(closed participation)
  Parliamentary Forum
Organized by the
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Austrian Parliament Building, Ringstraße, Vienna

Mayoral Forum on Local Governments:
Partners for Development
Organized by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
Hall LM, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)

Meeting of the Institutes
of Public Administration
Organized by the United Nations Department
of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Lounge 2, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)

Round Table on Building Trust in the Electoral Process: Electoral Dispute Mechanisms
Organized by the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP)
and the Electoral Assistance Division
of the United Nations Department
of Political Affairs (EAD/DPA)
Room O1-241, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)

Seventh Interregional Consultative
Meeting of UNPAN
Organized by the United Nations Department
of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Hall N, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)

Network of Innovators in Governance
in the Mediterranean Region
Organized by the United Nations Department
of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Hall O, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Meeting of the Drafting Committee
(closed participation)
Lounge 1, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Meeting of the Capacity Development Workshop Coordinators
Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
(closed participation)
Tuesday, 26 June 2007 Day I
7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Global Forum Registration Opens
Entrance Lobby, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
8:45 a.m. Opening Ceremony
Hall A, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
  Welcome Performance
The Vienna Boys Choir

Chairperson
Mr. José Antonio Ocampo
Under-Secretary General for Economic
and Social Affairs, United Nations

Opening Statement
Mr. Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General, United Nations

Welcome Address
H.E. Dr. Heinz Fischer
Federal President of the Republic of Austria

Statements
Heads of States and Government
10:30 a.m. Plenary Session I:
Citizen Expectations and Trust in the State
Hall A, Austria Centre Vienna
Chair:
 Jocelyne Bourgon
Chair, UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration
Ambassador, Canadian Permanent Mission to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2003-2006)
President Emeritus, Canada School of Public Service

Speakers:

Mary Robinson
President of Ireland (1990-1997)
United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights (1997-2002)
President of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative

Hage Geingob
Prime Minister of the
Republic of Namibia (1990-2002)
Executive Secretary of the
Global Coalition for Africa (2003-2004)
Member of Parliament of Namibia

Egor Gaydar
Prime Minister of the Russian Federation (1992)
Executive Vice-President of the
International Democratic Union
Director, Institute for the Economy in Transition

Luigi Nicolais
Minister of Public Administration, Reform,
and Innovation of the Government of Italy
Governing Board Member
Federico II University, Naples

Angel Gurría
Secretary-General
Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Minister of Foreign Afairs of Mexico (1994-1998)
Minister of Finance of Mexico (1998-2000)

11:55 a.m.
 Session I: Discussion
12:15 p.m. United Nations Public Service Awards
Hall A, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)

The UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs will provide winners with the most prestigious international recognition of excellence in public service in the following categories:

- Improving Transparency, Accountability, and Responsiveness in Public Service
- Improving the Delivery of Services
- Fostering Participation in Policy-Making Decisions Through Innovative Mechanisms

12:45 p.m. Luncheon Event
World Harmony Foundation
Lounge 3-6, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
2:00 p.m. Celebratory Performance
National Centre for Korean
Traditional Performing Arts
Hall A, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
2:30 p.m. Plenary Session II:
Building Trust through Transparent
Governance and Access to Information
Hall A, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
Chair:
 Antonio Maria Costa
Under-Secretary-General, United Nations
Executive Director, UN Office on Drugs and Crime
Director-General, United Nations Office in Vienna
Speakers:
 Vicente Fox Quesada
President, United Mexican States (2000-2006)
Governor of Guanajuato State (1995-1999)

Anwar Ibrahim
Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (1993 -1998)
Chairman of the Development Committee, World Bank and International Monetary Fund (1998)
President, AccountAbility

Josef Moser
President, Austrian Court of Audit Secretary General, International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI)

David M. Walker
Comptroller General of the
United States of America
Public Trustee for Social Security
and Medicare (1990-1995)
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Pension
and Welfare Benefit Programs (1987-1989)

Huguette Labelle
Chair, Board of Transparency International (TI)
Chancellor, University of Ottawa
Board Member, UN Global Compact
3:55 p.m.
 Session II: Discussions
4:15 p.m. Plenary Session III:
Building Trust through Better Access
and Service Delivery
Hall A, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
Chair:
 Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi
Minister of Public Service and Administration
of South Africa
Minister for Welfare and Population Development (1996-1999)
Speakers:
 Philippe Etienne
Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary (2002-05)
Director General for International Cooperation and Development of France (DGCID)

Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka
Under-Secretary-General, United Nations
Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)

David Osborne
Senior Partner, Public Strategies Group
Author of New York Times Bestsellers Reinventing Government and Banishing Bureaucracy

Daniyal Aziz
Federal Minister and Chairman
National Reconstruction Bureau
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
5:40 p.m. Session III: Discussions
6:00 p.m. Close of Day I
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Welcome Reception
by the Government of Austria
Wednesday, 27 June 2007 Day II
8:00 a.m. Global Forum Registration Opens
Entrance Lobby, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
9:00 a.m. Plenary Session IV:
Civil Society Engagement and Participation
Hall A, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
Chair:
 Fernando Cardoso
President of the Federative Republic
of Brazil (1995-2003)
Chair of the Panel of Eminent Persons
on United Nations-Civil Society Relations
Speakers:
 Kumi Naidoo
Secretary-General, World Alliance
for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS)
Founding Executive Director of the
South African NGO Coalition (SANGOCO)

Rachid Benmokhtar Benabdellah
President, Al Akhawayn University
Minister of Education of the
Kingdom of Morocco (1995-1998)
Member, World Bank Institute
Advisory Council (WBI)

Franz Küberl
President, Caritas Austria
Chairman, Sustainable Austria Forum

Inwon Choue
President, Kyung-Hee University
Republic of Korea
Dean, Graduate School
of NGO Studies (2001-2004)

Rigoberta Menchú Tum (invited)
1992 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
10:25 a.m. Session IV: Discussions
10:45 a.m. Plenary Session V:
Trust, the Electoral, and Parliamentary Process
Hall A, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
Chair:
 Vidar Helgesen
Secretary-General, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway (2001-2005)
Speakers:
 Nino Burjanadze
President of Georgia (2003-2004)
Vice President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly 
Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia

Rima Khalaf Hunaidi
Chair, United Nations Democracy Fund
UN Assistant Secretary General and
Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau
for Arab States (2000 to 2006)
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning (1999-2000)

Naser Al Sane
Head, Arab Parliamentarians
Against Corruption (APAC)
Vice Chair, Global Parliamentarians
Against Corruption (GOPAC)
Member of the National Assembly of Kuwait

Larry Diamond
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Co-Director, International Forum for
Democratic Studies of the
National Endowment for Democracy
Founding Coeditor, Journal of Democracy
12:10 p.m. Session V: Discussions
12:45 p.m. Luncheon Event
CISCO
Lounge 3-6, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
2:00 p.m. Plenary Session VI:
Building Trust through Public Private Partnerships
Hall A, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
Chair:
 Hafiz Pasha
Assistant-Secretary-General and
Assistant Administrator United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP)
Director, UNDP Regional Bureau
for Asia and the Pacific
Speakers:
 Reinhard Platzer
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Board Kommunalkredit Bank, Austria

Mohammad Sharaf
Chief Executive Officer
DP World, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Mohamed Ibrahim
Founder and Chairman of CELTEL International
Founder of the Mo Ibrahim Award for Achievement in African Leadership

Siim Kallas
Vice President of the European Commission
Prime Minister of Estonia (2002-2003)
3:25 p.m. Session VI: Discussions
2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Ministerial Round Table on Building Trust in Government
Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
Chaired by José Antonio Ocampo
Under-Secretary General for Economic
and Social Affairs, United Nations

3:45 p.m. Plenary Session VII:
Governance Challenges in Crisis
and Post-Conflict Countries
Hall A, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
Chair:
 Kathleen Cravero
Assistant Administrator and Director
Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Speakers:
 Yakubu Gowon
President of Nigeria (1966-1975)
President and Chairman
Yakubu Gowon Centre (YGC)

Lakhdar Brahimi
Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser
to the UN Secretary-General (2004-2005)
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (2001-2004), Minister for Foreign Affairs of Algeria (1991-1993)

Abdoulie Janneh
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Executive Secretary of the Economic
Commission for Africa (ECA)
Assistant-Secretary-General and
UNDP Regional Director for Africa (2000-2005)

Ramesh Thakur
Distinguished Fellow, Centre for
International Governance and Innovation (CIGI)
Senior Vice-Rector, Peace and
Governance Programme
United Nations University Centre
Tokyo (1998-2007)
5:10 p.m. Session VII: Discussions
5:30 p.m. Gala Concert
for the Celebration of the 7th Global Forum
China International Culture
Communication Centre (CICC)
Hall A, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
7:30 p.m. Evening Reception by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
and the MBI Al Jaber Foundation
Grand Hotel Wien, Kaerntner Ring 9, A-1010
Thursday, 28 June 2007 Day III
8:00 a.m. Global Forum Registration Opens
Entrance Lobby, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Capacity Development Workshops begin
Workshop 1:
Restoring Trust in Government
Through Public Sector Innovation
Workshop 2:
 Managing Knowledge to Build Trust
in Government
Workshop 3:
Decentralization and Local Governance
Workshop 4:
Improving the Quality of the Electoral
and Parliamentary Process
Workshop 5:
 Building Trust through Civic Engagement
Workshop 6:
Reinvention with Integrity:
Using the UN Convention Against Corruption
Workshop 7:
Governance Challenges in Crisis
and Post-Conflict Countries
10:30 a.m. Break for Coffee and Tea
Lounge 3-6, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
11:00 a.m. Capacity Development Workshops
(Continued)
12:30 p.m. Luncheon Event
Dubai School of Government (DSG)
Lounge 3-6, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
2:00 p.m. Capacity Development Workshops
(Continued)
3:30 p.m. Break for Coffee and Tea
Lounge 3-6, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
4:00 p.m. Capacity Development Workshops
(Continued)
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. ACE Demonstration Session by IDEA
Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Drafting Committee Meeting (closed)
Lounge 1, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Reception by the Mayor of Vienna
Entrance Lobby, UN Office at Vienna (UNOV)
Friday, 29 June 2007 Day IV
8:00 a.m. Global Forum Registration Opens
Entrance Lobby, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
9:00 a.m. Capacity Development Workshops
(Continued)
10:30 a.m. Break for Coffee and Tea
Lounge 3-6, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
11:00 a.m. Capacity Development Workshops
(Continued)
12:30 p.m. Break for Lunch
Lounge 3-6, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
2:00 p.m. Plenary Presentation of the Workshop Results
Hall A, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
Chair:
 G. Shabbir Cheema
Global Forum Coordinator
Principal Adviser and Programme Director
on Governance, Division for Public Administration and Development Management, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
3:00 p.m. Wrap-Up Session:
Ministerial Panel on the Regional Forums
Hall A, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)
Chair:
 Guido Bertucci
Director, Division for Public Administration
and Development Management, United Nations
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
  Regional Forum in Asia

Myung-jae Park
Minister of Government Administration
and Home Affairs (MOGAHA)
Republic of Korea
  Regional Forum in Africa

Protais Musoni
Minister of Local Government, Good Governance, Community Development and Social Affairs
of Rwanda
  Regional Forum in the Arab States

Mohammad Khalfan bin Kharbash
Minister of Finance and Industry
United Arab Emirates
  Regional Forum in the Pacific Islands

Rev. Dr. Tevita Hala Palefau
Minister of Education, Women's Affairs
and Culture Kingdom of Tonga
  Regional Forum in the Caribbean

Rawle Eastmond
Minister of Labor and the Civil Service
  Regional Forum in Latin America

Paulo Bernardo Silva
Minister of Planning, Budget, and Management
Federative Republic of Brazil
  Regional Forum in Eastern Europe

Vitalie M. Vrabie
Minister of Public Administration, Republic of Moldova
  Regional Forum in Western Europe

Heidrun Silhavy
State Secretary, Federal Chancellery, Republic of Austria
4:20 p.m. Adoption of the Vienna Declaration
on Building Trust in Government
Hall A, Austria Centre Vienna (ACV)

- Closing Statements
- Farewell Performance
 5:30 p.m. Close of the 7th Global Forum
on Reinventing Government

 
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