Lessons Learned Review of UN Support to Core Public Administration Functions in the Immediate Aftermath of Conflict - Summary

The objectives of this report are to provide ‘recommendations to ensure the UN system is capable of providing effective, cohesive, integrated and strategic support to improve the capacities of post-conflict public administration at the national and sub-national levels.’The production of the report was supervised by the UN Working Group on Public Administra- tion, chaired by UNDP with representation from DOCO, DPA, DPKO, OCHA, OHCHR, PBSO, UNCDF, UNDESA, UNDP, UNICEF, UNV and UN Women. These, as well as staff in agencies and missions in the case study countries, gave generously of their time and support to this initiative.
Whilst the primary audience of the report is senior UN policy makers in the field and Headquarters, the report is also intended to inspire debate amongst a wider group of interested member states, policy experts and donor institutions.
This summary reproduces in a condensed form the arguments presented in the Lessons Learned report and makes the central conclusions of the report available to a wider audience. It is not intended to summarise the case studies.