Auditing for Social Change: A Strategy for Citizen Engagement in Public Sector Accountability

Publication based on
Expert Group Meeting/Capacity Development Workshop:
Auditing for Social Change
6th Global Forum on Reinventing Government:
Towards Participatory and Transparent Governance
26-27 May 2005, Seoul, Republic of Korea

United Nations
New York, 2007

DESA
Te Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat is a vital interface between global policies in the economic, social and environmental spheres and national action. Te Department works in three main interlinked areas:
(i) it compiles, generates and analyses a wide range of economic, social and environmental data and information on which States Members of the United Nations draw to review common problems and to take stock of policy options; (ii) it facilitates the negotiations of Member States in many intergovernmental bodies on joint course of action to address ongoing or emerging global challenges; and (iii) it advises interested Governments on the ways and means of translating policy frameworks developed in United Nations conferences and summits into programmes at the country level and, through technical assistance, helps build national capacities.