United Nations Public Service Awards - Purpose of The Awards

Purpose of The Awards

The overall purpose of the United Nations Public Service Awards is to recognize the institutional contribution made by public servants to enhance the role, professionalism, image and visibility of the public service (Economic and Social Council decision 2000/231). It can be translated into the following more specific objectives:

(a) To reward service to citizens and motivate public servants worldwide to sustain the momentum of innovation and the improvement of the delivery of public services;

(b) To collect and disseminate successful practices and experiences in public administration in order to support efforts for improvements in country level public service delivery;

(c) Through success stories, to counterbalance any negative image of public administration, raise the image and prestige of public servants and revitalize public administration as a noble discipline on which development greatly depends;

(d) To promote, encourage and facilitate networking among institutions and organizations relevant to public administration and strengthen the networks of the United Nations programme on public administration and development; and

(e) To enhance professionalism in the public service in rewarding the successful experiences in innovations and excellence in the public service.