OECD Global Forum on Public Governance

The OECD Global Forum on Public Governance is a key outreach activity of the OECD Public Governance Committee. Its objectives are to: » Identify and address the strategic challenges faced in modernising public governance, particularly when aiming to strengthen trust in public institutions and their capacity to adapt to new challenges. » Generate dialogue and enhanced learning in order to achieve more coherent and effec-tive policies, and to raise the integrity, quality and performance of public institutions and services. » Discuss and promote key elements of a good governance framework. This year’s theme is Women’s Leadership in Public Life, and the main objectives of this Global Forum are to: » Identify and address the strategic challenges faced in closing gender gaps in public life; » Generate dialogue and enhanced learning in order to achieve a more coherent, whole-of-government and integrated approach to advancing gender equality; and » Discuss and promote key elements of women’s empowerment in public life. The session notes for the OECD Global Forum on Public Governance have been pre-pared by the OECD Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate (GOV). They draw primarily on work carried out by GOV, but also on that of the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs and the OECD Development Centre. The materials included in these notes, along with the discussions at the Global Forum on Public Governance, will contribute to the development of OECD guidelines on Gender Equality in Public Life, which will be produced in collaboration with OECD and partner countries as well as bilateral and mul-tilateral development agencies