Welcome to the United Nations
REGIONAL WEBINARS IN AFRICA:
RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY FROM COVID-19 THROUGH SOUND POLICYMAKING
Organized by the
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through
its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG),
Resident Coordinators Offices (RCOs) and the
African Peer Review Mechanism
Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 8:00 – 10:00 am | Eastern Standard Time
Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 3:00 – 5:00 pm | South Africa Standard Time
Registration(Zoom)
The abovementioned partners will hold a series of virtual workshops on how to promote resilience and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa through sound policymaking. The workshops will be held on different dates and virtually using the Zoom platform, and interested persons can register as follows:
- Risk management in Africa in response to COVID-19 | Tuesday, November 16, 2021 | Registration: https://bit.ly/REWAFR1;
- Strategic planning and foresight in Africa in response to COVID-19 | Wednesday, December 8, 2021 | Registration: https://bit.ly/REWAFR2;
- Policy coherence in Africa in response to COVID-19 | Wednesday, January 5, 2022 | Registration: https://bit.ly/REWAFR3.
The workshops aim at developing the capacities of national governments to promote sound policymaking, with a particular focus on policy coherence, strategic planning and foresight and risk management. More specifically, the workshops will:
- Provide a platform to share knowledge on the strategies and guidance notes related to sound policymaking, which is one of the 11 Principles of Effective Governance for Sustainable Development. These Principles were developed by the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) and endorsed in 2018 by the United Nations Economic Council on Social and Economic Development;
- Increase understanding of how to effectively utilise the sound policymaking strategies for COVID-19 response measures;
- Link participants through peer-to-peer learning and create network opportunities; and
- Assist countries in identifying concrete activities and capacity development initiatives that can be undertaken with the support of the UN system and other organizations.
The workshops will be divided into plenary presentations and hands-on break-out groups. The break-out groups are intended to facilitate dialogue and discussion on how to enhance capacities for sound policymaking through the three strategies of policy coherence, planning and foresight and risk management. The workshops will be highly interactive and provide ample time for peer-to-peer learning.
The target audience of the workshops includes senior policymakers in centres of Government, ministries of finance, planning and public administration of Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa and Zambia who have requested capacity development support after workshops held in February 2021. Relevant United Nations organizations, regional organizations and professional and academic communities, and schools of public administration are invited to register and attend.
Supporting material
- • Concept note and agenda;
- • Principles of Effective Governance for Sustainable Development;
- • CEPA strategy guidance note on Risk management frameworks (February 2021);
- • CEPA strategy guidance note on Strategic planning and foresight (February 2021);
- • CEPA strategy guidance note on Promotion of coherent policymaking (February 2021);
- • Curriculum on Governance for the Sustainable Development Goals:
- • Handbook on Risk-informed Governance and Innovative Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience;
- • APRM Baseline Study - Implementation of the UN CEPA Principles of Effective Governance for Sustainable Development in Africa;
- • Targeted Review on Health Governance and Covid-19 Response in the Republic of Sierra-Leone;
- • Statement by ASG Ms. Maria Francesca Spatolisano / Risk Management Webinar on 16 November 2021;
- • Statement by CEPA Chair Ms. Geraldine Frazer-Moleketi / Risk Management Webinar on 16 November 2021;
- • Remarks by Mr. Rolf Alter / Risk Management Webinar on 16 November 2021;
- • Presentation by Mr. John Vandy Rogers / Risk Management Webinar on 16 November 2021;
- • Paper on needs assessment and related case study/ies on risk management in Africa in response to COVID-19 (by Ms. Raniya Sobir);
- • Recording of Risk Management Webinar (16 November 2021)
- • Final report.
? Access to Webinar on 8 December 2021 on Strategic Planning and Foresight
? Access to Webinar on 17 January 2022 on Policy Coherence
Contact information
Ms. Adriana Alberti
Chief, Programme Management and Capacity Development Unit, DPIDG / UN DESA
E-mail: @email
Ms. Veronique Verbruggen
Senior Interregional Advisor, DPIDG / UN DESA
Email: @email
Ms. Sara Hamouda
SDGs & Agenda 2063 Expert, APRM
Email: @email