The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), the Kenya School of Government (KSG) and the Kenya Institute of Supplies Management (KISM) are co-organizing an online training workshop on piloting a Toolkit on Transparency, Accountability and Ethics in Public Institutions, developed by UN DESA/DPIDG. Selected modules from the Toolkit will be covered during an online training workshop. The… Read More
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The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) and the UN Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), is organizing an Online Training Workshop on "Effective National to Local Public Governance for SDG Implementation" to pilot the Training Toolkit on the same topic, which is part of the UN DESA/DPIDG's Curriculum on Governance for SDGs. Some selected Modules… Read More
A virtual capacity development training workshop on "Innovation, Digital Government and Public Service Delivery for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean Region", composed of ten facilitated webinars, will be held on 23, 24 February and 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 and 24 March 2021. The training is jointly organized by UN DESA/DPIDG together with the SIDS Unit of UN DESA/DSDG, in collaboration with the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) and the Caribbean Community (… Read More
A virtual capacity development training workshop on "Innovation, Digital Government and Public Service Delivery for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean Region", composed of ten facilitated webinars, will be held on 23, 24 February and 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 and 24 March 2021. The training is jointly organized by UN DESA/DPIDG together with the SIDS Unit of UN DESA/DSDG, in collaboration with the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) and the… Read More
Virtual Workshop: Sound Policymaking for Sustainable DevelopmentUN CEPA Principles of Effective Governance18 February 202110 a.m. - noon (New York time)The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government, held two virtual workshops on Sound Policymaking for Sustainable Development. The first workshop on 16 February focused on 5 African countries: Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa and Uganda. The second workshop on… Read More
During the 59th Session of the Commission for Social Development, a virtual side event is jointly organized by UN DESA/DPIDG through its Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), and the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations, in collaboration with the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation. This Side Event is organized to present an online Training Toolkit on “Government Innovation for Social Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups”. The Training Toolkit aims to build the capacities… Read More
Virtual Workshop: Sound Policymaking for Sustainable DevelopmentUN CEPA Principles of Effective Governance16 February 20218 a.m. - 10 a.m. (New York time)The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government, held two virtual workshops on Sound Policymaking for Sustainable Development. The first workshop on 16 February focused on 5 African countries: Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa and Uganda. The second workshop… Read More
UNDESA/DPIDG is finalizing a Curriculum on Governance for the Sustainable Development Goals. Its objective is to provide ready-to-use training material on key governance pillars needed to implement the 2030 Agenda. Within this context, two toolkits of the Curriculum, namely one on Changing Mindsets in Public Institutions and another on Institutional Capacities for Policy Coherence, are pilot tested in the Arab region. Through testing these Governance-specific toolkits, this Training Workshop… Read More
Online Training Workshop on “Changing Mindsets and Strengthening Governance Capacities for Policy Coherence for a Holistic Implementation of the 2030 Agenda in the Arab region”
Start Date (and time – NY): 26 and 28 January and 2 and 4 February 2021 for 2 hours each day
8:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. EST
Venue: Virtual
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The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) is finalizing a Curriculum on… Read More
This capacity development webinar on Developing Institutional Capacities in Digital Transformation for a More Inclusive and Equitable Recovery aims to strengthen public institutional capacities in public policymaking for digital transformation in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It aims to strengthen the digital capacity of countries, especially the developing countries to participate in, and benefit from, the growing opportunities of digitalization while mitigating the… Read More
In addition to unleashing unfathomable opportunities for sustainable development, the digital age has also highlighted the vitality of digital solutions allowing societies to function and businesses to continue in the times of COIVD-19 pandemic. Online services and remote working arrangements were among the few of the measures addressing the isolation, keeping people informed and engaged during the COVID-19 response and recovery.
The role of digital government in… Read More
Virtual expert group meeting on institutions and governance for accelerating sustainable public procurementCEPA Working Group on Sustainable Public Procurement 24 November 202009:30-11:30 a.m. (New York time) Supporting documents Report Concept note Agenda Biographical notes of speakers List of participants Presentations• Introduction by Louis Meuleman, CEPA member• Sustainable Public Procurement: An accelerator of sustainable development in time of crisis, A… Read More