The 2025 United Nations Public Service Forum will take place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan from 23 to 25 June 2025, under the theme "Five Years to 2030: Accelerating Public Service Delivery for a Sustainable Future". The Forum is co-organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) and the Government of Uzbekistan. Context With only five years left to achieve the… Read More
The Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) will organize the SDG16 Conference 2025 - "Advancing Peace, Justice and Institutions for Sustainable Development", to be held on Monday, 12 May 2025 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Context "Action 7. We will strengthen our efforts to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies for… Read More
The 2025 UNPAN Members Annual Meeting, organized by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), will take place at the margins of the 24th Session of the UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration at the UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday 10 April 2025 from 1.30pm to 2.45pm at Conference Room A at the UN Secretariat Building. This is an in-person meeting. The objective of the meeting is… Read More
The Committee of Experts on Public Administration will hold its twenty-fourth session in New York from 7 to 11 April 2025. The theme is "Governance and institutional perspectives on advancing sustainable, inclusive, science and evidence-based solutions for the SDGs".
The Webinar on “Changing Mindsets for Innovation and Public Sector Transformation” seeks to explore practices and approaches to support changing mindsets for innovation and digital transformation of public services, different mindsets, the role of changed mindsets and capacity building strategies (aimed not only to the public sector but society as a whole), to support this transformation. It will examine the relevance of adopting new mindsets to accelerate innovation and the… Read More
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), in collaboration with the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA), is organizing a global capacity development webinar to launch the 2025 Standards of Excellence for Public Administration Education and Training.The Standards, developed by UN DESA and IASIA, will be also launched through regional events in… Read More
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) is organizing a follow up webinar with participants of the 9 – 13 December 2024 Capacity Development workshop on “Future of Governance and New Mindsets, Knowledge and Competencies Fit for the 21st Century” organized within the framework of the 8th edition of the African Forum of Territorial Managers and Training Institutes, which took place from 10… Read More
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) is organizing a follow up webinar with participants of the 9 – 13 December 2024 Capacity Development workshop on “Future of Governance and New Mindsets, Knowledge and Competencies Fit for the 21st Century” organized within the framework of the 8th edition of the African Forum of Territorial Managers and Training Institutes, which took place from 10… Read More
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), Division for Public Institutionsand Digital Government (DPIDG), is organizing two Capacity Development Workshops on “Changing Mindsets for Innovation and Public Sector Transformation” in collaboration with the Caribbean Centre for Administration Development (CARICAD) and the Caribbean Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). It will be held in person from 24th to 26th March 2025 in… Read More
UN DESA/DPIDG, in collaboration with United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV), will hold its sixth session of the Local Online Service Index (LOSI) webinar series on 13 February 10 AM EST, which will focus on the application of LOSI methodology in Tunisia. The 90-minute webinar will host researchers who conducted the study in 24 cities in Tunisia assessing their e-government service provision. The webinar will provide an opportunity for city… Read More
UN DESA/DPIDG will be hosting a two-day capacity development workshop, in collaboration with the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy of the Government of Republic of the Gambia, to engage government officials and other stakeholders, focusing on digital government, data, and data governance with the objective of strengthening the capacity of public sector employees in the concerned governmental organizations with regards to understanding how to improve the performance of digital… Read More
The IGF 2024 Open Forum #70 (IGF Session Page), co-organized by UNU-EGOV and DPIDG of UN DESA, focused on enhancing the digital transformation of local online service delivery in a global context. The sessions aimed to provide insights into the Local Online Service Index (LOSI) methodology and explore how it helps assess and improve e-government development at the municipal level. The forum helped to facilitate dialogue among policymakers, academics, and practitioners on leveraging digital… Read More