BackgroundGuided by the UN Youth Strategy 2030, which calls for empowering young people with technical and leadership skills, the United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), will hold the 9th Youth Forum on “Youth as Innovators: Driving AI Solutions for Sustainable Development”. The event is being organized in collaboration with the Ministry of the… Read More
A Side Event on “UN Global Horizon Scanning: Insights from using digital tools to analyze signals, trends, and drivers of change across the UN system” will be held virtually on 15 May 2025 at the margins of the 2025 Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs.The Side Event is jointly organized by the UN Futures Lab/Global Hub and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital… 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