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Capacity Building Workshop for Small Island Developing States: Leveraging Big Earth Data to Evaluate the SDGs Progress

01 September 2025

Aligning with the Pact for the Future’s call to “bridge STI divides,” and recommendations of the 2025 STI Forum, which include inter alia increasing public and private investment in STI, bridging digital divides, establishing ethical governance for emerging technologies, transforming education, and enhancing international collaboration, UN DESA's Division for Sustainable Development Goals is organizing a Capacity Building Workshop for Small Island Developing States: Leveraging Big Earth Data to… Read More

UN ECOSOC approves new members of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration for 2025-2029

31 July 2025

On 30 July 2025, the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) approved 24 experts nominated by the UN Secretary-General to serve on the Committee of Experts on Public Administration for a four-year term, beginning on 1 August 2025. The United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration, established by ECOSOC in 2001, supports the work of the Council on promoting and developing public administration and governance among Member States, especially as it relates to the 2030… Read More

2025 UN Public Service Forum

23 June 2025

The 2025 UN Public Service Forum will take place from 23 to 25 June in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Held under the theme: “Five Years to 2030: Accelerating Public Service Delivery for a Sustainable Future”, it will focus on building the capabilities of public institutions to better support the SDGs. Co-organized by UN DESA’s Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government and the Government of Uzbekistan, the Forum’s central goal is to enhance the institutional, human, and… Read More

New UNEN Futures and Foresight Policy Brief: GOVERNANCE FUTURES

28 April 2025

The UN Economist Network has released a new Futures and Foresight Policy Brief on Governance Futures: Key Insights and Policy Implications. This Policy Brief examines the limitations of current governance systems and proposes alternative models to address complex challenges and leverage emerging opportunities. It analyzes key drivers of change across political, economic, social, technological, and environmental domains, and explores their interlinkages and potential impacts on governance… Read More

SDG16 Conference 2025

10 March 2025

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. Background "Action 7. We will strengthen our efforts to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies… Read More