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Report of the Webinar Series on Effective Governance and the Quintet of Change for the Implementation of the SDGs
The report of the Webinar Series on Effective Governance and the Quintet of Change for the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) highlights key insights from the webinar series that included six interactive webinars that…
| Policy Briefs
UN DESA Policy Brief No. 157: How Can Governments Strengthen Their Relationships with Society to Meet the Sustainable Development Goals? Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
With less than seven years left to the 2030 deadline, progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been limited. But, at the SDG Summit in September 2023, Member States of the United Nations committed to bold, ambitious, accelerated…
| Policy Briefs | Public Institutions
UN DESA Policy Brief No. 156: Enhancing Public Institutions’ Risk-informed Communication to address Multifaceted Crises for Disaster Risk Reduction, Resilience and Climate Action
The ability to initiate, plan, develop, coordinate, and disseminate accurate, timely, and reliable information, alerts, warnings, and notifications to the public and responders in crises situations is central to risk-informed communication. Risk-…
| Reports | Public Institutions
DESA highlights Report: Strengthening National Institutions and Accountability
Effective, inclusive and accountable public institutions and digital government are key to people's well-being in every society across the world. UN DESA, through its support to public institutions in the design and implementation of public policies…
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The UN DESA Annual Highlights Report 2022-2023
The UN DESA Annual Highlights report is a tool to communicate the contributions of the Department to the realization of internationally agreed development goals and shared social, economic, and environmental aspirations. It showcases the Department’…
| Policy Briefs | Digital Government
UN DESA Policy Brief No. 149: Promoting Youth Participation in Decision-Making and Public Service Delivery through Harnessing Digital Technologies
Key messagesHarnessing digital technologies can greatly support public institutions in promoting effective youth engagement and participation in policy processes. Digital technologies can play an instrumental role in youth engagement and…
| Policy Briefs | Digital Government | Public Institutions | Public Service Innovation
UN/DESA Policy Brief No. 139: Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience for Climate Action through Risk-informed Governance
Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience for Climate Action through Risk-informed Governance
Key Messages
Governments that consider risk in policymaking and successfully integrate risk management into their governance frameworks and…
| Policy Briefs | Public Institutions
UN DESA Policy Brief No. 136: Promoting non-discrimination in public administration: some entry points
Promoting non-discrimination in public administration: some entry points
Key messages
Public administration can both serve as a vehicle for discrimination and provide channels to address it.
Research is needed, in particular from developing…
| Policy Briefs | Digital Government
UN/DESA Policy Brief #123: Sandboxing and Experimenting Digital Technologies for Sustainable Development
From innovation hubs and policy experiments to regulatory sandboxes
Digital technologies carry a promise to fast track sustainable development by supporting innovative, forwarding-looking policies and digital government solutions. There are,…
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UN/DESA Policy Brief #117: Building the Capacities of Public Servants to Implement the 2030 Agenda
The 2030 Agenda recognizes that capacity in governments at all levels is critical to steer and support the transformations which it calls for. Thus, public servants at all levels of government need the capacity to successfully implement, follow up…
| Policy Briefs | Public Institutions
UN/DESA Policy Brief #116: A view of Changes in Institutional Arrangements for SDG Implementation at the National Level Since 2015
Five years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with one third of the implementation period of its 17 Sustainable Development Goals having elapsed, it is important to take stock of relevant institutional arrangements at…
| Reports | Transformational Leadership and New Mindsets
Report on Changing Mindsets to Realize the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The idea of producing a publication on Changing Mindsets to Realize the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was conceived in 2019 as a follow-up to the workshop on “Mobilizing and Equipping Public Servants to Realize the 2030 Agenda”. The…