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The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), is organizing a Caribbean Regional Forum on Governance Innovation. The Regional Forum will be held 26 and 27 January 2026 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The forum is directed to Ministers, Senior Public Officers at the level of Permanent Secretaries, Directors, Director Generals, Heads of Agencies and Authorities and Chairman of Boards/Board of Directors in charge of public policy implementation.
The forum is being organized within the framework of the project on “Innovating Public Service Delivery to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the Transfer and Adaptation of Omnichannel Approaches”, which is being implemented by UN DESA/DPIDG, thanks to the generous contribution of the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and within the framework of the development account (DA) project on “Developing Capacities for Innovation, Digital Government Transformation and Changing Mindsets in the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) (DA2427J)” which is being implemented by UN DESA/DPIDG in collaboration with the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). With respect to the DA project, the forum contributes to OP1.7 (revised): “Organization of a regional ministerial workshop to promote innovation hubs/labs and highlight the link between changing mindsets and public sector innovation and transformation”, and on the “Innovating Public Service Delivery to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the Transfer and Adaptation of Omnichannel Approaches” project it contributes to Outputs 1.3.: Organize 3 Regional Forums on Innovative Public Service Delivery to enhance knowledge of how to design and implement omnichannel service delivery systems and prepare Action Plans.