Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website.
Event Date: - Event Time: 08:30 am - 11:30 am EST
Event Topic: Workshop

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) are organizing a Regional Workshop for the Review of the Standards of Excellence for Public Administration Education and Training in Lusophone countries.  The workshop will take place from 8.30 am to 11.30 am New York time on 20 February 2024. The event will be conducted in Portuguese.

The purpose of the Workshop is to gather inputs on the review and/or update of the Standards of Excellence for Public Administration Education and Training which were originally established in 2008 before the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by 193 Member States.

While the Standards are still relevant today, they do not refer to recent inter-governmental agreements and to the insights from the work undertaken by UN DESA/DPIDG and IASIA in the area of public administration education and training. Accordingly, UN DESA, through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) and its Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), and IASIA have established in 2023 a Task Force to review and/or update the Standards of Excellence for Public Administration Education and Training.

All schools of public administration, networks, academia and representatives of international and regional organizations, including all actors and stakeholders, are invited to attend this event.

  • Concept Note [English] [Portuguese]
  • Flyer of the UN DESA/IASIA Initiative on the Review and Update of the Standards of Excellence [Portuguese]
  • Take the Survey: Call for Contributions on the Review and Upgrade of the Standards of Excellence for Public Administration Education and Training [Portuguese]

Informational Booklet

For further information, please here 


Contact Information:

UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)/Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG)     
Juwang Zhu     
Director, DPIDG/UN DESA

Adriana Alberti     
Chief, Programme Management and Capacity Development Unit, DPIDG/UN DESA   Email: alberti@un.org    

Cristina Rodriguez-Acosta     
Interregional Advisor, DPIDG/PMCDU     
Email: Cristina.rodriguezacosta@un.org

Gregory McGann     
DPIDG/UN DESA     
Email: mcgann@un.org    

International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA)    

Najat Zarrouk     
Director of Development, Knowledge Management and ALGA of UCLG Africa, President of IASIA and CEPA Member, Rabat, Morocco.     
Email: najat_zarrouk@yahoo.fr/Najat6098@gmail.com    

Allan Rosenbaum     
Immediate Past President, American Society for Public Administration; Chairperson, Accreditation Commission, ICAPA/IASIA; Distinguished University Professor, Department of Public Policy and Administration Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA     
Email: rosenbau@fiu.edu    

Cesar Geronimo Rojas Alfonzo,     
Executive Secretary of IASIA, Brazil.     
Email: c.alfonzo@iias-iisa.org