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Middle East Regional Workshop for the Review of the Standards of Excellence for Public Administration Education and Training

Event Date: - Event Time: 07:00 am - 10:00 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 the Middle East.  The workshop will be held in the context of the Middle East and North Africa Public Administration Research (MENAPAR) conference from 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Egypt); 7:00 am to 10:00 am New York time in person and hybrid.

The purpose of the event is to gather inputs from the Middle East on the review and/or update of the Standards of Excellence for Public Administration Education and Training and to align them to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals. The Standards 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.

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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