The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), together with the Government of the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Finance and Economy (formerly Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development – MEPyD), and in collaboration with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and UN DESA’s Financing for Sustainable Development Office (FSDO), will convene a national capacity-… Read More
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
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), is organizing a Regional Forum on Public Service Innovation within the framework of the Continental Celebration of the 2025 African Public Service Day entitled “Enhancing the Agility and Resilience of Public Institutions to Achieve Equitable Governance and Rapidly Address Historical Service Delivery Gaps". The Africa Public Service Day is being organized by… Read More
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), is organizing A Capacity Development Workshops on “Changing Mindsets for Innovation and Public Sector Transformation” in collaboration with the Caribbean Centre for Administration Development (CARICAD) and the Caribbean Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). It will be held in person from 23rd – 24th April 2025 in… Read More
The Webinar on “Changing Mindsets for Innovation and Public Sector Transformation” seeks to explore practices and approaches to support changing mindsets for innovation and digital transformation of public services, different mindsets, the role of changed mindsets and capacity building strategies (aimed not only to the public sector but society as a whole), to support this transformation. It will examine the relevance of adopting new mindsets to accelerate innovation and the… Read More
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), in collaboration with the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA), is organizing a global capacity development webinar to launch the 2025 Standards of Excellence for Public Administration Education and Training.The Standards, developed by UN DESA and IASIA, will be also launched through regional events in… Read More
UN DESA/DPIDG will be hosting a two-day capacity development workshop, in collaboration with the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy of the Government of Republic of the Gambia, to engage government officials and other stakeholders, focusing on digital government, data, and data governance with the objective of strengthening the capacity of public sector employees in the concerned governmental organizations with regards to understanding how to improve the performance of digital… Read More