UN DESA/DPIDG, the Resident Coordinators Offices and the African Peer Review Mechanism will hold a series of webinars on how to promote resilience and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa through sound policymaking. The first webinar (16 November 2021) will be on risk management in Africa in response to COVID-19, the second (8 December 2021) on strategic planning and foresight in Africa in response to COVID-19, and the third one (17 January 2022) on policy coherence in Africa in… Read More
Monday 29 November 2021
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (EDT time) / 4:00 PM- 6:00 PM (Beirut Time)
Via Microsoft Teams
UN DESA, through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), and in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA) and the Arab… Read More
UN DESA/DPIDG and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA), Lao People’s Democratic Republic, in collaboration with the Resident Coordinator Office in Lao PDR and UNDP, is organizing on 22 November 2021 a virtual Inter-Ministerial Policy Workshop on One-Door-Service Centers (ODCSs) as a follow-up to the Inter-Ministerial Technical Workshop, which was attended by senior officials from 18 ministries, including the Prime Minister’s Office, and was held on 28 October 2021. The objective of this… Read More
UN DESA/DPIDG and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA), Lao People’s Democratic Republic, in collaboration with the Resident Coordinator Office in Lao PDR and UNDP, is organizing on 22 November 2021 (from 9pm to 12am - EST / 23 November from 9am to 12pm Lao time) a virtual Inter-Ministerial Policy Workshop on One-Door-Service Centers (ODCSs) as a follow-up to the Inter-Ministerial Technical Workshop, which was attended by senior officials from 18 ministries, including the Prime Minister’s… Read More
REGIONAL WEBINARS IN AFRICA:
RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY FROM COVID-19 THROUGH SOUND POLICYMAKING
Organized by the
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through
its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG),
Resident Coordinators Offices (RCOs) and the
African Peer Review Mechanism
Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 8:00 – 10:00 am | Eastern Standard Time
Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 3:00 – 5:00 pm | South Africa Standard… Read More
The Regional Symposium on Effective Governance and Digital Transformation for Building Back Better and Accelerating the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will be held on 15 - 17 November 2001 (09:00 PM – 00:00 AM, New York GMT-5). The annual Regional Symposium aims to raise awareness of critical public governance issues, examine current and future trends, and provide new approaches and methodologies to support the United Nations Member States in developing their… Read More
Regional Symposium on Effective Governance and Digital Transformation for Building Back Better and Accelerating the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
with a focus on Effective Governance and Digital Transformation
15-17 November 2021
21:00 PM – 00:00 AM (GMT-5, EDT New York time)
16-18 November 2021
11:00 a.m - 14:00 p.m. (GMT +9, Seoul Time)
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) 's Division for Public Institutions and… Read More
Inter-ministerial Technical Workshop on Implementing the One-Door-Service Centers (ODSCs) in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR)
Organized by the
Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA), Lao PDR,
in partnership with the
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through
the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) and
its United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), the
Resident Coordinators Office (RCO) and
United Nations… Read More
Virtual Briefing on the United Nations Public Service Awards 2022
Thursday, 14 October 2021 12:00 – 1:00 PM EDT
A virtual briefing session on the 2022 United Nations Public Service Awards (UNPSA) programme was be held to provide an overview of the programme and share past winners’ insight on the impact of the Award and how it has helped to promote innovation in their local and national governments. The briefing was be held 14 October at 12:00 PM EDT.
Briefing… Read More
UN DESA/DPIDG and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA), Lao People’s Democratic Republic ,in collaboration with the Resident Coordinator Office in Lao PDR and UNDP, is organizing a virtual inter-ministerial technical workshop on One-Door-Service Centers (ODCSs). The Workshop aims to promote an action-oriented learning journey for critical stakeholders on how to achieve an effective, inclusive and accountable ODSC system in Lao PDR and strengthen collaboration among the participating ministries,… Read More
Background
The future of sustainable development will be determined in part in urban areas. Despite various challenges, urbanization can be a driving force for sustainability when anchored on the principles of sustainable development. Rapid advancement of digital technologies and applications has created also enormous opportunities and expectations for cities to harness digital tools to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Increasingly, digital technologies are integrated… Read More
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) and with the support of its project office on governance (UNPOG), and in collaboration with the Resident Coordinators Office in Lao PDR and UNDP, is organizing a peer-to-peer learning international workshop on One-Door-Service Centers (ODCSs) back-to-back with a national workshop on lessons learned and next steps in implementing the ODCSs in Lao PDR… Read More