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UN Global Horizon Scanning for Governance and Social Development

| 09:45 am - 11:00 am EST
Join the UN Futures Lab/Global Hub and UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) for a side event at the Second World Summit for Social Development 2025: UN Global Horizon Scanning for Governance and Social Development.  Wednesday, 5 November 202516:45 PM – 18:00 PM GMT+3, 09:45 AM – 11:00 AM ESTVirtual Side event (via Zoom)The Solutions Session aims to contribute to the Second World Summit for Social Development by engaging a diverse range of stakeholders to collaborate in:… Read More

XXV INCOSAI side event on “Demonstrating value by auditing the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs: Insights from the World Public Sector Report 2025”

| 12:30 pm - 01:30 pm GMT+3
UNDESA/DPIDG and IDI will co-host a side event in the margins of the XXV INCOSAI. Drawing on insights from the World Public Sector Report 2025, the event will explore the evolving role of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) in auditing national sustainable development priorities and advancing the SDGs.The session aims to share key findings from the report and encourage their use by SAIs interested in SDG auditing. Topics will include climate change, leaving no one behind, public financial… Read More

Workshop on “Changing Mindsets for Innovation and Public Sector Transformation”

The workshop 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.  The Workshop will build on the results and key messages of the capacity development workshop held in… Read More

Capacity Development Training of Trainers Workshop on “Changing Mindsets for Innovation, Digital Transformation, and Improved Public Service Delivery for the Implementation of Mission Barbados and the Sustainable Development Goals”

The Ministry Training and Tertiary Education of Barbados, the Learning and Development Unit, and 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 Resident Coordinator Office in Barbados, as part of the DA Project 2427J, are co-organizing a Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop with the objective of presenting the content of UN DESA’s Curriculum on Governance for the… Read More

Capacity Development Workshop on “Competencies for SDGs Implementation: New Standards of Excellence for Public Administration Education and Training”

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The International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) 2025 Conference will take place in Mexico City, Mexico 13 – 17 October, under the theme "Shaping the Future of Governance: Transforming Mindsets, Enhancing Skills, and Expanding Knowledge." Organized in close collaboration with the National Institute of Public Administration (INAP) of Mexico, the conference will bring together scholars, practitioners, and students from around the world. The program will include… Read More

9th Regional Symposium on Effective Governance and AI Transformation: Strengthening Institutions through Technology and Innovation for SDG Acceleration on 24 – 26 September 2025

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Register here The 9th Regional Symposium on Effective Governance and AI Transformation is a United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)’s annual event in the Asia and the Pacific region and beyond. This dynamic gathering brings together public sector leaders, policymakers, tech innovators, and development experts to explore how artificial intelligence and institutional innovation can accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. … Read More

Integrating Strategic Foresight and Systems Thinking into the Dominican Republic’s National Planning System

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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

Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals: Advancing Subsidiarity in Practice

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A Capacity Development Workshop on “Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals: Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals: Advancing Subsidiarity in Practice” to be held in Freetown, Sierra Leone from 9 to 11 September 2025 is being jointly organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government, the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development in Sierra Leone, and the African Peer… Read More

Capacity Building Workshop for Small Island Developing States: Leveraging Big Earth Data to Evaluate the SDGs Progress

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

9th Youth Forum on SDG Implementation

BackgroundGuided by the UN Youth Strategy 2030, which calls for empowering young people with technical and leadership skills, the United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), will hold the 9th Youth Forum on “Youth as Innovators: Driving AI Solutions for Sustainable Development”. The event is being organized in collaboration with the Ministry of the… Read More

APRM-UN DESA VNR Lab: Promoting Competencies and New Mindsets for the Future of Governance in the Global South

| 09:00 am - 10:00 am EST
Register hereA VNR Lab on “Promoting Competencies and New Mindsets for the Future of Governance in the Global South” will be held at United Nations Headquarters on 23 July 2025, within the framework of the 2025 High-level Political Forum. The VNR Lab is jointly organized by the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government, in collaboration with the African… Read More

APRM-UN DESA VNR Lab: Strategic Planning and Foresight for Fulfilling the Financial Gaps of Agenda 2063 and the Sustainable Development Goals

| 01:00 pm - 02:00 pm EST
Register here A VNR Lab on “Strategic Planning and Foresight for Fulfilling Financial Gaps of Agenda 2063 and the SDGs” will be held at United Nations Headquarters on 18 July 2025, within the framework of the 2025 High-level Political Forum. The VNR Lab is jointly organized by the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government, in collaboration with the UN… Read More