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Virtual Workshop on the Promotion of Intergenerational Equity for Sustainable Development

Virtual Workshop on the Promotion of Intergenerational Equity for Sustainable Development8 March 2022 (Tuesday) 08:00 - 10:00 (EST) UN DESA/DPIDG is organizing a virtual workshop on the promotion of intergenerational equity for sustainable development. The workshop forms part of a series to launch the Strategy Guidance Notes to operationalize the principles of effective governance for sustainable development which were developed by the Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) and… Read More

Institutional Arrangements for Coherent Policy Formulation in the Areas of "CLEWS" in Namibia

  7-9 February 2022 9am to 5pm Namibia Time |   2-10am New York Time   UN DESA/DPIDG and EAPD, the Namibia Resident Coordinator’s Office, UN ECA, UNDP, FAO and the Namibian National Planning Commission will hold a hybrid workshop from 7-9 February 2022 in Swakopmund, Namibia to discuss how to develop, transfer and apply the Climate, Land, Energy and Water systems (CLEWs) framework - a tool suited to assess interlinkages and trade-offs between sustainable development policies - and how to… Read More

Strengthening Capacities, Mindsets, and Competencies of Public Institutions to Build the Next Generation of Public Servants in the Asia-Pacific Region

UN DESA, through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) with support from its Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), and in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), are organizing a capacity development webinar to launch the Curriculum on Governance for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Asia-Pacific region. The Curriculum, developed by UN DESA, will be launched through regional events in… Read More

Changing Mindsets in Public Institutions to realize the 2030 Agenda in Pakistan

Capacity Development Training Workshop on     CHANGING MINDESTS IN PUBLIC INSITUTIONS TO REALIZE THE 2030 AGENDA IN PAKISTAN    Organized by  National School of Public Policy of Pakistan (NSPP)  United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)  United Nations Resident Coordinator Office in Pakistan    24 to 28 January 2022 -- 9.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m. (Pakistan Standard Time)  23-28 January 2022 – 11.00 p.m. to 7 a.m. (New York Time EST)    The  United Nations… Read More

Resilience & Recovery from Covid-19 through Sound Policymaking with a focus on Policy Coherence

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The abovementioned partners held a series of virtual workshops on how to promote resilience and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa through sound policymaking. This 3rd workshop was held on 17 January 2022 via the Zoom platform.The workshops aimed at developing the capacities of national governments to promote sound policymaking, with a particular focus on policy coherence, strategic planning and foresight and risk management. More specifically, the workshops :Provided a platform to… Read More

Policy Coherence in Africa in Response to COVID-19

  The workshops aim at developing the capacities of national governments to promote sound policymaking, with a particular focus on policy coherence, strategic planning and foresight and risk management. More specifically, the workshops will: Provide a platform to share knowledge on the strategies and guidance notes related to sound policymaking, which is one of the 11 Principles of Effective Governance for Sustainable Development. These Principles were developed by the United Nations… Read More

United Nations Public Service Awards Ceremony 2021

The United Nations Public Service Awards Ceremony 2021 is being organized by UN DESA/DPIDG and hosted by the Government of the United Arab Emirates. The winning initiatives from the 2020 and 20201 editions of the UN Public Service Awards (UNPSA) programme, which highlights excellence in public service delivery to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), will be recognized. The Awards Ceremony is held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates on 13 December 2021 from 9-11 AM (GMT+4), 12:00 (… Read More

Strategic Planning and Foresight in Africa in Response to COVID-19

The workshops aim at developing the capacities of national governments to promote sound policymaking, with a particular focus on policy coherence, strategic planning and foresight and risk management. More specifically, the workshops will:Provide a platform to share knowledge on the strategies and guidance notes related to sound policymaking, which is one of the 11 Principles of Effective Governance for Sustainable Development. These Principles were developed by the United Nations Committee of… Read More

Regional Webinars in Africa - Resilience And Recovery From Covid-19 Through Sound Policymaking

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

Strengthening Capacities, Mindsets, and Competencies of Public Institutions (...)

                                         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

Inter-Ministerial Policy Workshop on One-Door-Service Centers in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

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 Policy… Read More

Inter-Ministerial Technical Workshop on Implementing the One-Door-Service Centers (ODSCs) in Lao

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 Office… Read More