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Changing Mindsets for Innovation and Public Sector Transformation

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Event Topic: Workshop

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 Castries, St. Lucia. The workshop is directed to General Directors, Senior Public Officers at the level of Directors, Director Generals, Heads of Agencies and Authorities and Chairman of Boards/Board of Directors in charge of public policy implementation.

The Workshop is being organized within the framework of the project on “Developing Capacities for Innovation, Digital Government Transformation and Changing Mindsets in the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) (DA2427J)” which is being implemented by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (UN DESA/DPIDG) and the Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DSDG) in collaboration with the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the UN Resident Coordinator Offices in the region. The project aims to strengthen public sector national capacities for innovation, digital government transformation and changing mindsets by strengthening public servants’ skills, knowledge, and understanding of the importance of public sector transformation. The project also aims to strengthen the capacity of selected countries in the Caribbean SIDS to mobilize their institutions and public servants to enhance effectiveness and institutional coordination, public accountability, and engagement of key stakeholders in the implementation and review of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Lessons learned and experiences will be shared among countries in the region during the life of the project.  

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Changing Mindsets for Innovation and Public Sector Transformation | 23 April 2025

Presentations

The Quintet of Change and Key Mindsets and Competencies Needed for Governance Transformation

Changing Mindsets for Innovation and Public Sector Transformation, Cristina A. Rodriguez-Acosta, Inter-regional Advisor, PMCDU, DPIDG, UN DESA

Systems Thinking and Strategic Foresight Azeema Adam, Inter-regional Advisor, PMCDU, DPIDG, UN DESA

Data and Digital Governance, Armando Guio, Executive Director, Global Network of internet and
Society Centers, Harvard University

Innovation, Cristina A. Rodriguez-Acosta, Inter-regional Advisor, PMCDU, DPIDG, UN DESA

CARICAD Presentation on Public Sector Schema and Leadership for Innovation and Public Sector Transformation , Lois Parkes, Leadership Development and Institutional Strengthening Specialist, CARICAD

Smart Cities: Adopting AI in the Public Sector to advance Digital Government Transformation, Dale Alexander, Chief, Caribbean Knowledge Management Centre, ECLAC

AI for Public Value Creation Exercise, Dale Alexander, Chief, Caribbean Knowledge Management Centre, ECLAC

Useful readings, knowledge resources and training material:
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ECLAC Caribbean Knowledge Management: https://www.cepal.org/en/organizational-unit/knowledge-management

Caribbean Centre for Development Administration: https://www.caricad.net/

CARICAD Public Sector Schema