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UN DESA Policy Brief No. 149: Promoting Youth Participation in Decision-Making and Public Service Delivery through Harnessing Digital Technologies

Key messagesHarnessing digital technologies can greatly support public institutions in promoting effective youth engagement and participation in policy processes. Digital technologies can play an instrumental role in youth engagement and…
| Capacity Development Reports | Digital Government | Sound Policymaking | Local Governance | Open Government Data | Participation and Accountability | Principles of Effective Governance | Public Institutions | Public Service Innovation | Supreme Audit Institutions | Transformational Leadership and New Mindsets

Snapshot of Capacity Development Activities 2022

UN DESA’s Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) provides capacity development support and policy advice to countries upon their request to strengthen governments’ capacities to translate the Sustainable Development Goals (…
| Policy Briefs | Digital Government | Public Institutions | Public Service Innovation

UN/DESA Policy Brief No. 139: Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience for Climate Action through Risk-informed Governance

Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience for Climate Action through Risk-informed Governance Key Messages Governments that consider risk in policymaking and successfully integrate risk management into their governance frameworks and…
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Report on Innovation, Digital Government and Changing Mindset for Public Sector Transformation in Guyana to Achieve the SDG

The Report highlights the key concepts and recommendations that emerged from the Training Workshop on “Innovation, Digital Government and Changing Mindset for Public Sector Transformation in Guyana to Achieve the SDGs” organized by the United…
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UN/DESA Policy Brief #123: Sandboxing and Experimenting Digital Technologies for Sustainable Development

From innovation hubs and policy experiments to regulatory sandboxes Digital technologies carry a promise to fast track sustainable development by supporting innovative, forwarding-looking policies and digital government solutions. There are,…
| Capacity Development Reports | Digital Government | Public Service Innovation

Report on Innovation and Digital Government for Public Service Delivery

This report summarizes presentations and outcomes of a facilitated online training workshop on Innovation, Digital Government and Public Service Delivery for Sustainable Development, which was jointly organized by the United Nations Department of…
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UN/DESA Policy Brief #92: Leveraging digital technologies for social inclusion

Leveraging digital technologies for social inclusion Key messages COVID-19 is accelerating the pace of digital transformation. In so doing, it is opening the opportunities for advancing social progress and fostering social inclusion, while…
| Policy Briefs | Digital Government | Open Government Data

UN/DESA Policy Brief #89: Strengthening Data Governance for Effective Use of Open Data and Big Data Analytics for Combating COVID-19

Strengthening Data Governance for Effective Use of Open Data and Big Data Analytics for Combating COVID-19 Summary Governments are highly dependent on all data including official statistics, administrative data, open data and big data analytics…
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COVID-19: Embracing Digital Government During the Pandemic and Beyond

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing governments and societies to turn toward digital technologies to respond to the crisis in the short-term, resolve socio-economic repercussions in the mid-term and reinvent existing policies and tools in the long-term…
| Expert Group Meeting Reports | Digital Government

Report of the Expert Group Meeting on 2012 United Nations E-Government Survey: Towards a More Citizen-Centric Approach

The United Nations e-Government Survey is one of the major recurrent flagship publications of the Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). It has…
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Report of the Expert Group Meeting on E-Procurement: Towards Transparency and Efficiency in Public Service Delivery

This is a concept paper prepared in response to the demand from United Nations Member States in understanding the challenges, potential and available options in improving or developing E-Procurement systems.   This paper is based on a series of…
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Report of the Expert Group Meeting on e-Government and New Technologies: Towards Better Citizen Engagement for Development

UN DESA in collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) organized a multiple stakeholders Expert Group Meeting on “e-Government and New Technologies: Towards better citizen engagement for development.” The meeting was held in…