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UN E-Government Survey 2024

This thirteenth edition of the United Nations E-Government Survey, released in 2024, provides a comprehensive assessment of the digital government landscape across all 193 Member States. The 2024 Survey highlights a significant upward trend in the…
| Policy Briefs | Digital Government

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…
| 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…
| UN E-Government Surveys | Digital Government

UN E-Government Survey 2022

The United Nations E-Government Survey 2022 is the 12th edition of the United Nations’ assessment of the digital government landscape across all 193 Member States. The E-Government Survey is informed by over two decades of longitudinal research,…
| Policy Briefs | Digital Government

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,…
| Policy Briefs | Digital Government

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…
| Compendia | Digital Government

Compendium of Digital Government Initiatives in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic 2020

This compendium, prepared by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), aims to capture emerging trends in digital responses of the United Nations…
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UN E-Government Survey 2020

The year 2020 witnessed a transformational change in global development as the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called on Member States and other stakeholders to “kickstart a decade of delivery and action for people and planet”,…
| Policy Briefs | Digital Government

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…
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2018 E-Government Survey

2018 E-Government Survey The 2018 UN E-Government Survey is published as the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) advances to its third year. Governments have the critical responsibility to pursue policies and…
| Compendia | Digital Government | Public Service Innovation

Compendium of Innovative Practices in Public Governance and Administration for Sustainable Development

This Compendium of Innovative Practices in Public Governance and Administration for Sustainable Development explores three shifts in government-society interactions that have had significant impact on public administration and public service . These…