The current COVID-19 pandemic calls for agile and scientific solutions of government by leveraging ICTs and digital government for innovations. Many countries have effectively deployed ICT and digital government tools for health and wellbeing support, ensuring business continuity, and delivering ..read more

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) and its Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), and the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) with the support of the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) Malaysia are co-organizing an Online Training Workshop on “Government Innovation for Social Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups ..read more

The UNPOG Public Governance Quarterly will keep you updated on UNPOG’s work and inspire you to pursue new forms of collaboration and engagement in the context of simultaneous proliferation of frontier technologies and gaining more in-depth knowledge related to advancing the SDGs with the overarching principle of leaving ..read more

The purpose of the meeting is to provide a platform for governance and public administration practitioners and experts (including in e-government) from UN entities, international organizations and academia to share regional and country perspectives, especially those of LDCs, SIDS and LLDCs in the Asia Pacific region ..read more

This Study Visit is organized as a follow-up to the UN DESA’s Development Account (DA) Project DA1617B in Bangladesh and Ethiopia, which is under the theme of “Evidence-based e-government policies in support of the Sustainable Development Goals”. This follow-up Study Visit complements the programmed activities ..read more

Symposium on “Strengthening Capacities of Public Institutions for Innovation, Inclusion and Transformational Leadership to Realize the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063 in East Africa ..read more

The 2019 United Nations Public Service Forum took place in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan from 24-26 June 2019, under the theme ‘Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through effective Delivery of Services, Innovative Transformation and Accountable Institutions’. The Forum was comprised of a series of workshops ..read more

As an increasing number of countries, including many developed countries, are struggling to cope with the outbreak of COVID-19, developing countries are facing an unprecedented threat to human life, social cohesion and economic devastation due to fragile health care systems and socio-economic vulnerabilities ..read more

Organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) / Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) / United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG ..read more

Five years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it is clear that there is a strong commitment and momentum for implementation in the decade of action for the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is also clear that implementing the SDGs presents major challenges for Member States, particularly when compounded with the need to address the COVID-19 pandemic ..read more