2020 United Nations E-Government Survey, Asia Pacific Regional Webinar on Digital Government in the Decade of Action for Sustainable Development

The year 2020 witnessed a transformational change in the global development agenda as the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the launch of the Decade of Action for Sustainable Development. The Decade of Action is central to bolster efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, including efforts to eradicate poverty and to improve economic growth, social protection, health, education, energy, water and sanitation, sustainable transport and infrastructure, and Internet access.

Since early 2020, the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has reinvigorated the role of digital government. The utilization of conventional digital government services is becoming more widespread as social distancing drives online interaction, but digital government platforms are also being used to manage the crisis through innovative ways. Read more