Capacity Development Workshop on “Changing Mindsets for Innovation, Implementing Digital Transformation, and Improved Public Service Delivery for Sustainable Development Goals Implementation” - Ecuador

Date
End Date
Region
Americas
Thematic Area
Leadership and Changing Mindsets

The Office of the President of Ecuador, the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society, and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), in collaboration with the Resident Coordinator Office in Ecuador are co-organizing a Capacity Development workshop on importance of changing mindsets for innovation and digital transformation to improve public service delivery for Sustainable Development Goals Implementation.

The in-person workshop, taking place in Quito, is aimed at government officials and practitioners who have a policy, leadership and/or implementation role in the government’s digital transformation agenda to improve public service delivery and will include targeted, innovative, and customized training, including sessions to discuss the governments’ priorities, assess the existing institutional arrangements in the country, and design a roadmap for effective government digital transformation for effective public service delivery. The workshop will provide a platform to share solutions and will benefit from the presentations of innovations in changing mindsets, innovation, and digital governments and ICT use that have been introduced in other public institutions.  The workshop will facilitate knowledge exchange, provide support, and promote peer-to-peer learning.

Concept Note [English] [Spanish]

Agenda [English] [Spanish]

Final Report

Presentations

Relevant Publications and Training Material:

Changing Mindsets to Realize the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: How to Promote New Mindsets and behaviors in Public Institutions to implement the Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations 2021

Chapter I on "New Mindsets, Capacities and Competencies in the Public Sector to Promote Effective Governance for Sustainable Development" in Changing Mindsets to Realize the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Report - United Nations, 2021

Changing Mindsets and New Competencies in the Public Sector to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, PPT - Adriana Alberti

Toolkit on "Changing Mindsets in Public Institutions to Implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, Curriculum on Governance for the SDGs, United Nations

Toolkit on Innovation and Digital Government for Public Service Delivery

Digital Government Capability Assessment

Contact Information

Adriana Alberti, Chief, Programme Management and Capacity Development and Unit, DPIDG/UN DESA, @email 

Cristina A. Rodriguez-Acosta, Interregional Adviser, DPIDG/UN DESA, @email