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Sustainable Development Impact Summit

| English | Innovation in Service Delivery  | Global | Webinar | WEF
The COVID-19 crisis wreaked havoc on societies and economies and dealt a major setback to achieving the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Climate Agreement. Putting the world back on a path of sustainable, equitable, and inclusive growth will require more than a global recovery; it will require a Great Reset of social and economic systems.   Taking place in the context of the United Nations General Assembly, the World Economic Forum’s fourth and, for…

Part 2: Good and Best Practices in Inter-Local Cooperation: An International Perspective

| English | Local Governance | Asia and the Pacific | Webinar |
The international webinar on “Good and Best Practices on Inter-Local Cooperation: An International Perspective” invited speakers from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia and the Philippines to share experiences on inter-local cooperation. This webinar is in partnership with Asian Association of Public Administration (AAPA), Indonesian Association of Public Administration (IAPA) and Asian Group for Public Administration (AGPA).  File added…

Part 1: Good and Best Practices in Inter-Local Cooperation: An International Perspective

| English | Local Governance | Asia and the Pacific | Webinar |
In partnership with Asian Association of Public Administration (AAPA), Indonesian Association of Public Administration (IAPA) and Asian Group for Public Administration (AGPA), this webinar will be a platform to discuss a burning concern of public administration and local governance, that of inter-local cooperation.   File added date: March 2021 Organized by: AAPA URL: http://www.aapa.asia/contents/bbspage/xbd/board.php?bo_table=m2_db2&…

Regional Conversation Series on Building Back Better: Accelerating Digital Connectivity and Leveraging Innovation

| English | Digital Government | Asia and the Pacific | Webinar | ESCAP
Asia and the Pacific is a key driver of a technological revolution that is profoundly transforming the way we live, work and relate to one another. At the same time, the region is also one of the most digitally divided, with less than 14 per cent of the population connected to affordable and reliable high-speed Internet. Around 52 per cent of the region’s population remains offline. As the COVID-19 new normal has seen our reliance on…

Webinar on CJK Smart Cities: Synthesizing Smart City Initiatives

| Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Local Governance | Global | Webinar | WeGO
The Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS) and the World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO) co-organized the Webinar on CJK Smart Cities for their respective members, partners, and stakeholders in China, Japan, and Korea, ahead of plans to jointly establish a smart city cooperation platform for launch at a subsequent “CJK Smart City Forum. Key Takeaways In terms of representation, more local governments from Japan coupled with…

The Arab Region’s Response to COVID-19 and the Way Forward for Health and Wellbeing

| English | Innovation and Service Delivery | Middle East | Webinar | ESCWA
Building on the findings of the Arab Sustainable Development Report 2020 (ASDR 2020), the first in the region to offer a quantitative and qualitative analysis of all 17 SDGs, ESCWA and the WHO EMRO are jointly organizing a high-level discussion in collaboration with UNICEF and UNFPA on:   - What is COVID-19 telling us about the region’s progress on SDG 3 and efforts to ensure the health and well-being of 430+ million people in the Arab world…

AWARENET Webinar Series on Groundwater Management in IWRM

| English | Digital Government | Middle East | Webinar | ESCWA
ESCWA is organizing a series of training webinar on Groundwater Management in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). The training is the culmination of collaborative efforts by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, the Arab Integrated Water Resources Management Network (AWARENET) and the International Network for Capacity Development in Sustainable Water Management (Cap-Net).  The aim of the training is to improve…

The 29th NISPAcee Annual Conference – Application Open

English | Governance and Public Institutions | Europe and Central Asia | Webinar | NISPAcee
Main Conference Theme: Citizens' Engagement and Empowerment - The Era of Collaborative Innovation in Governance Panel: Politico-Administrative Relations in CEE  Panel: Cultural Policy, Co-creation and Smart Development in CEE Panel: Behavioural Interventions in the Public Sector WG1: Local Government  WG2: E-government WG3: Public Administration Reform in CEE and CA WG4: Inter-regional and Cross-border Cooperation and Development WG5:…