Building on the outcome of the 2019 Rome Conference on SDG 16, UNDESA and IDLO with the Government of Italy are organizing a follow-up Conference, which will focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on SDG 16 as well as the transformative contribution SDG 16 can make in helping to safeguard and accelerate progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Read more and register

This serie on "Strengthening Public Governance and Accelarating Innovation to Achieve Agenda 2030" is being held from 02 April to 25 June 2021 (every Friday from 15:00 to 16:30 pm GMT+9).   Read more

The Arab Forum for Sustainable Development (AFSD) is the primary regional mechanism for the follow-up and review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Arab region.  Read more

Jointly convened by the International Budget Partnership (IBP) and UNDESA’s Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), this interactive session will discuss how supreme audit institutions may contribute to understanding and enhancing budget credibility through their audits. Read more

UN DESA, through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), the Kenya School of Government and the Kenya Institute of Supplies Management are co-organizing an online training workshop on piloting a Toolkit on "Transparency, Accountability and Ethics in Public Institutions". Read more

UN DESA/DPIDG, through its Project Office on Governance (UNPOG) is organizing this Online Training Workshop on “Effective National to Local Public Governance for SDG Implementation" on 23 and 30 March 2021, to pilot the training toolkit on the same topic. Read more

The IAC-CAFRAD Seminar Series is an initiative launched by CAFRAD's International Advisory Committee (IAC).  It aims to provide an interdisciplinary platform on which meaningful interaction, debate and discussion on an array of topics linked to administrative problems inherent in the economic and social development in Africa can take place. Read more

This workshop was composed of ten facilitated webinars held in February and March 2021, jointly organized by UN DESA/DPIDG together with the SIDS Unit of UN DESA/DSDG, in collaboration with the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Read more

This side event was organized to present an online training toolkit on “Government Innovation for Social Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups”, which is part of the Curriculum on Governance for the SDGs developed by DPIDG/UN DESA. Read more