The Permanent Mission of Singapore to the UN and the Permanent Mission of Belize to the UN, in collaboration with UNDESA-DPIDG and SIDS Unit have co-organized a SIDS Special Event on “Building Capacities of Public Institutions in SIDS to implement the SAMOA Pathway and the SDGs”.  Read more

The Committee of Experts on Public Administration held its eighteenth session at the United Nations in New York from 8 to 12 April 2019 with the overall theme of “Building strong institutions for equal and inclusive societies”. Read more 

E-government is a crucial enabler for implementing the SDGs by improving effectiveness and efficacy of government and its public service delivery. Leveraging e-government can also foster inclusiveness and accountability of public services by ensuring access of the vulnerable groups to the basic government services (...). Read more

This webinar explores how government can leverage frontier technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and resilience, profiling success cases and addressing the barriers to scaling these innovations across developing country contexts. Read more

UNITAR, in collaboration with UN DESA, UN ESCAP and SASS successfully held the Learning Conference “Implementing the 2030 Agenda in the Asia-Pacific Region” in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, on 23-24 January 2019. Read more

This training workshop was organized as a follow-up to the first meeting of the Global Initiative for Schools of Public Administration organized by United Nations Public Service in Morocco in June, and its outcome survey report which maps the incorporation of SDGs into regional civil service curricula. Read more

UN DESA - DPIDG through UNPOG has organized the 2nd Regional Asia-Pacific Symposium in Incheon, Republic of Korea, with support from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and Incheon City Government of the Republic of Korea. Read more

The Forum on Strengthening Capacities of Public Administration in Island States: Equipping Public Institutions, Strengthening Resilience and Building Effective Partnerships for Implementing the 2030 Agenda concluded on August 24 after four days of interactive sessions, applied exercises, site visits and country presentations. Read more

The 18th Ibero-American Conference of Ministers of Public Administration and State Reform was held in the City of La Antigua, Guatemala, on 26 and 27 July 2018.  The event hosted by the National Institute of Public Administration of Guatemala, the Latin American Center of Administration for Development and the Ibero-American General Secretariat (...).  Read more

The High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development was held from July 9 to 18, 2018 in the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The forum took place under the theme of transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies. Read more