The Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration together with the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, through their Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration will host the 2022 EROPA Conference on 14-15 September 2022 on the theme "Governance and Public Administration in COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning, Innovations, and Reforms in Managing Global Changes".  EROPA is accepting abstract paper submissions until 30 May 2022 and registration are now opened.  For more information, click on the image/title.

The IIAS-EUROMENA 2022 Joint Conference will take place in Rome, on June 27-July 1. It is co-organized by IIAS, the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Luiss, SNA, MENAPAR, ISCTE, and EGPA. It will focus on the theme: Next Generation Governance and Young Global Public Administration: Mobilizing People, Skills, Energies for a Sustainable New Normal. For more information, click on the picture/title.

In collaboration with its organizing partners, the Faculty of Social Sciences, Kasetsart University will hold its first international online conference on “Roles of Social Sciences in Sustainability Transformation in the Global South” on 9 June 2022. This conference explores how social sciences may contribute to the conception, design, and implementation of the many sustainable transformations that must be accomplished for people across the Global South to continue to experience sustainable gains. For more information, click on the image/title.

Impact of #ClimateChange on health relates to its direct ramifications as well as psychological effects. We need hope for future, backed up w/ action. We need policy with thousand-year perspective &  Hippocratic oath for those to be born. Read blog post by Dag O. Hessen, click on the picture/title.

5 UN Job Openings: 

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The IIAS-EUROMENA 2022 Conference on Next Generation Governance and Young Global Public Administration is calling for papers for its MENA Track on « Digitalization and Emerging Technologies for Resilience and Recovery. The Conference is due to take place on June 27-July 1 in Rome, Italy.  The deadline for submitting an abstract of no more than 800 words is 18 April. For more information, click on the picture/title.

This report summarizes the key highlights and messages that were conveyed by the facilitators, speakers, and participants during the Regional Webinar Series on “How to Promote Resilience and Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa through Sound Policymaking” held respectively on 16 November, 8 December 2021, and 17 January 2022. The workshops were organized by DPIDG/UN DESA, in collaboration with APRM and the support of Resident Coordinator Offices.  For more information, click on the picture/title.

The Journal for Public Sector Economics is calling for papers for the thematic issue on "Challenges of effective governance for sustainable development at subnational government levels". The editors welcome theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented contributions analyzing the challenges and policy options faced by subnational governments committed to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals. The manuscript deadline is 15 February 2022. For more information, click on the picture/title.

This report provides a snapshot of the capacity development activities undertaken by UN DESA’s Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) in 2021. For more information, kindly click the title. Access the report, kindly click here.

New Policy Briefs contributed by UN DESA/DPIDG are now available in the UN DESA Policy Brief series. For more information, kindly click on the photo/title.