The 2022 AAPA Annual Conference on the theme "New Governance Challenges towards Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the World" will take place on 3-4 December in Shanghai, China. AAPA is now accepting paper proposals till 15 August 2022. Registration will start in October 2022.  For more information, click on the picture/title.

In collaboration with its organizing partners, the Faculty of Social Sciences, Kasetsart University held its first international online conference on “Roles of Social Sciences in Sustainability Transformation in the Global South” on 9 June 2022. This conference explored 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 picture/title.

UN DESA/DPIDG advances effective, accountable and inclusive governance and public institutions for sustainable development, including through innovation, digital government and digital transformation. The Division provides capacity building and policy advice to countries on request, to strengthen governments’ capacities to translate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other internationally agreed goals into institutional arrangements, strategies and programmes for effective service delivery and participatory, accountable and inclusive decision-making processes. For more information, click on the picture/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 called 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.  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 called for papers for the thematic issue on "Challenges of effective governance for sustainable development at subnational government levels". The editors welcomed 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 was 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.

The Ateneo School of Government, through the Ateneo Policy Center, in partnership with the Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration (EROPA), hosted an online roundtable discussion titled “Recalibrating Inclusive Health and Economic Recovery in Southeast Asia: From Zero-COVID-19 to Living with COVID-19”, on January 19, 2022. For more information, click on the picture/title.