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COVID-19: Public Administration Review of ASPA publishes open access virtual issue on public emergency management

In light of COVID-19, Public Administration Review - the scientific journal published on behalf of UNPAN Member American Society for Public Administration - has created an open access virtual issue on emergency management. The articles included in the issue discuss the logistical and theoretical…

Together we will help the world rise stronger

As the COVID-19 pandemic carves its dark entry into the history of humankind, causing serious illness and death, and upending daily life as we know it, UN DESA is supporting the world to contain the calamity and emerge from it more resilient and united. “UN DESA stands in solidarity with the…

Inauguration of the new Head of UNPOG

Mr. Bokyun Shim is Head of Office of the United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), an integral part of the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). Since his inauguration in March 2020, he has been dedicated…

Launching the Preparatory Office for 2020 UN Public Service Forum

DPIDG/UNPOG staff were invited by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety of the Republic of Korea (MOIS), the host of the 2020 UN Public Service Forum (UNPSF), to attend the launching ceremony of the preparatory office for 2020 UNPSF on 6 January 2020 in Sejong City, Republic of Korea. MOIS…