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DPIDG Met with the State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of…
On 13 September 2022, UN DESA/DPIDG’s Director and his team met with Abdul Aliyev, Head of the International Relations Department, and his team from the State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SAPSSI) to exchange knowledge about the…
Handbook on how to design and implement One-stop-Shops to promote better service delivery and implement the Sustainable…
This Handbook, prepared by UN DESA/DPIDG, provides local and national governments with a set of conceptual approaches, practical strategies, and tools to improve the delivery of public services through citizen centric One-stop-Shops (OSS). It includes guidance on how to prepare an action plan to…
Call for the 2022 AAPAM Gold Medal Award Nomination
The Gold Medal Award of the African Association for Public Administration and Management (AAPAM) will be awarded at the 41st Roundtable Conference scheduled for 6th -9th December 2022 at University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. The AAPAM Gold Medal Award Programme was established…
SDG 16 Conference 2022 report and recordings now available
The report of the 2022 SDG 16 Conference on people-centred governance in a post-pandemic world is now available. The Conference, co-organized by UN DESA, the International Development Law Organization and the Government of Italy and held in April 2022, explored how a people-centred approach to…
IIAS EUROMENA Conference 2022
The IIAS-EUROMENA 2022 Joint Conference will take place in Rome, on June 27-July 1. It is co-organized by: • The International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS); • The University of Rome Tor Vergata; • Luiss – Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali - Guido Carli (LUISS…
2022 UN Public Service Awards recognize 10 innovations to help world recover better from COVID-19
Ten initiatives have been recognized for their innovative public service delivery with the prestigious UN Public Service Awards at a virtual celebration organized by the UN DESA today. The UN Public Service Awards recognize excellence in public service delivery that promotes effectiveness,…
Report of the Peer-to-Peer Learning International Workshop on "Public Service Training Assessment for…
This report highlights the key concepts and recommendations that emerged from the peer-to-peer learning international workshop on public service training assessment framework for strengthening capacities of public servants to support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…
UNPAN Newsletter - 2nd quarter 2022
The newest issue of the UNPAN Newsletter is now available. The UNPAN Newsletter contains the latest news from the UNPAN Partners. Access the Newsletter here.
The Report of the 21st session of CEPA is now available!
The report of the 21st session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA), held in April 2022, is now available in the six official UN languages. A key message of the session was that, to build forward from the COVID-19 pandemic and advance the implementation of the 2030 Agenda,…
Roles of Social Sciences in Sustainability Transformation in the Global South
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…
Call for Papers for the AAPA 2022 Annual Conference
The world has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had profound impacts on individuals, organizations, and societies. As a result, countries are now facing major setbacks in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Though many countries and many cities are…