Capacity Development Workshop on Public Administration and New Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities

DPIDG, together with the Astana Civil Service Hub (ACSH)/UNDP, held a capacity development workshop in the context of the 31st Annual Conference of the National Institutes and Schools of Public Administration of Central and Eastern Europe (NISPACee). The Conference was co-organized by NISPACEE together with the National Academy of Public Administration of Serbia, under the theme "The Future of public administration as enabled by emerging technologies". The DPIDG/ACSH workshop was held over three days and attended by 18 people. It included sessions on technology in public administration to meet the SDGs, partnership and cooperation to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and changing mindsets of public servants in light of emerging technologies. The workshop had participants and speakers from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, amongst others. Participants expressed high levels of satisfaction with the workshop, notably, the interactive discussions and peer to peer learning.