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United Nations' Job Opening: Inter-regional Adviser for Systems Thinking and Strategic Foresight for Policy Coherence and Integrated Planning (P5)
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Calling for Proposal: ASPA 2025 Annual Conference—Not Robots Yet: Keeping Public Servants in Public Service
The ASPA 2025 Annual Conference will take place March 28-April 1, 2025 in Washington, DC.
United Nations' Job Opening: Head of Office, United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG)
This position is located in the United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), based in Incheon City/Republic of Korea, which is a project office of the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). The incumbent reports to the Director of the Division. The Head of UNPOG will ensure that the project office’s work is aligned with the 2021 United Nations Secretary-General Report on “Our Common Agenda”, UN DESA’s Action Plan as well as DPIDG’s strategic framework and priorities.
New publication – Inter-Agency Policy Brief – Accelerating SDG localization to deliver on the promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The newly published Inter-Agency Policy Brief on Accelerating SDG Localization to deliver on the promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is now available here.
Report of the Committee for Committee of Experts on Public Administration
The Report of the Committee for Committee of Experts on Public Administration in its 23rd plenary session is now available in all six official languages on the CEPA website.
Session on Behavioural Science and Organisational Behaviour, United Nations Behavioural Science Week 2024
Within the framework of the UN Behavioural Science Week, a session on Behavioural Science and Organisational Behaviour (Wednesday 5 June, 11am-12 pm EDT) is being organized by UN DESA, DOS, DMSPC, IAEA and UNSSC. The session will highlight experiences from UN DESA, DOS, DMSPC, IAEA and UNSSC applying behavioural science to change the way organisations work.
Webinar Series on Effective Governance and the Quintet of Change for the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals
The 2024 Webinar Series on Effective Governance and the Quintet of Change for the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals is organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (UN DESA/DPIDG), through its Programme Management and Capacity Development Unit. The Webinar Series aims at addressing contemporary challenges and opportunities in public administration, including around the key thematic areas of the UN 2.0 Quintet of Change.
UNPAN Newsletter 1/2024
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.
Capacity Development Snapshot 2023
This report provides an overview of the capacity development activities that UN DESA’s Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) conducted in 2023, including the substantive support provided to the reinvigorated UN Resident Coordinator system, the development of new strategy guidance notes and methodologies, requests it received from Member States and how these were addressed, as well as the key outcomes of its capacity development support.