Digital Government

Leveraging the power of ICTs and digital government for the transformation of public institutions, and the public-sector landscape more broadly, is essential to advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Governments worldwide are gearing up efforts to strengthen their capacities for digital transformation. 

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World e-Parliament Report 2008

The World e-Parliament Report 2008 constitutes the first assessment from a global perspective of how information and communication technologies (ICT) are being employed by parliaments across the spectrum of activities for which they are responsible. It is based on the responses and comments provided by 105 assemblies from around the world to a survey on the use of ICT in parliament. It also draws on experiences exchanged during the World e-Parliament Conference 2007 and relevant policy available information.

2021 ICT4D Partnerships Conference on “Global Tech. Local Good. Virtual Exchange”

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the founder of the ICT 4D Conference. The event creates a ‘market-place’ to help initiate new partnerships, share insights and good practice for strengthen local partners, and learn from each other, especially around data protection, ethical considerations, and new partnership models with early co-creation of innovations.

7th World Internet Conference (Wuzhen Summit) 2020 on “Digital Development for a Better Future”

Fifteen of the world's leading Internet scientific and technological achievements were unveiled at the World Internet Conference, which were selected by a group of nearly 40 experts from around the world, cover post-pandemic industrial recovery and coordinated development, digital social governance, global public crisis response, cloud life based on artificial intelligence (AI) and other Internet-related fields.

22-24 November 2020 | Event |Digital Government | Chinese and English| Asia and the Pacific
Organized by WIC

Report of the Expert Group Meeting on E-Government Survey: Getting to the Next Level

To improve the methodological aspects of the United Nations E-Government Survey, DPADM organized an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) entitled "E-Government Survey: Getting to the Next Level” in New York, USA, from 11 December to 12 December 2008. A review paper of the methodology used in the current Survey, which was prepared by a consultant, framed and aided the discussion on the ways of enhancing the quantitative part of the Survey.

United Nations E-Government Survey 2008: From E-Government to Connected Governance

The UN E-Government Survey 2008: From E-Government to Connected Governance assesses the E-Government Development of the 192 Member States of the UN according to a quantitative composite index of e-readiness based on website assessment, telecommunication infrastructure, and human resource endowment. ICTs can help reinvent government in such a way that existing institutional arrangements can be restructured and new innovative arrangements can flourish, paving the way for a transformed government.

International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) Conference 2021 on “Fourth Industrial Revolution”

IASIA Conference is jointly organized by the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA), the University of South Africa (hereafter: Unisa) and the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), it brings together practitioners, academics, PhD students and young researchers in public administration and management, as well as contributors from any other disciplines who exchange on a chosen theme. 

The Davos Agenda 2021

The Davos Agenda, organized by the World Economic Forum, (WEForum) is a pioneering mobilization of global leaders to shape the principles, policies and partnerships needed in this challenging new context. It is essential for leaders from all walks of life to work together virtually for a more inclusive, cohesive and sustainable future as soon as possible in 2021.

25-29 January 2021| Event |Digital Government | English| Global
Organized by WEForum

2020 The 6th Edition of the International Open Data Conference (IODC)

Hosted by the Government of Kenya with the support of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the World Bank, and the Open Data for Development Network, IODC 2020 is committed to creating an inclusive, innovative, and empowering event and will strive for the greatest possible level of gender balance, regional diversity, and inclusion of all voices, to bring the global open data community together in order to learn, share, plan and collaborate on the future of open data and data for development.