Africa

The general theme of the 7th edition of the African Forum of Territorial Managers and Training Institutes Targeting the Local Government (FAMI7_2023) is "The contribution of Local and Regional Governments to the achievement of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)".

The United Nations’ Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) are organizing a continental workshop entitled ‘Strengthening Institutional capacities in Africa for effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063: Follow-up to the 2023 Summit’. This is the fourth in a series jointly organized in support of building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions in Africa at all levels. At the midpoint of the 2030 Agenda, the workshop will also examine the outcome of the 2023 SDG Summit and its implications for Africa.

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) are organizing an African Regional Workshop for the Review of the Standards of Excellence for Public Administration Education and Training.  The workshop will take place from 9 am to 12 noon New York time and 4pm to 7pm Nairobi time on 13 September 2023.

Since 2019, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) have been engaged in implementing the African Union-United Nations Framework for the

In response to a request from the National Planning Commission (NPC), UN DESA is implementing a joint capacity development initiative coordinated by the Economic Analysis and Policy Division (EAPD) and the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Governance (DPIDG), in partnership with the United Nations Resident Coordinator Office (RCO) in Namibia, the Development Program (UNDP) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN ECA). UN DESA will support the government of Namibia in adopting a tailored Climate, Land-use, Energy and Water Systems (CLEWs) integrated assessme

4 - 6 September 2023

09:00 – 17:00 | Mozambique (GMT+2)

16:00 – 00:00 | Seoul (GMT+9)

03:00 – 11:00 | New York (GMT-4)

Venue: Maputo, Mozambique.

Jointly organized by the

Following the request from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade, received on 18 February 2022 for the provision of technical assistance and capacity building on integrated planning towards the SDGs, linking post-2019 recovery needs to long-term sustainable economic objectives, UN DESA/DPIDG in collaboration with UNITAR and the UN Resident Coordinator’s office (RCO) held a hybrid workshop to provide feedback of the country report for Mauritius, called “Strategic planning, systems thinking and policy coherence for sustainable development” which illustr

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DSDG) and Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for the Sustainable Development Goals (OISC), and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) are co-organizing a continental workshop on the Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) for the 2023 high level political forum (HLPF) and the Domestication of Agenda 2063, to be held in Durban, South Africa from 15-17 March 2023.

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), the African Management Development Institutes’ Network (AMDIN), the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA), the Kenya School of Government (KSG), and the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG-Africa)/African Local Government Academy (ALGA) are co-organizing an online Regional Symposium on Mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals in the Curricula of Schools of Public Administration