Join us for a session focused on the potential of Generative AI in Canada to enhance productivity, efficiency, and streamline processes in the public sector. We will explore economic opportunities highlighted in recent reports from Microsoft and Accenture, as well as the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, and share real-world use cases from various sectors.
Social and emotional skills—sometimes called soft, people, or human skills—are critical for high functioning teams. They include skills such as active listening, empathy, communication, collaboration, and resilience. These skills are in high demand by employers, despite the ongoing digitization in workplaces.
The Conference Board of Canada has been extensively researching social and emotional skills (SES) and has produced key insights and recommendations on how employers, job-seekers, and career professionals can leverage the potential of SES for workplace resilience.
On June 12th, join us for a panel co-hosted by IPAC and Deloitte Canada to continue to unpack the key topics and concepts surrounding Canada's housing supply challenges. Governments have announced new programs, policies, and funding over the last twelve months to accelerate the supply of housing. With a growing pipeline of approved housing units to be constructed across the country and a ten-year target of 3.87 million net new homes, Canada's current and impending gap in skilled trades becomes more real.
Canada relies on immigration for economic development and growth. Recent immigrants in Canada are generally healthier than the Canadian-born population, a phenomenon known as the Healthy Immigrant Effect. However, the health advantage of immigrants diminishes over time, with studies showing that after 10 years in Canada, immigrants have similar or poorer health than the Canadian born population. Ensuring the long-term health and well-being of immigrants is crucial for Canada's health system and economic development.
As stated in ECLAC's 2023 Public Management Outlook, it is imperative to incorporate actions to address the climate challenge in all stages of public management. This includes actions to improve and align public planning with medium and long-term climate goals; allocate and ensure adequate budgets; advance in the development of resilient public infrastructure and investment that avoids technological lock-ins; carry out proper monitoring and evaluation mechanisms for public policies related to climate objectives and create or improve some public functions to achieve this.
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) organized a Regional Workshop for the Review of the Standards of Excellence for Public Administration Education and Training in Lusophone countries. The workshop took place from 8.30 am to 11.30 am New York time on 20 February 2024. The event was conducted in Portuguese.
The Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) in collaboration with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (UN DESA/DPIDG), as well as other global and regional partners, is organizing a Webinar Series on “Innovation, Digital Government and Changing Mindsets for Public Sector Transformation”. The webinars will be held on 21 and 28 February 2024 and 20 and 27 March 2024.
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) are organizing a Regional Workshop for the Review of the Standards of Excellence for Public Administration Education and Training in the Americas (to be conducted in English). The workshop will take place from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm New York time on 23 January 2024.
The Association of Bolivian Municipalities (AMB) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), with the support of the UN Bolivia, are co-organizing a Training workshop with the objective of applying the contents of UN DESA’s Curriculum on Governance for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular the main modules of the toolkits on Changing Mindsets in Public Institutions to Implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and on Innovation and Digital Gov
This in-person workshop, co-designed with the National Institute of Public Administration (INAP), and with the support of the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office, will contribute to the strengthening of capacities of the Guatemala public sector to better understand the important role they play in implementing the SDGs with an emphasis on changing mindsets for innovation in the provision of government services.
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