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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 Spanish-speaking countries.  The workshop will take place from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm New York time on 4 December 2023. The event will be conducted in Spanish.

The Office of the President of Ecuador, the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society, and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), in collaboration with the Resident Coordinator Office in Ecuador are co-organizing a Capacity Development workshop on importance of changing mindsets for innovation and digital transformation to improve public service delivery for Sustainable Development Goals Implementation.

The Office of the President of Ecuador, the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society, and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), in collaboration with the Resident Coordinator Office in Ecuador are co-organizing a Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop with the objective of presenting the content in Spanish of UN DESA’s Curriculum on Governance for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the main modules of the toolkits on Innovation and Digital Government for Public

The IPAC annual conference is in Ottawa this September 13th – 15th at the Delta Hotel. Register here today IPAC Annual Conference | 75th Conference to access the virtual rate.

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (ECLAC), is organizing a regional capacity development webinar to launch the Curriculum on Governance for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Latin American and Caribbean region.

To provide sound and innovative advice to the National Institute of Public Administration (INAP) of Guatemala technical team and other relevant stakeholders, on the importance of changing mindsets for innovation and digital transformation for long-term institutional development and service provision, the INAP and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), in collaboration with the Resident Coordinator Office in Guatemala are co-organizing a Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop with the o

The second LOSI webinar series organized by the Digital Government Branch (DGB) of the DPIDG / UN DESA will focus on the application of LOSI methodology in Brazil. This one-hour webinar will host researchers who conducted the study in Brazilian cities. The webinar will highlight opportunities and challenges on e-government at city levels while aiming at information sharing and capacity building. 

This event features exceptional speakers on topics that are sure to resonate with public servants from all areas and levels of government. This one-day virtual webinar includes both strategic and practical learning and provides participants with the insight, skills, and connections to keep pace in a new hybrid, dynamic and uncharted world.