Asia and the Pacific

Asia and the Pacific Regional Workshop on the Review of the Standards of Excellence for Public Administration Education and Training

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 Asia and the Pacific. The workshop will take place from 8 am to 11 am Manila time on 3 November 2023.

Capacity Building Workshop on Strengthening National Capacities for Spreading Digitalization at Local Levels

The UNDESA, UN ESCAP, and UNU-EGOV will organize the workshop in a face-to-face setting in Bangkok on 21-23 November 2023. The workshop will comprise six sessions, each of which will be facilitated by competent resource persons and experts from relevant agencies. The proposed agenda and program of work for the workshop are enclosed below.

Objective The workshop in November 2023 aims to: 

i) Strengthen national capacities for spreading digitization at the local level, thereby advancing SDG 11, by providing knowledge and technical support; 

Changing Mindsets in Public Institutions to Realize the 2030 Agenda in Pakistan

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), National School of Public Policy (NSPP) of Pakistan, in collaboration with the Resident Coordinator Office in Pakistan co-organized a five-days Capacity Development Training Workshop on “Changing Mindsets in Public Institutions to Realize the 2030 Agenda in Pakistan”, which was held from 24 to 28 January 2022.  The objective of the workshop was to equip public servants with innovative mindsets and behaviors to better address current a