Asia and the Pacific

This training is open to local government officials including SDG, Sendai Framework, climate and urban development focal points and other stakeholders from national government, civil society and institutions in Asia-Pacific interested in or supporting disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, building resilience, innovative finance mechanism for climate action and sustainable development.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes the need to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies that provide equal access to justice and that are based on respect for human rights (including the right to development), on effective rule of law and good governance at all levels and on transparent, effective and accountable institutions” (A/RES/70/1, para. 35). Goal 16 of the 2030 Agenda specifically calls for effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

DPIDG/UNPOG organized the workshop on “Mobilizing and equipping public servants to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and achieve the SDGs”, in parallel with the Regional Symposium. The Workshop is part of the programme of the UN DESA Global Initiative for Schools of Public Administration on the SDGs. 

The Forum on Strengthening Capacities of Public Administration in Island States: Equipping Public Institutions, Strengthening Resilience and Building Effective Partnerships for Implementing the 2030 Agenda concluded on August 24 after four days of interactive sessions, applied exercises, site visits and country presentations. Read more

UNPOG successfully co-organized the Executive Development Course on Digital Government for Transformation Towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies – The Singapore Experience, which was held on April 2-6, 2018 in Singapore. The Course was attended by 27 participants, mainly the national SDG focal points, from 20 countries in Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Africa and Latin America. The Course was composed of sessions and panel discussions on diverse topics of digital government as well as several field visits to experience Singapore’s digital government services.

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs' Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (UN DESA / DPIDG), through its Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), and in collaboration with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) of the Government of the Republic of Korea, organized the 5th Regional Symposium on "Effective Public Governance and Digital Transformation for Building Back Better," which was held on 16 - 18 November 2021 (11:00 a.m - 14:00 p.m. GMT+9, Seoul Time).

Inter-ministerial Technical Workshop on Implementing the One-Door-Service Centers (ODSCs) in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR)

Organized by the 

Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA), Lao PDR,

in partnership with the

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through

the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) and

UN DESA/DPIDG and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA), Lao People’s Democratic Republic, in collaboration with the Resident Coordinator Office in Lao PDR and UNDP, organized on 22 November 2021 from 9pm to 12am EST (Tuesday 23 November from 9am to 12pm Lao time) a virtual Inter-Ministerial Policy Workshop on One-Door-Service Centers (ODCSs) as a follow-up to the Inter-Ministerial Technical Workshop, which was attended by senior officials from 18 ministries, including the Prime