Organised by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) and its project office - United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG) and The Korea Research Institute for Local Administration (KRILA)   Background The United Nations Department of Economic and Social.....

  Organized by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through  its Project Office – United Nations Project office on Governance (UNPOG) of the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG)      The 2024 United Nations Public Service Forum will take place in Incheon, the Republic of Korea from.....

    Organised by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) and its Project Office – United Nations Project office on Governance and The African Association for Public Administration and Management (AAPAM)   Background Digital government transformation is .....

  Organised by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) through the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) and its Project Office – United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG)   Background The Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) adopted 11 principles of effective governance at its seventeen.....

  Organised by Department of the Interior and Local Government United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) United Nations Resident Coordinator Office in the Philippines United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Philippines   Background The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) of the Philippines, with the support of the.....

Summary   The rising public expectation by the spread of democracy, globalisation, and informatisation has required good governance through government capacity and enhanced trust in government, along with democratic decision-making in government, private sector, media and civil society Against this backdrop, the 6th Global Forum on Reinventing Government, co-organised by the Government of Repub.....

Summary   While the World Bank and Asia Development Bank developed a set of analytical tools and indicators for monitoring democratic governance in developing countries at the national level, little attention has been paid to the development of a management capacity framework for local governments to strengthen transparent local governance. In particular, there is limited research on benchmarking.....

Summary   The UNGC Project Document closely links the implementation of the Project with the UN Public Service Awards, one of UNDESA’s major initiatives to facilitate the government reinvention efforts of Member States. Accordingly, the UNGC has undertook research on best practice cases in government reinvention based on past winners of the Award in order to identify and examine their.....

Summary   The objective of this in-depth research based on literature review was to analyze the state of trust in government, with a specific geographical focus on Asia. A 50 to 60 page background paper on each of three sub-regions of Asia – East, South and Southeast Asia – analyzed the degree to which the respective region’s governance systems and practices are conducive to genera.....

Summary In alignment with the general agenda and activitied of DPADM, UNGC embarked on research on key issues and viable strategies of restoring governance in conflict and post-conflict countries.  Despite different types of international assistance, post-conflict societies have often failed to perform the most urgent and basic reconstruction functions, such as establishing safety and security, en.....

  DPIDG, in collaboration with the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, organized the International Seminar on Public Sectors and Public Services. The seminar emphasized that sustainable development relies heavily on robust public sectors and enhanced public service capacity. Key highlights from the World Public Sector Report 2023 outlined the public sector's role and challenges in advan.....

  DPIDG/UNPOG participated as a resource person in the International Mayors Forum, organized by UN DESA, the Government of Indonesia, represented by Jakarta, in collaboration with the United Cities and Local Governments in Asia Pacific and the Local 2030 Coalition. The event aimed to provide a platform for policy dialogue and knowledge sharing on implementing the 2030 Agenda and the SDG.....

DPIDG/UNPOG participated as a resource person in the 2024 Executive Training Course for Policymakers on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, organized by UNOSD/DSDG. Held annually in Korea, the course brings together around 70 participants. The main objective is to enhance the knowledge, skills, mindsets, and overall capacities of Member States in sustainable development planning and policymaki.....

At the request of the ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction Division (IDD) of UN ESCAP, DPIDG/UNPOG participated in the “Digital SDGs: Regional Workshop on Digital Inclusion and Community Development”, organized by the UN ESCAP, with support from the Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives (KFCC) on 18 – 19 September 2023 in a hybrid modality. This Workshop brought toget.....

  On 12 January 2023, an UNPOG staff was invited to deliver a thematic presentation for the Department of Public Administration at Ewha Womans University.  The staff delivered a presentation on the UN’s role in response to climate change with a gender lens, and introduced i) the SDG Report 2022 and Our Common Agenda, ii) initiatives and strategies to address climate change by selected.....