The UNPOG Public Governance Quarterly
ISSUE 5 Spring 2019
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Study Visit on Advancing E-Governance Development for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable DevelopmentUN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) / Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), through its project office UNPOG, and the National Information Society Agency (NIA) of the Republic of Korea were co-organized the Study Visit on Advancing E-Government Development for SDG Implementation from April 1 to 5, 2019, in Incheon...
I. Welcome Note
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The UNPOG Public Governance QuarterlySince its relocation to Songdo in 2017, United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), part of the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) has expanded its activities in terms of volume and quality as a result of conducting 6 research activities, 10 capacity development activities, and 34 networking and outreach activities in 2018. UNPOG/DPIDG is working as one across the Division and with other UN to strengthen public administration capacities for the SDGs.More
II. The Latest at UNPOG
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Participation in Shanghai Learning Conference, Shanghai, People's Republic of China -
Mission to Bangladesh (7-9 February2019, Dhaka, Bangladesh) -
Steering Committee Meeting (19 February 2019, New York, USA) -
CIFAL Jeju's 13th Youth Workshop on Accelerating SDGs Achievement through ICT (20-22 February 2019, Jeju, Republic of Korea) -
Webinar - Government Innovation and Disaster Risk Reduction: Frontier Technologies for Resilience (27 March 2019) -
Study Visit on Advancing E-Government Development for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (1-5 April 2019, Incheon, Republic of Korea)
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18th Session of CEPA (8-12 April 2019, New York, USA)Mr. Chae Gun Chung, head of UNPOG and Mr. Keping Yao, Governance and Public Administration Expert, participated in the 18th Session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration on the theme of "Building Strong Institutions for Equal and Inclusive Societies" from 8 to 12 April 2019 in UN Headquarters, New York. Among other things, the CEPA meeting discussed i) enhancing the capacity of the public....More
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Visit of Bangladesh Government Officials
(25 March 2019, Incheon, Republic of Korea)The UNPOG website was re-launched in early November. The new website is designed in line with the structure and technical standard of both divisional and UN DESA websites for better alignment. The major function of the new website is the "Discussion Board." It is developed to expand the website's function from sheer information sharing to interaction with member states and a useful platform for knowledge sharing....More
III. Partnership with Korean Society
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Special Lecture for Shinneung Elementary School Students (7 January 2019, Goyang, Republic of Korea)More
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Participation in the 2019 Youth Club Fair (12 January 2019, Incheon, Republic of Korea)More
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Participation in the Design Thinking Camp of the Incheon Global Campus (24 January 2019, Incheon, Republic of Korea)More
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Special Lecture for Local Government Officials (30 January 2019, Jinju City, Republic of Korea)More
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Meeting with the President of KOICA (31 January 2019, Seoul, Republic of Korea)Mr. Chung Chae Gun, head of United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), met with Ms. Lee Mi-Kyung, the president of Korea International Cooperation Agency(KOICA) on January 31st. KOICA, as a leading development cooperation agency of Korea, supports the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the realization of global social values. UNPOG and KOICA agreed on the need for cooperation between two organizations and discussed how to establish cooperation....More
IV. Upcoming Activities
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Asian Association for Public Administration Annual ConferenceDPIDG/UNPOG staffs will participate in the 2019 Asian Association for Public Administration Annual Conference to be held on 22 to 24 May 2019 in Manila, the Philippines. The conference theme will be "Public Administration and the Future: Challenges and Opportunities in Realizing the SDGs and Directions for....More
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Learning Conference on "Holistic Approaches to Implementing the 2030 Agenda in the Caribbean Region"As a follow up activity to the Learning Conference held in January 2019 Shanghai, UN DESA in collaboration with UNITAR will organize a Learning Conference on "Holistic Approaches to Implementing the 2030 Agenda" for the Caribbean Region. From the Asia-Pacific region....More
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Expert Group Meeting on 2020 E-Government SurveyAs a part of the regional consultation for the 2020 E-Government Survey, DPIDG/UNPOG will organize an Expert Group Meeting on 4-5 June 2019 in Incheon, Republic of Korea. The meeting will focus on "The Future of Digital Government for Sustainable Development in Least Developed Countries....More
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1st KIPA-KOICA- UN DESA International ForumUNPOG/DPIDG/UN DESA will organize a joint international forum on "Global Collaborative Governance for Achieving the SDGs", in collaboration with the Korea Institute of Public Administration (KIPA) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on June 10, 2019 in Seoul, Republic of Korea....More
