DPIDG/UNPOG and PSIB, in collaboration with Kenya School of Government have begun preparations for the Symposium on “Strengthening Capacities of Public Institutions for Transformation, Innovation and Ethical Leadership to Realize the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063 in East Africa” to be held from 16-18 October 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. The 3-day Symposium will consist of six plenary sessions and parallel training workshops on special thematic issues. The thematic issues will focus on the expressed challenges of target countries in previous Voluntary National Reviews regarding the implementation of the SDGs and the areas of transformational leadership and institutional strengthening.