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12 June 2013

New Employment Opportunities at DPADM

The Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM) currently has two vacancies for consultants to assist in the development of the World Public Sector Brief. For more information, please click here.

10 June 2013

2013 United Nations Public Service Forum, Day and Awards Ceremony

The United Nations Public Service Forum, Day and Awards Ceremony will take place in Manama, the Kingdom of Bahrain, from 24 to 27 June 2013. Focusing on the theme of “Transformative e-Government and Innovation: Creating a Better Future for All, the Forum is organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM) in partnership with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA), in collaboration with the hosting Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

For more information click here.

17 May 2013

Now Available: Guidelines on Open Government Data for Citizen Engagement - 2nd Edition

The Guidelines on Open Government Data in Managing Development is a practical and easy-to-understand guideline for policy makers and technologists. It can be used to understand, design, implement and sustain open government data initiatives. UNPAN has just released the 2nd edition and the Japanese version of the Guidelines.

To view the Guidelines, please click here.

17 May 2013

International Conference on Policy Making 2.0

The European Commission, FP7-funded support action CROSSOVER, together with UNDP-CIS, the Democratic Society and Euractiv, is organising the International Conference on Policy-Making 2.0 that will take place at the Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland on 17-18 June 2013. The conference will explore the emerging technologies and trends that are changing the way policy-making is made.

For more information and to register, please click here.

15 May 2013

Researchers from Princeton University Visit CIIIAP

As part of activities related to exchange of innovations and dissemination of best management practices within the Public Administration, the International Center of Innovation and Exchange in Public Administration (CIIIAP) was responsible for coordinating the visit of researchers from Princeton University (USA) to the State of Bahia, Brazil, from April 29 to May 10, 2013.

To read more click here.

06 May 2013

CAFRAD Conference on "Enhancing the Capacity of Leaders of African Parliaments"

CAFRAD is organizing a Conference on “Enhancing the Capacity of Leaders of African Parliaments for more Astute Legislation” to assess the performance challenges of the legislature and to empower the parliamentarians for a higher competence in the discharge of their legislative duties for the development of Africa. The Conference will be held in Rabat (Morocco) from 20 to 22 May 2013.

For more information click here.

02 May 2013

The Economist Intelligent Unit: Expert Views on the UN E-Government Survey

A report published by the Economist Intelligence Unit, entitled E-government in Europe, the Middle East and Africa - Expert views on the UN e-government survey, which features contributions from Haiyan through an interview.

To view the report, please click here.

22 April 2013

2013 Joint Congress of IIAS and IASIA

The 2013 Joint Congress of IIAS and IASIA will be held in Manama, Bahrain from June 1 to 6, 2013. The main theme of the 2013 Joint Congress is “the Future of Public Administration: Professionalism and Leadership,” which is both timely and compelling in an era of global economic stagnation. On this basis, the congress will further discuss the following three sub-themes:

Future risks and strategies;
Leadership for the future;
Innovative service delivery for the future.

For more information please click here.

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Mobile Money for Business Development in the East African Community: A Comparative Study of Existing Platforms and Regulations
In 2006, the Council of Ministers of the East African Community (EAC) identified the creation of a regional enabling legal and regulatory environment as a critical enabling factor for the effective implementation of e-Government and e-commerce strategies at national and regional levels. The rapid spread of mobile phone services in money transactions, which are a potentially great contributor to the region's economic development and establishment of the common market has added urgency to the need for an effective and robust legal and regulatory framework. This comparative study of existing mobile money platforms and regulations in the EAC contributes to our pool of knowledge in this area, and to build a harmonized framework for cyberlaws across the five Partner States. EAC has been ahead of other parts of the world in electronic money transfers, with M-PESA which started operating in Kenya in 2007, having taken the lead in terms of innovation for providing more inclusive access to finance to a large part of the population who hitherto had been without a bank account. Mobile commerce at large is gaining importance in many developing countries. From the perspective of small businesses, mobile solutions can be applied to facilitate money transfers as well as merchant, bill and salary payments. More sophisticated financial services, such as credit, savings and insurance schemes, are also likely to expand in the coming years. Their successful implementation will require that mobile network operators enter into effective partnerships with banks, micro-finance institutions, insurance companies or other organizations. It will also require that consumers and business users be able to trust the systems on offer. In this context, Governments must address a range of policy challenges and issues to ensure positive outcomes from the introduction of mobile money services. Developments in East Africa or of particular relevance in this context, as countries in this region are at the frontier in terms of mobile money deployments and are actively seeking to draw maximum benefits from this new opportunity.
19 June 2013