| International Conference of Innovative Cities |
The International Conference of Innovative Cities will be held in Curitiba, Brazil on 10-13 March 2010. The Conference is organized by the Federation of Industries of the State of Paraná, counting on institutional sponsorship of UNDESA and the World Bank, among others. The Conference will discuss networking for promoting innovations in cities and public administration in all regions, counting on a set of high-level speakers including mayors, entrepreneurs, authors and experienced practitioners.
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| UNDESA announces the launch of the 2010 World Public Sector Report |
The 2010 World Public Sector Report brings to the fore a very critical issue - how to reconstruct public administration in post-conflict situations so as to enable it to promote peace and development in countries that have been affected by civil war and destruction. It is a question that has remained unresolved for decades and has brought poverty, despair, and death to people in many corners of the world.
To view the entire report please click here
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| UNPAN 2010 Courses now available... |
The Online Training Center has re-opened its courses for the year
2010. If you wish to register for our courses, which are available in
English, French, Ukrainian, Russian and Arabic, please click on the link
provided below. Each course is self-guided, and must be completed
within 60 days of registration. A certificate of completion will be
awarded at the end of the course. For more information, contact Ms.
Milagros Verendia at verendiam@un.org.
To Register please click here
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| 1st e-Gulf Awards Conference, Sultanate of Oman |
The Sultanate of Oman will host the first-ever Gulf Cooperation Council
(GCC) e-government conference in December, recognising the rapid growth
of the e-government sector in Oman and the country’s growing
advancement in its delivery of electronic services (e-services) to its
citizens and residents. The conference will be held at Al Bustan Palace
Hotel in Muscat from December 21-23, 2009. The three-day event will
also feature an exhibition on e-Governance projects from the six GCC
countries and culminate in the awarding of the first e-Gulf Award that
will recognise excellence in the delivery of e-Projects and e-Services
in the GCC. Ms. Adriana Alberti, Coordinator of the United Nations
Public Service Awards Programme, DPADM and Mr. Richard Kerby, Senior
Inter-regional Adviser will make a presentation respectively on
"Innovation in Governance and Public Administration" and on
"E-participation and Citizen Engagement in the GCC".
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| Featured News Article |
How ICT can Strengthen Parliaments is an interesting article recently posted to UNPAN News. In the article Mr. Sha Zukang, USG of DESA was quoted as saying “For
Parliaments, the benefits of ICT can be enormous. ICT can make the
democratic process more transparent, accessible and accountable, by
facilitating access of members of Parliaments, parliamentary
administrations, media and citizens to information services.”
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| Roundtable on Governance and Applications of ICTs for Achieving the MDGs in the Asia-Pacific region |
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The Roundtable on Governance and Applications of ICTs for Achieving the MDGs in the Asia-Pacific region will take place in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 to 10 December 2009. The themes of the roundtable are: Governance with effective applications of ICT to achieve the MDGs; Partnership building for good governance with the use of ICT to achieve the MDGs; Sub-national, national, and international networks of stakeholders capable of contributing to the establishment of a Knowledge Base on the uses of ICT for good governance and for achieving the MDGs.
Contact: Yoshinobu Yonekawa at yonekawa@un.org
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