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UNPAN Asia & Pacific

29 April 2015

Call for Papers: 2015 EROPA Conference

Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration (EROPA) will hold its 2015 Annual Conference in Shanghai, China from October 17-21, 2015. The Organizing Committee cordially invites professionals, academics and practitioners, PhD students and young researchers in public administration in the eastern region and beyond to participate in the conference and make presentations.

For more information, please click here.

07 December 2014

2014 Global City Informatization Forum Co-organized by RCOCI

During 2014 Global City Informatization Forum co-organized by Regional Cooperation Office for City Informatization (RCOCI), participants from all around the world deeply discussed and actively brainstormed on the theme of “Smartness, Integration, Convergence”. We came up with a number of fantastic new concepts, ideas and approaches benefited from collective wisdom in terms of accelerating ICT innovation, deepening construction of smart cities, and informatizing a better life.

Please click here to view the brief conclusion report.

For more information about the forum, please click here.

21 September 2014

10th Biennial Conference of the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration (CAPAM)

The 10th Biennial Conference of the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration (CAPAM) will be held from October 19 – 21, 2014. This event which will be held in partnership with the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU), will take place at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre, Putrajaya, Malaysia.

For more information and to register, please visit, http://events.capam.org/.

03 September 2014

Call for 2014 Top Ten Global Smart City Outstanding Cases

To promote the cooperation and communication about smart city among the international society, the Organizing Committee of Global City Informatization Forum (GCIF) launches the activity to select “2014 Top Ten Global Smart City Outstanding Cases”, which is co-organized by Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai Smart City Construction Promotion Center, and the website www.people.com.cn. Please send the application materials to the Organizing Committee of GCIF before October 10, 2014 through email at houjiajia@sass.org.cn.

Click the links below for more information:
Announcement Application Form Preliminary Agenda

09 June 2014

Call for Manuscripts International Journal of Civil Service Reform and Practice

The Regional Hub of Civil Service in Astana seeks submissions to its journal, the International Journal of Civil Service Reform and Practice. The journal has successfully published two issues, and seeks to publish manuscripts of interest to participants of the Regional Hub. The Regional Hub was established in 2013. The Hub was initiated through a joint project between the United Nations Development Programme and the Agency for Civil Service Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Hub has over 30 participating countries and 5 international organizations.

For more information click here.

23 January 2014

RCOCI Signed New Strategic Cooperation Agreement

On January 15, as backbones of RCOCI, Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization and Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences signed strategic agreement for future profound cooperation. The two parts will co-organize 2014 Global City Informatization Forum held in November, and the new website for the Forum was launched.

For more information, please click here.

07 November 2013

Congratulations! News of United States Has Reached its 1000 Pieces Milestone!

As an important part in the whole UNPAN system, Public Administration News has undergone steady development and the news of United States has reached another milestone, with its 1000 pieces of publication on North America Region, RCOCI is hereby happy to announce.

Top 3 most "clicked" regions brought by PA news: Asia-Pacific, Africa, North America
Top 5 countries with the largest number of PA news: South Africa, China, United States, India, Australia

It should be noticed, compared with the statistics issued one year ago, the number of news of United States has a sharp rise, exceeding India and popping into the top 3 list. Meanwhile, Australia’s news amount also greatly goes up, replacing Japan on the top 5 list.

18 July 2013

UNPAN-AP Editorial Department Publishes Documents on e-Gov and ICT Development

As a powerful tool for economic and social development, ICT aims at bridging the digital divide and aiding economic development by fostering equitable access to modern communications technologies. Recently UNPAN-AP Editorial Department collects and compiles about 150 documents on this specific topic, covering fields such as e-Gov, e-Commerce, e-Society, e-Security, Internet and Informatization Development. Please click here to read more.

Events

Documents

Governance Asia-Pacific Watch, March 2018, Issue 196
The e-magazine includes six categories: policy&legislation; public services; capacity building&innovation; ICT development&social; and economic development; public finance and private sector.
11 December 2018

From Government Wiki to Wiki Government: Collaborative Democracy in Perspective of Innovation 2.0
This paper analyzes the opportunities of democracy development triggered by ICT innovation. The use of Wikis in the government institutions is introduced. The use of wiki in the government leads to the new morphology of Wiki Government, which is a typical form of collaborative democracy. The characteristics and values of wiki government and collaborative democracy are also analyzed. Collaborative Democracy offers great opportunity to the practice of democratization with Chinese characteristics in the era of innovation 2.0.
11 December 2018

News

Kenyan President Suspends Twitter and Facebook Accounts
Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta's Twitter and Facebook accounts have been deactivated at the request of State House following unauthorized access by some of his staff.
25 March 2019

Belgian Parliament Approves EU Security Directive for Critical Networks
The Belgian parliament has approved legislation implementing the EU's network and information security (NIS) directive
25 March 2019

Dutch Minister Says Govt to Make Own Analysis on 5G Security
The Netherlands will make its own call about the use of Chinese suppliers for 5G networks, state secretary for telecoms Mona Keijzer told the paper NRC Handelsblad.
25 March 2019

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