Volume 9, Issue 4 – November 2011

UNPAN NEWS HEADLINES

UN Public Service Awards (UNPSA) awareness campaign moves steadily across all regions of the world
Ms. Thuli Radebe, Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Public Service Innovation (CPSI) in South Africa promoted the United Nations Public Service Awards (UNPSA) during her interview on the Good Morning Africa television programme as part of the outreach and communication campaign of UNPSA. In the interview Ms. Radebe encouraged Africans to nominate innovative public service initiatives to enhance visibility and the sharing of knowledge through best practices. This is one of the outcomes of the outreach effort made by DPADM’s UNPSA team to encourage public servants from all regions to nominate innovative public service initiatives. Other positive outcomes include collaboration between DESA and the University of Florida in reaching out to governments in Latin America through the regional and national institutions where over 8,000 officials of local governments were informed about the programme; and collaboration with UN WOMEN in giving three Briefings to the Permanent Missions to the United Nations where Permanent Missions from Bhutan, Brazil, Canada, Congo, Cuba, Finland, Greece, Italy, Dominican Republic, Kenya, Peru, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Switzerland and  South Africa were briefed about UNPSA.

Additionally DESA's December feature story sheds light on Mr. Uriel Marquez Carrazco, Vice Minister of Public Administration of Mexico and 2011 UNPSA 1st place winner for the Latin America and Caribbean region in two categories. In his interview with DPADM’s UNPSA team, he shared his insights about the 2011 UN Public Service Day, Awards Ceremony and Forum on the importance and impact of winning this prestigious Award, saying that: “Societies face similar problems around the world, and it was inspiring to listen to other government officials from other countries, to learn from them, and to have the opportunity to share with others the energy and desire to constantly do better for the benefit of their citizens. It was indeed a great honour to be there.”

NEWS FROM AAPAM
African Association for Public Administration and Management
http://www.aapam.org

Conference Information

African Association for Public Administration and Management (AAPAM) 33rd Roundtable
Theme: Strengthening Citizen Engagement through Decentralization to Enhance Public Service Delivery in Africa
Dates: 14-18 November 2011
Location: Crossroads Hotel, Lilongwe, Malawi
E-mail: aapam@aapam.org
URL: http://www.aapam.org

NEWS FROM CLAD
Latin American Center for Development Administration (CLAD)
http://www.clad.org

Conference Information

XVI Congreso Internacional del CLAD sobre la Reforma del Estado y de la Administración Pública
Date: 8-11 November 2011
Location: Asunción, Paraguay
E-mail: clad@clad.org
URL: http://www.clad.org/congreso-clad

Recent Publications

- Reforme's Bulletin
  http://www.clad.org/ultimos-boletines-reforme
- Ricorep's Bulletin
  Red de Instituciones de Combate a la Corrupción y Rescate de la Ética Pública (RICOREP)
  http://www.clad.org/ultimos-boletines-ricorep

NEWS FROM CAFRAD
African Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development
http://www.cafrad.org

Conference Information

Pan African Conference on the Role and Place of University in Africa of the 21st Century          
Date: 21-23 November 2011
Location: Rabat, Morocco
E-mail: cafrad@cafrad.org
URL: http://www.cafrad.org/Workshops/Rabat21-23_11_11/index_en.html

Pan African Ministerial Conference Reform
Theme: Reform, Innovation and Modernization of Public Services and State Institutions to Support the Transformation of African States into Emerging Countries
Date: 12-14 December 2011
Location : Rabat, Morocco
E-mail : cafrad@cafrad.org
URL: http://www.cafrad.org/Workshops/Rabat12-14_12_11/index_en.html

NEWS FROM DPADM
Division for Public Administration and Development Management
http://www.unpan.org/DPADM

News

DPADM and Boston University: Building CIO Capacity
On 8 November, a delegation from the Boston University School of Management met with DPADM staff to explore further opportunities for collaboration to assist UN Member States in building Chief Information Officer (CIO) capacity. They also gave a presentation on the current trends of the Public Sector CIO.

DPADM has been working closely with Boston University in the area of capacity building for e-government, specifically with reference to CIOs. Through DPADM/DESA, Boston University has implemented four courses for CIOs: two of them in Saudi Arabia, one in Qatar and another one in Brunei Darussalam. These courses were designed to strengthen the knowledge of e-government decision makers on the roles of CIOs, as well as to help them to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each country's e-government strategy.

Director Discusses Governance, Transparency and Accountability
Ms. Haiyan Qian met with a delegation led by Mr. Anders Hjertstrand, Director of International Development Cooperation, Swedish National Audit Office (NAO) in an exploratory mission to explore possible ways of collaborating with DPADM to help combat corruption. Ms. Qian appraised the delegation on the Division's work highlighting its work in promoting good governance and combating corruption through citizen engagement, e-government, and human resource development and institution building, for which they showed great interest owing to the fact that it related to their mission. She expressed that the Division is ready to collaborate with Swedish NAO to showcase their experiences in building capacities of supreme audit institutions, which she felt would be of great value especially to Member States with less developed supreme audit institutions. They agreed to consider sharing their experiences in building capacities of supreme audit institutions with DPADM for showcasing as part of UNPACS.

Conference Information

Capacity Development Workshop on Public Information Management
Theme: "'Internet as a catalyst for change: access, development, freedoms and innovation"
Dates: 28-30 November 2011
Location: Suntec City, Singapore
Contact: Ms. Sunyoung Chang
E-mail: chang7@un.org
URL: http://www.unpog.org/

NEWS FROM ICAP
Institute of Public Administration in Central America
http://www.icap.ac.cr

Conference Information

Pasantía Regional: “La Reforma de la Educación Básica y su financiamiento: desafíos ante la NGP
Dates: 7-11 November 2011
Location: Heredia, Costa Rica
Contact: M. Castillo
E-mail: mcastillo@icap.ac.cr
URL: www.icap.ac.cr

NEWS FROM RCOCI
Regional Cooperation Office for City Informatization (RCOCI)
http://www.rcoci.org

Recent Publications:
Asia-Pacific City Informatization Bulletion, Fall 2011, Issue 34
Governance Asia-Pacific Watch, July 2011, Issue 116
Governance Asia-Pacific Watch, August 2011, Issue 117
Governance Asia-Pacific Watch, September 2011, Issue 118
Governance Asia-Pacific Watch, October 2011, Issue 119

NEWS FROM UNECLAC
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC)
http://www.eclac.org

Conference Information

Curso Internacional "Políticas presupuestarias y gestión pública por resultados"
Dates: 14-25 November 2011
Location: Santiago, Chile
Contact: María Paz Rivera
E-mail: mariapaz.riveracepal.org
URL: http://www.eclac.cl/cgi-bin/getprod.asp?xml=/ilpes/noticias/paginas/4/42364/P42364.xml&xsl=/ilpes/tp