UNU-IIST and UNDESA/DPADM agree to collaborate on e-Government
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On 10 January 2012, Dr. Tomasz Janowski, UNU-IIST Senior Research Fellow visited the Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) in New York in order to present the lecture for DPADM staff on Electronic Governance for Sustainable Development, and discuss collaboration between DPADM and UNU-IIST in Electronic Governance.
In the lecture, Dr. Janowski introduced the concept of Electronic Governance for Sustainable Development (EGOV4SD) by systematically mapping Sustainable Development (SD) and Electronic Governance (EGOV) domains, and presented examples from around the world on how EGOV is being applied to advance the social, environmental, economic and transitional SD goals. He also explained the fundamental challenges in realizing the transition from EGOV to EGOV4SD and outlined an international research, development, monitoring and education agenda to address such challenges. Ms. Haiyan Qian, the Director of DPADM thanked Dr. Janowski for the presentation, noting that the research findings of UNU-IIST were in line with the DPADM’s work in the context of the United Nations E-Government Survey 2012: E-Government for Sustainable Development. Ms. Qian and Mr. Janowski agreed to collaborate on: 1) strengthening the platform for the UN E-Government Survey by offering the data collected by DPADM for policy makers to be able to create benchmarking instruments that reflect local conditions and priorities, and 2) developing a government Chief Information Officer curriculum for UN Member States based on the joint research and practice carried out by DPADM and UNU-IIST.
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