Online Capacity Development Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies and Digital Governance for Local Resilience   Date: April 6 (Tuesday); April 8 (Thursday), & April 13 (Tuesday),   15:00-17:00 (Seoul Time)   Application and Deadline Interested participants are required to complete the registration form by 2 April 2021 a.....

  UNPOG, in collaboration with Korea Institute of Public Administration (KIPA), organised Joint Thematic Sessions in Jeju Forum, which was held in Jeju, Republic of Korea, from 25 to 27 May 2016.   The Joint Thematic Sessions provided a platform to discuss how national-local institutional and governance structures can be strengthened to localize the Sustainable Development Goals (S.....

    ADB-ADBI Forum on Governance and Institutions-Practical Lessons on Governance and Service Delivery for Subnational Governments   The Governance Thematic Group of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) jointly organized the 2017 Forum on Governance and Institutions in partnership with the United Nations Project Office on Gov.....

The Regional Symposium on “Building Effective, Accountable and Inclusive Institutions and Public Administration for Advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” held in Incheon welcomed 130 delegates representing 25 countries from the Asia-Pacific region. Organized by UNPOG in partnership with UNDP and UN ESCAP, the symposium focused on developing the capacity of government.....

  The 2018 UN Public Service Day, Forum and Awards (UNPSA) took place in Marrakesh, in the Kingdom of Morocco from 21- 23 June 2018, with the theme of “Transforming governance to realize the Sustainable Development Goals”.  The Forum allowed Ministers and other senior decision-makers to discuss how to transform governance and innovate the way governments, institutions and pub.....

  DPIDG/UNPOG participated in the 6th edition of the African Forum of Territorial Managers and Training Institutes targeting Local Governments (FMAI 6_2022), which was held from 28 November to 3 December 2022 in Agadir, Morocco. This Forum was organized by United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa), through its African Local Government Academy (ALGA), and in partnership .....

On 30 January 2019, the Head of UNPOG was invited to deliver a special lecture to 300 Jinju local government officials in Jinju City, Republic of Korea. On 22 February 2019, the Head of UNPOG was invited to deliver a special lecture to 100 local government officials in Yanggu City, Republic of Korea.   The special lecture covered the mandate of UN DESA/UNPOG and the role of local government.....

  The Concept Note on Bilateral Cooperation between UNPOG and Korea Local Information Research & Development Institute (KLID) was signed on 9 August 2017.   As a follow up to the meeting dated 17 February 2017 between UNPOG and KLID, the two entities express the shared interests and willingness to promote and extend the bilateral cooperation between two entities for enhancing c.....

Mr. Chung Chae Gun, Head of UNPOG, gave a special lecture on localizing the SDGs to local government officials of Chungcheongnam-do to support Korean local governments in achieving the SDGs at the local level. Mr. Chung also visited Korea Post Officials Training Institute, located in Cheonan City, and addressed to 300 new Korean government officials on their roles in implementing the SDGs as an integra.....

UNPOG has been making a great effort to localizing the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs).  Mr.CHUNG Chae Gun, the head of UNPOG, gave a special lecture on UNPOG and the SDGs to 28 Korean local government officials who participated in the 'The Global Leader Course' at the Local Government Officials Development Institute(LOGODI).  UNPOG hopes that the Korean local gove.....