CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
Online Training Workshop on Government Innovation for Social Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups
October 14, 2020
Organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) / Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) / United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG)
Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) Malaysia
08:00 AM - 12:30 PM Bangkok | 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM Kuala Lumpur
1:00 PM – 5:30 PM Suva | 8:00 PM – 12:30 AM New York
Concept Note & Agenda
Session Guidance Note
Video
Training Materials
Day 1 (3 Nov)
Opening
- Ms. Adriana Alberti, Chief, Programme Management and Capacity Development Unit, DPIDG/UN DESADPIDG/UN DESA
- Ms. Makiko Tagashira, OIC, Social Policy Analysis Section, Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD)/UN DESA
Session 1
- Mr. Keping Yao, Senior Governance and Public Administration Expert, UNPOG/DPIDG/UN DESA
- Mr. Louis Meuleman, Member, UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration
- Ms. Hitomi Rankine, Environmental Affairs Officer, Environment and Development Policy Section, Environment and Development Division, UNESCAP
- H.E. Mr. Sam Heng Boros, Secretary of State & Chair of the Social Assistance Sub-Committee, Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation, Cambodia
- Ms. Jocelyn Niwane, Assistant Secretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Philippines
Session 2
- Ms. Mi Kyoung Park, Governance and Public Administration Officer, UNDESA/DPIDG/UNPOG
- Ms. Kim Mallalieu, Deputy Chairman, Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago; Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, The University of the West Indies
- Ms. Angela Rong Chen, Innovation Programme Officer, UN Women
- Mr. Nordarzy Razak Norhalim, Director, Digital Inclusion Division, MDEC
- Mr. Ashok Kumar Seetharaman, Centre Director, eGovernment Leadership Centre, National University of Singapore
Day 2 (5 Nov)
Session 3
- Dr. Suvajee Good, Regional Adviser of Health Promotion and Determinants of Health, Department of Healthier Population and NCD, WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
- Mr. Oleg Serezhin, Chief, Capacity Development and Partnerships Coordination Section, DISD/ UN DESA
- Mr. Eunkoo Lee, Statistician, Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific, UNESCAP
- Mr. Umesh Dhungana, Director-General, Department of Women and Children, Nepal
- Dr. Hyeon-suk Lyu, Senior Research Fellow, Division of Disaster and Safety Management Research, Korea Institute of Public Administration
Session 4
- Mr. Keping Yao, Senior Governance and Public Administration Expert, UNPOG/DPIDG/UN DESA
- Mr. Jaspreet Singh, Global Manager, Innovations and Financial Health, UNCDF Malaysia
- Mr. Norhizam Abdul Kadir, Vice President, Fintech & Islamic Digital Economy, MDEC
- Mr. Md Shahid Uddin Akbar, Chief Executive Officer, Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID)
Online Discussion Board* (Knowledge Platform)
Workshop participants are invited to join the Online Discussion Board, where the training materials will be shared and online discussion among participants will be facilitated to address unanswered questions, promote dialogue, and exchange ideas.
Draft Outcome Report
Contact Information
UN DESA/DPIDG/UNPOG
Ms. Mi Kyoung Park
Governance and Public Administration Officer
Email: mikyoung.park@un.org
Mr. Prabin Maharjan
Associate Research and Policy Analysis Expert
Email: prabin.maharjan@un.org
MDEC
Ms. Arifah Sharifuddin
Senior Manager
Email: arifah.sharifuddin@mdec.com.my
UNCDF Malaysia
Ms. Jaspreet Singh
Global Manager, Innovations and Financial Health
Email: aspreet.singh@uncdf.org
