CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
Capacity Development Webinar Series on “Leveraging ICTs and Digital Government for Innovative Solutions to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic - Responses in Africa”
June 23, 2020
Capacity Development Webinar Series
“Leveraging ICTs and Digital Government for Innovative Solutions to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic
“Leveraging ICTs and Digital Government for Innovative Solutions to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Responses in Africa”
Organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
in collaboration with
UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)
African Association for Public Administration and Management (AAPAM)
ITU Regional Office for Africa
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
08:00 – 09:30 AM (EDT, New York Time)
Registration
If you have any difficulties in registering via the google form, please fill the registration form and send it to ewijeong.jeong@un.org.
After your registration is completed, the Log-in Guideline will be sent to your email two weeks before the Webinar.
Document
Background Documents
- Zero Draft Checklist for Strengthening Public Governance & Advancing Innovative Solutions to Address COVID-19
- Draft Outcome Report Capacity Development Webinar on Leveraging Public Governance and Spearheading Innovative Solutions to Address the COVID19 Pandemic-Responses in Africa
- Background Material: Ms. Hye Young Kim (NIA, Republic of Korea)
- Background Material: Ms. Carla Montesi, Director, Digital Transformation at the Directorate-General for Development and International Cooperation (DG DEVCO), European Commission
- Background Material: Mr. Andrew Rugege Regional Director, ITU Regional Office for Africa (Represented by Ms. Christine Sund, Senior Advisor, ITU Regional Office for Africa)
Talking Points of Speakers
- H.E. Ms. Stella Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams, Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, South Africa
- Ms. Elizabeth Adongo Oloo, Senior Policy Advisor and Head of the Office of the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Public Service and Gender, Kenya
- Ms. Carla Montesi, Director, Digital Transformation at the Directorate-General for Development and International Cooperation (DG DEVCO), European Commission
- Ms. Hye Young Kim, Senior Vice President, National Information Society Agency (NIA), Republic of Korea
- Mr. Seng Yee Lau, Senior Executive Vice President, Tencent, China
Join the Meeting
Online Discussion Board* (Knowledge Platform)
* To facilitate continued discussion on “Leveraging ICTs and Digital Government for Innovative Solutions to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic - Responses in Africa”, the online discussion board will be created to address unanswered questions, promote dialogue, and exchange ideas.
Contact Information
Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG)
UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
Mr. Juwang Zhu
Director
DPIDG/UN DESA
Email: zhu@un.org
Mr. Bokyun Shim
Head, UN Project Office on Governance (UNPOG)
DPIDG/UN DESA
Email: bokyun.shim@un.org
Ms. Adriana Alberti
Chief, Programme Management and Capacity Development Unit
DPIDG/UN DESA
Email: alberti@un.orgMs. Mi Kyoung Park
Governance and Public Administration Officer
UNPOG/ DPIDG/UN DESA
Email: mikyoung.park@un.org
Mr. Samuel Danaa
Associate Capacity Development Expert
UNPOG/ DPIDG/UN DESA
Email: samuel.danaa@un.org
Ms. Hye Kyung (Shelley) Choi
Programme Management Assistant
UNPOG/ DPIDG/UN DESA
Email: choi9@un.org
