CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
Executive Development Course on Digital Government
April 06, 2018
UNPOG successfully co-organized the Executive Development Course on Digital Government for Transformation Towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies – The Singapore Experience, which was held on April 2-6, 2018 in Singapore. The Course was attended by 27 participants, mainly the national SDG focal points, from 20 countries in Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Africa and Latin America. The Course was composed of sessions and panel discussions on diverse topics of digital government as well as several field visits to experience Singapore’s digital government services. Active discussions and exchanges of country cases on leveraging digital government for SDG implementation took place throughout the Course. The Course was well received by the participants with 92% of them rating it very good or excellent.
Day 1 - 02 April 2018
| OPENING SESSION |
| Welcome Addresses Welcome Address by Mr. Chae Gun Chung, Head, United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), DPADM/UNDESA  Welcome Address by Ms. Jacqueline Poh, Chief Executive, Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) Welcome Address by Mr. Arndt Husar, Deputy Director, UNDP Global Centre for Public Service Excellence |
| Session < Digital Government - Policy and Strategy for SDG Implementation > |
| Presentation Mr. Chae Gun chung, Head, United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), DPADM/UNDESA Presentation Mr. Jonas Rabinovitch, Senior Advisor, DPADM/UNDESA Presentation Ms. S.L. Ng Yun Wing, Director of Environment, Ministry of Social Security, Solidarity and Environment and Sustainable Development, Republic of Mauritius Deputy General Administrator, National Authority for Governmental Innovation, Panama Presentation_Mr. Talatalaga Mata’u, Assistant Chief Executive Officer-Policy, Policy Development Division, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Samoa Presentation_Mr. Duong Ton Bao, Deputy Head of Division, Division of IT Application in Enterprise in Authority of Information Technology Application(AITA) ? Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam Presentation by Mr. Humayun Kabir, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Public Administration, Bangladesh |
| Session < Policy and Strategy Formulation for SDGs: Smart Nation and Digital Government strategy > |
| Presentation_Ms. Jennifer Tan, Director, Strategic Planning& International, GovTech |
Day 2: 03 April 2018
| Session < Mobilising Digital Government for Delivering Essential Public Services - A Good Case of Government Procurement > |
| Presentation by Mr. Rodney Nicholas, Deputy Director, Government Infrastructure Group, GovTech |
| Session < Cyber-Security for Digital Government Services > |
| Presentation by Mr. Ng Lup Houh, Principal Cybersecurity Specialist, Cyber Security Policies, Advisory & Tech, GovTech |
| Session < Disaster Mitigation through ICT > |
| 1. Presentation by Mr. Keping Yao, Governance and Public Administration Expert, UNPOG/DPADM/UNDESA 2. Presentation by Mr. Edmond John S. Pangilinan, Chief Technical Information Officer, The University of the Philippines Resilience Institute |
Day 3 - 04 April 2018
| Session < Leaving No One Behind: Singapore’s National Digital ID (MyInfo, SingPass/CorpPass, NDI) > |
| Presentation by Mr. Kwok Quek Sin, Director, Product Management Division, GovTech (part 1) Presentation by Mr. Kwok Quek Sin, Director, Product Management Division, GovTech (part 2) Presentation by Mr. Kwok Quek Sin, Director, Product Management Division, GovTech (part 3) |
| Session < Laws and Regulations & Data Governance > |
| Presentation by Mr. Nicholas Tan, Principal Lecturer & Consultant, Institute of Systems Science, National University of Singapore Presentation by Mr. Keping Yao, Governance and Public Administration Expert, UNPOG/DPADM/UNDESA |
| Session < Open Data and Data Science in the Singapore Public Sector > |
| Presentaton by Mr. Daniel Lim, Acting Deputy Director, Data Science Division, GovTech |
Day 4 - 05 April 2018
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Panel Discussion on Technology Foresight and Government Strategy
Session < Emerging Digital Technologies Showcase >
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| Presentation by Mr. Gerald Wang, Head of Public Sector, IDC Government Insights Asia Pacific Presentation by Mr. Gerald Wang, Head of Public Sector, IDC Government Insights Asia Pacific Presentation by Mr. David Lee Kuo Chuen, Professor of Fintech and Blockchain, Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) |
| Session < Foresight and Government Strategy > |
| Presentation by Mr. Arndt Husar, Deputy Director, UNDP GCPSE Presentation by Mr. Hyun Yim, Senior Research Fellow, Technology Foresight Center, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP) |
Day 5 - 06 April 2018
| Session < ICT/e-Government for Women’s Empowerment > |
| Presentation by Ms. Mi Kyoung Park, Associate Research and Policy Analysis Expert, UNPOG/DPADM/UNDESA Presentation by Mr. Limon B. Rodriguez, Senior Economist, Accenture |
| Session < Country Reporting and Action Planning > |
| Presentation by Mr. Jonas Rabinovitch, Senior Advisor, DPADM/UNDESA |
