Requesting entity name
Ministry of Public Administratioin, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Demand Region
Asia
Demand Sub region
Requesting Country
Bangladesh
Requesting entity category
National government
Responsible Division/s
Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government
Areas of Work
Institutions, integrated and inclusive approaches
Support/Output provided
Support/Output provided (project, workshop, advisory service, etc.)
Other
SDGs
SDG16
Keywords
digital government
Status
Completed
Notes
In response to this request, DPIDG/UNPOG organized, together with the National Information Society Agency (NIA) of the Republic of Korea, a Study Visit on “Advancing E-Government Development for SDG Implementation”, which took place in Korea from 1 to 5 April 2019. This Study Visit was organized as a follow-up to the UN DESA’s Development Account (DA) Project DA1617B in Bangladesh and Ethiopia, which was under the theme of “Evidence-based e-government policies in support of the Sustainable Development Goals”. This follow-up Study Visit complemented the programmed activities and expected accomplishments of the DA Project and fully complied with DPIDG’s capacity development strategy of providing capacity support to those countries in special situations through an integrated and targeted approach. In addition to Bangladesh and Ethiopia, the Study Visit also invited three other countries, namely Bhutan, Lao PDR, and Uganda.
The main objective of the Study Visit was to develop capacities of government officials of the targeted countries in leveraging e-government and digital technologies for SDG implementation. Composed of both training sessions and site visits, the Study Visit aimed to provide participants with an opportunity to gain knowledge and hands-on experience on how e-government can be leveraged and how innovative practices can be adopted to achieve sustainable development.
Event page
http://unpog.org/page/sub4_2_tab_introduction.asp?tb_Symposium_sn=3

Request summary
DPIDG was requested by the Ministry of Public Administration, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, to assist in facilitating group discussions, debates and knowledge sharing, field visits in the area of digital government.
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