The 2015 United Nations Public Service Forum, Day and Awards Ceremony will take place in Medellin, Colombia at the Plaza Mayor Medellin Convention and Exhibition Center  from 23 to 26 June 2015. Focusing on the theme “Innovating Public Service Delivery to Implement the Post-2015 Development Agenda”, the Forum will be organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM), in partnership with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) in collaboration with the hosting Government of the Republic of Colombia.  

In line with the search for Sustainable Development, the United Nations is dedicated to promoting exchange of experiences, ideas and best practices concerning innovations in governance and public administration in order to contribute to social, economic, and environmental development. The General Assembly itself has reiterated, in resolution 57/277, that particular emphasis should be given to the exchange of experience related to the role of public administration in the implementation of internationally agreed goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration. In resolution 50/225, it also underlined the importance of enhancing international cooperation in the field of public administration, including South-South and inter-regional cooperation.  

OVERALL EVENT INFORMATION

• Overall Aide Memoire
• Overall Agenda
• On-Line Programme Handbook
• Information Circular
• Information on Transportation Services: To/from Airport and to/from Forum Venue
• Note Verbale addressed to Permanent Missions of Member States to the United Nations 26.May.2015
• Online registration 
• Visas  
• Republic of Colombia on UNPSA 2015
• Forum Venue:  Plaza Mayor Medellin
• Report of the Thirteenth United Nations Public Service Forum, Day and Awards Ceremony
• Communiqué

OFFICIAL EVENT DOCUMENTS

• Official Press Release
• Secretary General Message on International Public Service Day

In its Resolution 57/277 the United Nations General Assembly designated 23 June as the United Nations Public Service Day. The United Nations Public Service Awards Programme (UNPSA), which is the most prestigious international recognition of excellence in public service, rewards the creative achievements and contributions of public service institutions to a more effective and responsive public administration in countries worldwide. Through an annual competition, the UNPSA promotes the role, professionalism and visibility of public service. It encourages exemplary public service and recognizes that democracy and successful governance are built on a competent civil service. Since 2003, UNDESA has collected, shared, and disseminated innovative practices in public governance through the UNPSA and other knowledge bases. The UNPSA aims at discovering innovations in governance; reward excellence in the public sector; motivate public servants to further promote innovation; enhance professionalism in the public service; raise the image of public service; enhance trust in government; and collect and disseminate successful practices for possible replication.

2015 United Nations Public Service Awards Winners

• List of Winners
• Winners Banner
• Winners Fact Sheet

Programme Handbook

• e-Book
• Google Play App

Media Coverage

2015 UNPSA in the News

UN-wide Media Channels

Other Media Channels

	Day 1 Album Opening Ceremony, Roundtable Discussions and Press Conference
	Day 2 and Day 3 Albums Exhibition Ad-hoc Expert Group Meeting Capacity Building Workshop 1 Capacity Building Workshop 2 Capacity Building Workshop 3 Capacity Building Workshop 4 Capacity Building Workshop 5
	Day 4 Album Presentations of Workshop Results, United Nations Public Service Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks

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Day 4 UN Public Service Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks

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Interviews with Winners

Kenya	India	Philippines	Mexico
Spain	Singapore	Thailand	Estonia
Latvia	UAE	Thailand	Spain

Keynote Address on Innovating Public Service Delivery to Implement the Post-2015 Development Agenda:  Imperatives and Strategies

• DNA of a Public Servant, presentation by H.E. David Luna, Honorable Minister of   Information and Communication Technologies,    Republic of Colombia

• Modernization in the Municipality of Medellin, by Mr. Anibal Gaviria, Mayor of Medellín, Republic of Colombia 

Roundtable Discussion One: Innovating Public Service Delivery for Sustainable Development

• Presentation 1: Enhancing Public Service Delivery in the Context of the Post 2015 Development Agenda: Challenges and strategies, - Latest Innovative Models of Public Service Delivery: The Case of Azerbaijan, by Mr. Inam Karimov, Chairman of the State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan 

   

• Presentation 2: Innovations for Service delivery in Local Governments for implementing the post-2015 development Agenda, H.E. Madam Anne Waiguru, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Devolution and Planning, Republic of Kenya

  
  

• Presentation 3: Innovations in Gender Responsive Service Delivery for Post 2015 Development Agenda: Ms. Begoña Lasagabaster, Chief, Leadership and Governance Section, Policy Division, UN Women

  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Presentation 4: E-Government as a Driving Force for Institutional Integration towards Effective Service Delivery and Sustainable Development: Ms. Rowena Bethel, Director and CEO of the National Insurance Board, The Bahamas Government

Roundtable Discussion Two: Strengthening Leadership and Human Resources Capacities in the Public Service

• Presentation 1: Strengthening Leadership and Human Resources Capacities in the Public Service: the Case of Ecopetrol:  The HumaExperience in Ecopetrol

  , by Mr. Alejandro Arango López, Vice-President,  Human Talent – Ecopetrol, Republic of Colombia

• Presentation 2: Professionalism, Integrity, Ethics and Accountability for Effective Responsive and Equitable Delivery of public services – Mr. Raymond Tan, Director (Operations and Planning), Employment Standards Enforcement 

  Department, Labour Relations and Workplaces Division, Ministry of Manpower, Singapore

    

• Presentation 3: What human resources capacity will it take to implement the post 2015 development agenda: Talent Management in the Public service  - Dr. John-Mary Kauzya, Chief, Public Administration Capacity Branch, Division for Public Administration and Development Management, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

• Presentation 4: The role of Supreme Audit Institutions in promoting transparency and accountability to contribute to implementation of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, Ms. Silke Steiner, International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), General Secretariat