There are many fields (e.g. education, health, postal services) where the working of market, focusing on profitability, can not serve a broader view-of public interest, and the Government (State) has to act as a problem-solver through subsidization or nationalization. These situations are…
Transparency in public finance is a constant preoccupation of modern administrations and citizenries, as the publicity of public expenditure and borrowing, the uniformisation of national accounts, citizen participation in government decisionmaking, and the introduction of various forms of…
This toolkit has been developed by UNITAR together with the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Governance (DPIDG) of UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). It is a set of…
Cette boite à outils a été développée par l'Institut des Nations Unies pour la Formation et la Recherche (UNITAR), la Division des Institutions Publiques et de la Gouvernance Numérique (DIPGN) et la Division des objectifs du développement durable (DSDG) du Département des…
UNITAR and Millennium Institute have jointly developed a simulation game called Learning Environment for Integrated Planning (LEiP) based on the Millennium Institute’s iSDG Integrated Simulation Tool. The learning environment uses a multi-player, asymmetric, multi-laptop blended…
This course[1] aims to offer a double opportunity: i) to help improve the understanding of how better data can help design more effective public policies and ii) to brush up on your core data skills. The course covers aspects related to the interpretation, analysis, and presentation of…
Further to the adoption of the 2030 Agenda in September 2015, reviews of its implementation take place at the global level in the context of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on an annual…
Ce cours en ligne ouvert et massif (MOOC) fournit des informations et des outils clés sur la manière de renforcer l'engagement des parties prenantes de différents secteurs et niveaux dans la mise en œuvre et le suivi du Programme 2030 et des objectifs de développement durable (ODD).…
The rapid development and use of new payment products and services, including pre-paid and store-value cards or e-cash, mobile payments, internet based payments and virtual currencies, has changed the dynamics of the 21st century financial market and services. These are powerful tools to…
Gender mainstreaming has increasingly gained importance over the past three decades. Originally viewed as an issue best confined to the social and development issues, the importance of gender mainstreaming has gained momentum with the realization that all regulations and policies have…