New York, 12
November
-The
United Nations is calling for nominations for the UN
Public
Service Awards 2013, an international programme designed to promote
and
support
innovations in public service delivery worldwide. The awards are open to
public
organizations
of all kinds, including governments and public-private partnerships
involved
in delivering services to citizens.
At
an annual United Nations event, the Public Service Awards are bestowed on
those
public institutions that have distinguished themselves
in the following categories:
preventing
and combating corruption in the public service; improving the delivery
of
services;
fostering participation in policymaking decisions through
innovative
mechanisms;
promoting whole-of-government approaches in the information age;
and
promoting
gender-responsive delivery of public services.
“The
winners of the United Nations Public Service Awards set an example in
improving
delivery, promoting accountability and combating
corruption,” UN Secretary-General
Ban
Ki-moon noted.
“Through the search for innovative approaches to
public governance
challenges,
they are building a better future for us all.”
United
Nations Public Service Day was established by the Economic and Social Council
in 2003 to promote better
delivery of services by governments and to encourage
excellence
in the public service through the collection, transfer and adaptation
of
innovative
public service initiatives.
Learning from other countries’ experiences
in
reinventing
government can inspire new reforms, and in some cases help countries
to
leapfrog
stages of development. “Such successful innovations and initiatives are
concrete
evidence
proving that in order to find solutions to challenges of our times we need to
learn from each other and think outside the box,”
stressed Mr. Wu Hongbo Under-
Secretary-General
for Economic and Social Affairs.
The
UN Public Service Awards winners, selected by the United Nations Committee of
Experts on Public Administration, receive a trophy and
a certificate of recognition during
the
UN Public Service Awards Ceremony and Day held annually on 23
June.
The global
event
is organized by the Division of Public Administration and
Development
Management
of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), in
partnership
with UN Women and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
(UNODC).
While
candidates cannot nominate themselves, interested institutions deemed to have
very good performance in any one of the categories can
have their name put forward by
governments
or civil society organizations. Nominations for 2013 are being
accepted
online
at:
http://www.unpan.org/applyunpsa2013 from 24 September until 7
December
2012.
For
background information about the UN Public Service Awards and past
winners,
please
visit:
http://www.unpan.org/unpsa. All winning cases of the UN
Public Service
Awards
from 2003 to 2011 are available as iPad and iPhone applications
at:
id443218537?mt=8#
.
It can be downloaded for free and as an eBook at:
Contact
Information: Haiyan Qian, Director, Division for Public Administration and
Development
Management (DPADM), UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
(UNDESA),
qianh@un.org ; John-Mary Kauzya, Chief,
Public Administration Capacity
Building,
DPADM, UNDESA,
kauzya@un.org or Sirkka Nghilundilua,
Coordinator of
the
UNPSA Programme, DPADM, UNDESA, ,
Media
contact: Newton Kanhema, Department of Public Information, ,
or Mohsin
Mohi-Ud-Din, mohi-ud-din@un.org
Usia
Nkhoma Ledama
National Information Officer
UN Information
Centre
6th
floor, International House
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