Bangkok--Jun 21--UNISBKK
United Nations Public Service Day, eight finalists from the developing and developed world will be awarded the Public Service Awards.
The United Nations Public Service Awards will be presented to the eight winners by the President of the 59th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Mr. Jean Ping along with the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Mr. Jos? Antonio Ocampo.
A video conference will link participants at the United Nations
Headquarters event in New York with other Public Service Day celebrations
around the world.
A technical panel on "Innovation and Successful Initiatives in the
Delivery of Public Services" will be held in the afternoon. The keynote
speaker on the panel will be the Director of the Ash Institute for
Democratic Governance and Innovation, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University, Dr. Gowher Rizvi.
WHEN: Thursday, 23 June 2005, 9.30-11.30 a.m. and 3.00-6.00 p.m.
WHERE: Conference Room 3, United Nations Headquarters
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The General Assembly in 2002 designated 23 June as the United Nations Public Service Day to "celebrate the value and virtue of the service to the
community". The Public Service Awards was developed by the United Nations
Department of Economic and Social Affairs to honour the achievements of
public institutions in improving governance and public service. The Awards
recognizes institutional efforts to innovate and expand services for
citizens while promoting their participation in designing them, for poverty
alleviation and towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
WINNERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS PUBLIC SERVICE AWARDS 2005
From an overwhelming 215 nominations, 8 winners from 6 countries emerged.
The competition this year was organized in 3 categories:
Improving Transparency, Accountability and Responsiveness in the
Public Service
Improving the Delivery of Services
Application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in
Governments: e-Government
The following is a list of winners and their representatives who will
receive the Award on 23 Jun and give presentations on their initiatives at
the afternoon's technical panel.
Improving Transparency, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Public
Service
The Vancouver Agreement, CANADA "Innovative Partnerships between Government Agencies, Community Groups and Businesses" represented by the Executive Coordinator Ms. Isobel Donovan
Bhagidari Cell, Office of the Chief Minister of Delhi, INDIA "Citizen-Government Partnership: Bhagidari in New Delhi" represented
by Chief Secretary, Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, Mr.
S. Regunathan
Improving the Delivery of Services
Obra Publica e Infrastructura para el Desarrollo, MEXICO
"Implementing el Programa Hidraulico Integral del Estado de Mexico"
represented by Secretaria de Agua, Mr. Benjam?n Fournier Espinosa
Etablissement Autonome de Contr?le et de Coordination des
Exportations, Morocco for "Decentralization and expansion of the quality monitoring process of fruits and vegetables for exportation" represented by Director-General, Mr. Sa?d Benchakroune
Public Employment Service of Castile and Leon, SPAIN "Modernization Program 2004" represented by Vice President, Mr. Pablo Trillo Figueroa
Application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in
Governments: e-Government
Industry Canada, Office of Consumer Affairs, CANADA
"Canadian Consumer Affairs Gateway" represented by Manager, Ms. Paula
Vieira.
Secretar?a de la Funci?n P?blica -Unidad de Gobierno Electronico y
Politica de Tecnolog?as de la Informaci?n, MEXICO
"La Estrategia de Gobierno Digital de la Agenda Presidencial de Buen
Gobierno" represented by Head of eGovernment and ICT Policy, Ministry of Public
Function, Mr. Abraham Sotelo Nava
Ministry of Trade and Industry, SINGAPORE
"Online Application System for Integrated Services" represented by
Senior Assistant
Director, Enterprise Division, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Mr
Kenneth Sim
Media Arrangements:
Accreditation ? Journalists without United Nations accreditation who wish
to attend the event should fax a letter of assignment in advance from their
editor to the attention of Gary Fowlie, Chief, UN Media and Accreditation
Unit, United Nations at fax (212) 963-4642. Media accreditation forms and
general information for the media can be found at
www.un.org/media/accreditation
For further information on accreditation and media access:
Media Accreditation and Liaison Unit,
Tel: +1 (212) 963-6934. Fax: +1 (212) 963 4642
For background information and updates on United Nations Public Service Day and Awards, please visit: http://www.unpan.org/dpepa_psaward.asp or
contact:
Yolande Jemiai, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Tel: +1- 212- 963- 8395, e-mail: [email protected]
Mr. Olivier Munyaneza, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Tel: +1- 212- 963-8801, e-mail: [email protected]
To arrange interviews with UN officials and Award winners, please contact:
Oisika Chakrabarti, UN Department of Public Information
Tel: +1-212-963-8264, e-mail: [email protected] End.