Keynote Perspectives on Advancing Future-Ready Public Institutions for Sustainable Development - PANEL SESSION
Baku, November 5, AZERTAC
The "UN Governance Innovation Summit: Advancing Future-Ready Institutions” international summit, co-organized by State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of Azerbaijan and the United Nations, featured a panel session on “Keynote Perspectives on Advancing Future-Ready Public Institutions for Sustainable Development”.
The session focused on building agile and proactive public institutions capable of responding swiftly to emerging challenges in a changing world. Discussions highlighted key approaches and experiences aimed at improving governance, implementing innovations, and ensuring sustainable development amid artificial intelligence, climate change, demographic shifts, and rapid societal transformations.
Speakers at the session included Rania Al-Mashat, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA); Shaza Fatima Khawaja, Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication of Pakistan; Adriana Alberti, Chief of Branch at the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA); and Rolf Alter, Chair of the UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA).
In their remarks, participants emphasized the future-focused transformation of public institutions, ensuring sustainable development, and shaping governance systems that respond flexibly to modern challenges. They also discussed the ways to deliver public services more efficient, accessible, and citizen-oriented, as well as to increase public trust and guarantee inclusivity.
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