{"id":85248,"date":"2020-06-16T16:20:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T20:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=85248"},"modified":"2020-06-17T17:24:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T21:24:39","slug":"un-public-service-awards-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2020\/06\/un-public-service-awards-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"UN celebrates innovative public service delivery as\u00a0pandemic heightens importance of work of the public sector"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seven public institutions from Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Mexico, Portugal, Republic of Korea, and Spain receive prestigious UN Public Service Awards.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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New York, 16 June<\/strong>\u2013 The UN announced today that seven innovative projects will receive this year\u2019s\u00a0UN\u00a0Public Service Award,\u00a0\u00a0the\u00a0highest global accolade for excellence in public service to\u00a0institutions that contribute to a more effective and responsive public administration and that advance progress towards the\u00a0Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s seven winners have developed and delivered some of the most innovative initiatives in their regions, ranging from improving access to health care to programmes that improve school attendance, or make land transfers easier for the poor.<\/p>\n

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the importance of innovative and adaptive public service delivery and the critical role public servants play has been highlighted like never before.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery night, cities around the world erupt in applause for health care and other frontline public servants battling COVID-19,\u201d said Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs. This pandemic has taught us an important lesson about the critical role of public sector institutions in serving the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether through provision of health care, education, social welfare, sanitation, or other services, it is the institutions such as this year\u2019s UN Public Service Awards winners, that keep our societies running,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Hailing from Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Mexico, Portugal, Republic of Korea, and Spain,\u00a0the winning initiatives cover a variety of key public services, from health care for older persons, e-platforms for education, benefit entitlements, judicial proceedings and land mutation applications, to education for vulnerable youth.<\/p>\n

The\u00a02020 UN Public Service Award Winners<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Republic of Korea Seongdong District\u2019s (Seoul) \u201cHYO Policy\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0programme makes health care services more accessible, including through home visits,\u00a0to\u00a0older\u00a0persons\u00a0suffering from poverty, health issues and social isolation.<\/p>\n

The Automatic Social Energy Tariff (ASET) in Portugal<\/strong>\u00a0automates the application process for an energy reduction tariff to low-income customers. The initiative greatly increased the uptake of the entitlement among low-income households.<\/p>\n

In Brazil, the Jaboat\u00e3o Prepara Programme<\/strong>\u00a0encourages middle school students\u2019 attendance in secondary level technical schools by offering professional guidance and a free preparatory course for low-income students, greatly increasing the acceptance rates of students.<\/p>\n

In the Mexican state of Nuevo Le\u00f3n<\/strong>, a council was established to formulate long-term public policy resulting in a 15-year strategic plan that fosters sustainable development and general well-being of the citizens by integrating the experiences and knowledge of civil society, academia, businesses and government.<\/p>\n

In Bangladesh, the e-Mutation initiative<\/strong>\u00a0established a digital application mechanism to make land transfer applications easier and more accessible, efficient and transparent. The purpose is to better serve the most vulnerable populations and those facing discrimination, including the illiterate, women, older persons and the poor.<\/p>\n

In Botswana, a platform called e-Thuto<\/strong>\u00a0was developed to integrate ICT into teaching and learning in schools through a web-based interactive platform consisting of e-learning and data management modules.<\/p>\n

In Spain, the Ministry of Justice developed the \u2018Justicia Digital: La\u00a0visi\u00f3n\u00a0360\u00ba de la\u00a0Seguridad\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0quality plan to improve the administrative management of judicial offices and processes through enhanced ICT solutions.<\/p>\n

MEDIA INVITATION: UN Public Service Day \u2013 23 June<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The United Nations will mark Public Service Day on 23 June to honour the women and men who are risking their lives and health to deliver essential public services amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Prominent public servants from around the world will share their success stories in containing the disease and their experiences with innovative solutions that ensured the continuity of vital public services throughout the pandemic. The UN Symphony Orchestra will perform a virtual concert in honour of public servants lost to COVID\u201119.<\/p>\n

Additional information on the winners and the Public Service Day can be found at: https:\/\/publicadministration.un.org\/en\/unpsa2020<\/a><\/p>\n

#UNPublicServiceDay<\/p>\n

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Media contacts:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dan Shepard,\u00a0UN Department of Global Communications,\u00a0shepard@un.org<\/a>
\nHelen Rosengren, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs,\u00a0rosengrenh@un.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

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