The United Nations Development Programme and the Barcelona Provincial Council would like to invite you to share with us your ideas on how to innovate local government management.
We speak a lot about innovation, but for those working on public administrations, we know how difficult this is. We hope to focus on specific solutions about how to make innovation a reality for all: small and bigger cities, rural towns, high- and low-income territories and places where the capacities are limited and unable to identify even where to start.
Our meeting is called “SDGs local solutions” because the Agenda 2030 is providing inspiration for local and regional governments around the world to do things differently: bringing different aspects of development together, addressing different SDGs themes at the same time, breaking silos, or planning and budgeting in a different way. The SDGs also provide a framework to better explain to citizens what their local governments do, and communicating how public services are changing for the better is such an important thing regarding innovation in public management, often underestimated. More importantly, the Agenda 2030 provides a new “spirit” of doing things, based on the principle of leaving no one, and no place, behind.
The event will take place around the same dates of the Smart City Expo, that every year brings to Barcelona leaders from the most innovative companies, governments and organizations to discuss urban innovation. In 2023, the event attracted 25.000 participants, 1.100 exhibitors and 800 cities from all over the world.
We are looking forward to welcoming you in Barcelona!
Participation is by invitation only, please send us your interest by email to [email protected]
The event will also be broadcasted and Zoom connection will be available.
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