The Annual Conference on the theme "Values, Trust and Technology in the Public Sector” was held by Astana Civil Service Hub on 13-14 June 2019 in Nur Sultan.

The Conference was attended by heads of authorized bodies in the civil service and foreign experts from 30 countries, as well as representatives of international organizations.

Mr. Alikhan Baimenov, Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Astana Civil Service Hub, Mr. Alik Shpekbayev, Chairman of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Civil Service Affairs and Anti-Corruption and Mr. Yakup Berish, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program in Kazakhstan made a welcoming speech.

H.E. Mr. Larbi Djacta, UN Under-Secretary-General and Chairman of the UN International Civil Service Commission, performed as a special guest of the Conference.

Mr. Fadi Farra, the Director of "Whiteshield Partners" discussed the topic «Whole-of-Government Approach to Public Sector Policies» during the Hub-talks session. «Leadership, Values and Trust in Public Sector Reform» was reported by Mr. Alex Brillantes, President of the Asian Association for Public Administration. Mr. Neil Reichenberg, Executive Director of the International Public Management Association for Human Resources, was a speaker of International Panel with the theme «Recent Trends in Public Sector Human Resources Management».

The Conference also included speeches from Mr. Sayasat Nurbek, Head of Education Projects at "BTSDigital", Mr. Daniel Cruysberghs, Advisor of the CEO of Director of JSC NAC "Kazatomprom", Mr. Assylbek Kozhakhmetov, President of Almaty Management University, Mr. Wojciech Zielinski, Senior Policy Advisor of OECD Public Governance Directorate’s Reform of the Public Sector Division and Mr. Kepping Yao, Governance and Public Administration Expert of UNPOG of the UN DESA.

One session of the Conference was devoted to Gender Equality in Public Administration.

During the Conference, a Peer-to-Peer Learning Alliance was established based on the Effective Institutions Platform (EIP) methodology, implemented in the OECD Secretariat. The Alliance with the participation of Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan is dedicated to Transformation and Innovations in Governance. The Alliance operates on «peer-to-peer» principles.

All photos from the Conference will be available via this link.

Presentations from the Conference are available via the following links:

Alex B. Brillantes, President of the Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA) - "Leadership, Values and Trust in Public Sector Reform"

Assem Andrews, Policy Specialist – Knowledge Management, Oslo Governance Centre, United Nations Development Programme - "UNDP Oslo Governance Centre at 2019 Annual Conference of ACSH"

Drago Kos, Chair of the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions - "Enhancing public integrity through enhancement of trust"

Garush Davtyan, Head of the Civil Service Office, Prime-Minister’s Office, Republic of Armenia - "Technological Bridges for a Reliable Partnership"

Gegham Sargsyan, Deputy Head of Civil Service Office of the Prime-Minister of the Republic of Armenia - "New Civil Service System: New transformations and Innovations"

Ievhen Kovalyov, Head of the Department of IT technologies and resources, National Agency of Ukraine for Civil Service - "Pilot project implementation of Human resources and payroll management information system"

Keping Yao, Governance and Public Administration Expert, UNPOG of the UN DESA - "Instituting Data Governance for Advancing Digital Government"

Maia Dvalishvili, Deputy Director of Civil Service Bureau of Georgia - "Georgian Experience: Progress in Implementation Key Legislation and the Development of e-tools"

Marc De Tollenaere, Policy Analyst GOVNET & EIP Secretariat OECD - "A Guide to Peer-to-Peer Learning"

Neil Reichenberg, Executive Director of the International Public Management Association for Human Resources - "Recent Trends in Public Sector Human Resources Management"

Oleg Tarbinski, Deputy Director of the State Personnel Service of the Kyrgyz Republic - "Current Trends of Modernization of Civil Service of the Kyrgyz Republic"

Pinar Guven, Policy Analyst, OECD Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate - "Institutional Change and Gender Equality: Lessons from OECD Countries"

Sayasat Nurbek, Head of Education Projects at BTSDigital - "Artificial Intelligence: the Effect of Techology on Public Administration and Management Models"

Wojcieh Zielinski, Senior Policy Advisor, Reform of the Public Sector Division, OECD Public Governance Directorate - "Building A Value Driven Public Service"

Zharkyn Tleukenov, Head of Department for Civil Service, Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Civil Service and Anticorruption - "Automation of HR Management System in the Public Service"