Catch The Incredible Leaders on The Second Session of ‘Visioning Maldives: Leadership Dialogues’

The Maldives' President's Office and Civil Service Training Institute, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will hold the second session of 'Visioning Maldives: Leadership Dialogues' as part of the Executives Enhancement and Enrichment Program (EEEP) 2021-2023.
 
The goal of 'Visioning Maldives: Leadership Dialogues' is to expose leaders to the most recent trends in public administration, development policy, and innovation. Each session of this program will bring together global experts and top political officials to encourage dialogue and information sharing on 21st century leadership in order to inspire and support the Maldives' government in its transition to a 'future proof' development nation.
 
On June 1^st, 2022, the second session of the 'Visioning Maldives' talks will take place virtually from 9am to 10:30am. This high-level policy debate will focus on 'Data-for-Policy: Harnessing the Potential of Data for Evidence-Based Policymaking.' The discussion will focus on the expanding institutional and functional skills of the public sector required for improving agile, adaptive, and real-time policymaking, as well as the growing significance of data in creating, designing, and delivering public policies.

 
Dr. Ibrahim Hassan, Minister of Higher Education, will make the session's opening comments. The session will be moderated by Enrico Gaveglia, UNDP Resident Representative in the Maldives, and will feature speakers such as Alex Oprunenco, Head a.i of the Regional Innovation Centre UNDP Asia Pacific; Sanyukta Samaddar, Adviser on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from the Government of India's NITI Aayog; and Astha Kapoor, co-founder of the Aapti Institute.
 
Furthermore, the expert panelists will also discuss how data has become both an advantage and a risk in the post-pandemic world, present examples of how governments are managing effective decision-making with data, and highlight new ways of thinking about and practicing data governance.