DATE / TIME:

2015•04•24    15:00 - 20:00

Location:

Guimarães

The opening ceremony of the United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV) will be held on 24 April 2015 at the UNU-EGOV premises in Guimarães.

The ceremony will be attended by Miguel Poiares Maduro, the Minister in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister and for Regional Development; Joaquim Cardoso da Costa, the Secretary of State of Administrative Reform; Domingos Bragança, the Mayor of Guimarães; David Malone, the Rector of the United Nations University and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations; and António Cunha, the Rector of the University of Minho, together with members of diplomatic corps, members of parliament, politicians, university authorities, professors, industry representatives, and the media.

The first part of the ceremony will commence at 15:00 with the raising of the United Nations flag and uncovering of the exterior identification plaque, followed by short speeches by Domingos Bragança, António Cunha, David Malone, and Miguel Poiares Maduro. Afterwards, the interior identification plaque will be uncovered by Miguel Poiares Maduro and a brief tour of the UNU-EGOV premises and the neighboring premises of the Agency for Administrative Modernization (AMA) will take place, followed by a press conference.

For the second part, all attendees will move to a nearby auditorium for the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between UNU and AMA, a keynote lecture entitled “Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges and Prospects” delivered by David Malone and chaired by António Cunha, and a lecture entitled “Technology-Enabled Governance for Post-2015 Development – Introduction to UNU-EGOV” delivered by Tomasz Janowski, Head of UNU-EGOV, and chaired by Luís Barbosa, Professor of the University of Minho. Both lectures will include questions and answers with the audience. The ceremony will end with a cocktail reception outside the auditorium.

The detailed program of the UNU-EGOV Opening Ceremony is included below.

Aerial view of the Couros Campus in Guimarães and inside of the Postgraduate School building hosting the UNU-EGOV and AMA premises.