, taking place at the conclusion of the on 25 June 2026 in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Out of over 700 applications received from 62 countries, the Awards will highlight 12 ground-breaking initiatives. They include: Cambodia¡¯s national digital document verification platform; a real-time monitoring tool integrated into the Dominican Republic¡¯s Public Procurement Electronic System; a project to improve the life of coastal women in a city of Indonesia; a unified public data platform in Saudi Arabia; and an early childhood education programme for stateless, undocumented, and ethnic minority children in Thailand.
This year¡¯s awardees have implemented new solutions to provide public services to people at the national or sub-national level, responding to multiple challenges and enhancing the capabilities of public administrations while advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Some of the winning initiatives leveraged information and communication technologies, artificial intelligence and digital government.
The 2026 UN Public Service Awards Ceremony will be hosted by Mr. Li Junhua, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, following the commemoration of UN Public Service Day held on 23 June.
The UN Public Service Awards recognize excellence in public service delivery and reward the creative achievements and contributions of public administrations worldwide. Since the first edition in 2003, over 300 initiatives have received an Award.
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