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The role of Digital Governance in increasing state capacity

20 January 2023, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm

Kyriakos Pierrakakis enrichment lecture

Join us at UCL IIPP for a sit-down chat with Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Greek Minister for Digital Governance on the role of Digital Governance in increasing state capacity.

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All | UCL students

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

IIPP Comms

This event will take in person at IIPP - Register here

Join us at UCL IIPP (11 Montague Street, lower-ground-floor seminar room) on Friday 20th January 2023 at 13:00 – 14:00 (GMT) for a sit-down chat with Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Greek Minister for Digital Governance. Minister Pierrakakis has overseen the creation of the new digital ministry and the successful transformation of numerous Greek services. This work has had a massive impact in service delivery, with the country now doing a billion online transactions a year, up from 8.8 million in 2018. In this talk and Q&A, we’ll learn about the Greek Digital Government strategy and the role of leadership in increasing state capacity.
 
The talk is being organised as an enrichment event within IIPP’s MPA’s module, Digital Transformation, led by David Eaves, but we are opening attendance to students from across UCL’s MPA courses, and we hope that some of you can attend. Students who would like to be notified of other events in the future can sign up by emailing IIPPComms@ucl.ac.uk.

  • Presenter: Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Greek Minister for Digital Governance
  • Convenor: Dr David Eaves, Associate Professor in Digital Government and Deputy Director for Strategy and Operations, IIPP
This event will take place in person at IIPP 11 montague street, wc1b 5bp | lower ground floor seminar room

About the Speakers

Kyriakos Pierrakakis

Minister of State and Digital Governance at Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis

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Kyriakos Pierrakakis is the Minister of State and Digital Governance in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He is a Greek computer and political scientist and politician. In 2007 he earned a Master in Public Policy from John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and in 2009 he earned a Master of Science in Technology and Policy from MIT. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Athens University of Economics and Business. He served as Director of Research at Dianeosis, an independent non-profit think tank. He produced an array of research papers with a strong focus on economic growth and understanding the prevailing perceptions and beliefs among Greeks. He has also worked on technology policy for various research institutes in Greece and abroad and headed Youth Foundation as president. More about Kyriakos Pierrakakis

Dr David Eaves

Associate Professor in Digital Government and Deputy Director for Strategy and Operations at UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)

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Previously a lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School where he teaches and writes on digital era public administration, digital transformation and the governance of digital public infrastructure, David has also co-founded Teaching Public Service in a Digital Age, which has sought to bring together faculty from around the world to co-design and share an open licensed curriculum to teach the minimum needed digital competences for future public leaders. These materials are now used by dozens of faculty members in over 20 universities around the world David  has also partnered with Public Digital to co-hosts an annual convening of digital government leaders from around the world. He has also taught policy analysis in the MPP core curriculum and ran a highly successful Executive Education program on Digital Transformation. More about Dr David Eaves