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From power shifts to productivity: Public service trends in 2024 

After another busy year for public servants, we round up some of Global Government Forum’s top news stories and features from the last 12 months, highlighting the trends, challenges and […]

Sarah Glavey Head, Public Service Transformation Policy, Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, Ireland speaking at the Global Government Finance Summit.

If it counts, count it: government finance leaders on boosting productivity

The public sector is often accused of inefficiency – but at the Global Government Finance Summit, top leaders revealed some highly inventive ways of driving up civil service productivity “The […]
Jeffrey Saviano, who leads the Emerging Technology Strategy and Governance Practice at EY consulting speaking at GovernmentDX

The case for a Hippocratic Oath for artificial intelligence

Two millennia ago, Hippocrates devised an oath to bind practitioners of the emerging practice of medicine. Now a modern equivalent is required to address the equally transformational arrival of AI, […]

Singapore tops global civil service ranking

Singapore has come out on top of a new ranking of the performance of 120 public administrations around the world, with Denmark, Canada, Norway and Finland completing the top five. […]

The power of a diverse civil service, Mexico’s first female president, and more

Welcome to the latest edition of the Global Government Women’s Network newsletter. This month, international leaders discuss the strategies they are using to embrace diversity in the workforce in all […]

Adapting financial systems to meet challenges: Five minutes with Singapore’s director of fiscal policy

In this interview, Kwa Chin Lum, director of fiscal policy in Singapore’s Ministry of Finance, discusses his career achievements and approach. This is part of a ‘Five minutes’ series featuring […]

Building diverse public service workforces that reflect the communities they serve

Organisations with diverse leaderships are better able to meet citizens’ needs and expectations – but how can civil service bodies broaden the range of people who make it to the […]

Governments are redefining their approach to productivity

At the Global Government Summit, civil service leaders identified the keys to driving up government productivity: staff wellbeing, smart incentives, digital technologies – and easing out those who resolutely refuse […]

Governments navigate the double-edged sword of AI

Artificial intelligence could boost civil service productivity by 45%, estimates suggest – but it also presents major new challenges for government, including rapid economic change and an urgent need for […]

How AI could accelerate net zero, Poland boosts climate education, and more

Welcome to this month’s Global Government Forum Sustainability Monitor, bringing you the latest government-related news on this topic from around the world We want these newsletters to provide insight on […]