All posts by Liz Heron

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  EU funds vaccine drive for eastern neighbours

  The European Union has pledged €35m (US$41m) to boost COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in six countries lying to the East of the bloc, as the global vaccine shortage bites. The aid

  • Posted August 17, 2021
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  Finding the growth elixir: how to build high-tech business clusters

  Thriving in the pandemic, digital and science firms promise renewed growth to governments that can foster world-class tech hubs. But how can civil servants help researchers and start-ups to build

  • Posted August 2, 2021
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  Resilience, stocks and supplies: public procurement during the pandemic

  When COVID hit, governments had to address a series of colossal procurement challenges – sourcing the services and goods required to keep people safe as global supply lines failed. At

  • Posted July 26, 2021
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  Hong Kong court overturns landmark benefits ruling for gay civil servants

  A Hong Kong court has overturned a landmark judgment that civil servants in same-sex marriages are entitled to the same benefits as their heterosexual colleagues. The Court of Appeal ruled

  • Posted June 10, 2018
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  Business groups demand extra powers for Northern Ireland civil servants

  Business leaders have called on the UK’s Northern Ireland secretary to grant the province’s civil servants extra powers in order to ease its political paralysis. A group of 12 business

  • Posted June 7, 2018
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  Auditor brands Canada’s Phoenix pay system an ‘incomprehensible failure’

  Canada’s auditor general has branded the Phoenix pay system an “incomprehensible failure” that is a symptom of a “much deeper cultural issue” within the federal government. Michael Ferguson called on

  • Posted June 6, 2018
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  OECD champions policies to tackle income inequality

  The OECD is calling on governments worldwide to take urgent action against rising inequality as it launches a new policy framework for inclusive growth. The group of 35 leading industrialised

  • Posted June 4, 2018
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  Trump curbs federal staff protections and union powers

  US president Donald Trump has signed three executive orders that curb the power of civil service unions and make it easier to sack under-performing federal employees. The executive orders, which

  • Posted June 1, 2018
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  Africa’s first Road Safety Observatory launched

  An international drive to cut road deaths in Africa by setting up the continent’s first regional Road Safety Observatory was launched in Leipzig last week. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

  • Posted May 31, 2018
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  Scotland’s civil servants offered 4% pay rise

  The Scottish Government has offered its civil servants an inflation-busting pay rise for 2018-19 that is worth at least 4% for the vast majority of staff. Scotland’s civil service unions,

  • Posted May 28, 2018
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