All posts by Winnie Agbonlahor

About Winnie Agbonlahor

Winnie is news editor of Global Government Forum. She previously reported for Civil Service World - the trade magazine for senior UK government officials. Originally from Germany, Winnie first came to the UK in 2006 to study a BA in Journalism & Russian at the University of Sheffield. She is bilingual in English and German, and, after spending an academic year abroad in Russia and reporting for the Moscow Times, Winnie also speaks Russian fluently.

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  Afghan feedback crucial to overseas military assistance, says head of Oz anti-mine project

  The Australian military officer who led an award-winning project to equip Afghan security forces with anti-mine radio jamming kit has emphasised the crucial importance of giving local frontline troops a

  • Posted January 9, 2017
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  Australian charity regulator’s digital service wins 99% takeup

  An Australian digital service launched by the country’s charities regulator has won an award for its accessibility, after achieving 99% adoption rates amongst its target audience of charity board members

  • Posted November 8, 2016
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  Australian agency wins award for ‘big data’ prospecting tool

  An Australian public agency has won a national Public Sector Innovation Award for its use of ‘Big Data’ techniques in a digital mapping tool that highlights areas likely to contain large deposits of

  • Posted November 2, 2016
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  Robert Beschel, global lead, Center of Government Practice, World Bank: Exclusive Interview

  Robert Beschel has spent two decades at the World Bank, leading various public sector improvement programmes. He tells Winnie Agbonlahor why attention is now focusing on the very heart of

  • Posted October 5, 2016
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  Margus Sarapuu, head of ‘Zero Bureaucracy’ task force, government of Estonia: Exclusive Interview

  As the Estonian government’s director of strategy, Margus Sarapuu made it his mission to improve coordination and collaboration.  He tells Winnie Agbonlahor how the government can achieve true unity –

  • Posted September 29, 2016
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  Civil servants must make their views heard, says former UK minister

  Civil servants should not shy away from ‘telling politicians what to do,’ a former cabinet minister has said. Ed Balls, who was chief economic adviser to the Treasury from 1997

  • Posted September 13, 2016
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  Government departments in Mexico to face significant cuts, as 2017 budget sets out fresh austerity plans

  Government departments in Mexico are to face significant budget and workforce reductions, as the country’s new finance minister has pledged a return to a primary surplus for the first time

  • Posted September 9, 2016
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  Women leaders top priority for UK’s incoming civil service commissioner

  Increasing the number of women in senior leadership roles is among priorities set out by the next official in charge of the body overseeing recruitment to the top ranks of

  • Posted September 8, 2016
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  UK minister signals rethink on ‘guided distribution’ performance management

  The use of ‘guided distribution’ in civil service performance management – introduced just two years ago – is being reviewed, a minister has told the UK’s Parliament. In a written statement to

  • Posted September 7, 2016
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  US government department announces new chief information officer

  David De Vries today joins the US government’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as the new permanent chief information officer, after serving 35 years in the defence department. His most

  • Posted September 6, 2016
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