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Israel developing national artificial intelligence strategy

The government of Israel is to publish a national plan to strengthen the nation’s development of artificial intelligence. The country’s finance ministry announced the development of the plan last week, […]

Israel unveils tech-driven climate change plan ahead of COP26

The Israeli government has approved a plan designed to promote “climate innovation”, focusing on the use of technology to help it and other countries prepare for and mitigate climate change. […]

Time traveller: Israeli IT chief Shahar Bracha on digital’s leap into the future

The pandemic has supercharged progress on Israel’s digital services, says the head of its Government ICT Authority – and cleared the path ahead for radical reforms to create corporate IDs […]

The vacci-nation: how Israel got on the front foot with COVID-19 immunisation

Israel’s rapid roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination makes it both a trailblazer and a guinea pig for the rest of the world, and presents lessons for civil servants charged with […]

The data-fuelled race to defeat COVID

Around the world, governments are racing against COVID-19 – attempting to get a step ahead of the virus as it harms people’s health and livelihoods. At a GGF webinar, panellists […]

Managing a distributed workforce now and beyond COVID-19

Earlier this year, civil services worldwide found themselves having to transition thousands of employees to working remotely, often with just a few days’ notice. And as panellists explained during a […]

Turkey to introduce national blockchain currency

The Turkish government plans to launch a central bank “blockchain based” digital currency within the next four years. The idea was included in The Eleventh Development Plan submitted to parliament […]

Digital Democracy: a new way to engage citizens?

Can the work of global governments ever be interesting enough for social media? The UK Parliament certainly hopes so, as Eleanor Goodison reports A revolution may be about to take […]

Forum: To cut or not to cut?

Do public sector cuts help drive growth, or put the brakes on recovery? Tim Gibson invites you to enter the debate Even though the global economy appears to have turned […]

Study shows limitations of subsidy cuts post-Arab Spring

A study by the Arab NGO Network for Development shows the limited success of IMF recommendations in safeguarding the economies of transitioning Arab countries. The report was produced in collaboration […]